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Former W.A.S.P. lead guitarist Chris Holmes will release his new studio album, “Unbearable Influence”, on September 26. A pre-order for the LP is available at Bandcamp. Holmes joined W.A.S.P. in 1982 and remained with the group until 1990. In 1996, the guitarist returned to W.A.S.P. and stayed with the band until 2001. Chris has not played with W.A.S.P. since. Last October, Chris said that he would never consider returning to W.A.S.P. unless the band’s leader, Blackie Lawless, agreed to pay him the publishing royalties that he allegedly owes him. He told Canada’s The Metal Voice: “A lot of people think I made money from W.A.S.P. I’ve never gotten my royalties, or even my songwriting. All the stuff that I wrote, I’ve never gotten paid one penny. And...

Charlamagne Tha God has never been one to shy away from expressing his true thoughts on a matter. After the much-anticipated release of Kanye West‘s DONDA, Charlamagne was sure to make his opinion known. Earlier this week, Charlamagne spoke to DJ Envy and Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club and offered his two cents on the new record. Envy admitted that he has yet to listen to it and does not plan to because of Kanye’s attitude as of late. He also went as far as calling him a “clown,” to which Charlamagne immediately gave his input. Though he liked some of the tracks, he said that the album as a whole did not entirely sit well with him. Charlamagne shared, “Upon first listen, it was lackluster for me.” He and Yee both agreed that “Jesus Lord, Pt. 2” featuring Jay Electronica and The LOX ...

Over half a year after officially announcing The Pink Tape, Lil Uzi Vert gave fans an exciting new update on his upcoming project. The rapper dropped by the reopening and 18th anniversary celebration of JAY-Z‘s 40/40 Club, where he revealed how far along The Pink Tape he is. “Well, it’s going through mixing process right now because last time I dropped an album, it did really well,” Uzi confirmed. “It was actually my highest-selling album, but it was a little bit experimental on the mixing part, not the actual music, so this time, I went experimental with the music and traditional on the mixing.” Uzi’s latest full-length release dates back to November 2020’s Pluto x Baby Pluto with Future, but his last solo effort was March 2020’s Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2 — the deluxe edition of E...

IDK and No Label officially launched their collaborative new course No Label Academy at Harvard University, and students were treated to a slew of guest speakers who are considered trailblazers in the music industry. This week, the students — who are primarily BIPOC — were present at Harvard’s campus and were visited by the likes of Virgil Abloh, Katonya Breaux, Mike Dean, Don Toliver, Charlie Heat, Terrence Louis “Punch” Henderson Jr. of TDE, Zane Lowe and Reggie Saunders, who touched on navigating the industry as creatives. The 10-day course concluded on Saturday and taught students the ins and outs of the music business in a brand new way as it focused on health, financial literacy, and creative innovation. “I decided to create this program for the purpose of letting people in the BIPOC...

Kanye West‘s delayed studio album DONDA finally hit streaming service on Sunday morning and it instantly broke several records on Apple Music, the platform that also livestreamed the listening events in Atlanta and Chicago. In its first 24 hours, the 27-track project hit No. 1 on Apple Music’s Top Albums chart in 152 countries, was streamed more than 60 million times in the United States alone, is 2021’s most-streamed album and artist in a day and the third most played album on its first day of release in Apple Music. Tracks from DONDA also claimed 19 of the top 20 spots on Apple Music’s Daily Top 100 Global songs chart. DONDA is currently on track to become Ye’s best-selling album since 2013’s Yeezus, with projections stating that the album could earn at least 300,000 units in its first w...