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Jon Batiste Exits ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ as Bandleader
Jon Batiste, the multiple Grammy Award-winning artist, played his final note on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert after seven seasons. “Jon has decided to leave the show,” host Colbert said Thursday night (Aug. 11), “but it’s for all the best reasons, including to continue sharing his art with the world.” He continued, “we have been so lucky to have a front row seat to Jon’s incredible talent for the past seven years. And will we miss him here? ‘Yeaaa!’ But we’re happy for you, Jon, and I can’t wait to have you back on as guest with your next hit record. I love you.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Congratulations to our new band leader @realLouisCato and The Late Show Band!! pic.twitter.com/seLY92jeee — The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) ...
Beyonce Holds Off Eminem on Australia’s Albums Chart
Beyonce beats Eminem to score a second week on Australia’s chart throne, while a pair of Olivia Newton-John albums return to the top ten, just days after her death. On the new ARIA Albums Chart, published Friday (Aug. 12), Bey’s Renaissance (via Columbia/Sony) stays on top, to head off Eminem’s fast-starting Curtain Call 2 (Interscope/Universal), new at No. 2 for the week’s top debut. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Australians are showing their love for homegrown stage and screen icon Olivia Newton-John by turning to her greatest hits. ONJ’s career retrospective, Hopelessly Devoted: The Hits (Sony), bounces to No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart, while the 14-times platinum original soundtrack to Grease (Universal) flies to No. 8. Newton-John was r...
Every Song Ranked on Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Traumazine’ Album: Critic’s Picks
Megan Thee Stallion is rolling with the punches life is throwing her way right now. While she may not have planned to release her Traumazine album on Friday (Aug. 12), a series of leaks and label issues forced her hand to unleash her third studio LP earlier than expected. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Houston Hottie is used to improvising on the fly and she delivered her most vulnerable project to date with the 18-track Traumazine, which essentially doubles as an emotional rollercoaster ride of a journal entry. “I feel like the Hotties are gonna hear the more personal side of me — the more vulnerable side,” she told Spotify. “There’s a few songs I’m nervous about the Hotties listening to because I’ve never been this open and ...
Los Angeles Has Dedicated a Metro Station to Nipsey Hussle
The Los Angeles region continues to pay tribute to late rapper Nipsey Hussle. The city has dedicated the new Hyde Park metro station in Nispey’s honor. The Los Angeles Times has reported that the metro station is located at the intersections of Crenshaw Boulevard with Slauson and 59th Street. The location was chosen to be near Hussle’s Marathon Clothing Store. At the dedication ceremony this past weekend, Los Angeles councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson reminded fans of Nipsey’s legacy, “After he caught the vision and he understood what the train would mean to this community and his neighborhood and businesses like his, he got very involved in making sure that this train worked on behalf of our people and helped us express and live out our possibilities and our hopes and our dreams. From Sla...
Missy Elliott Gets Hometown Street Named After Her
Missy Elliott is officially getting a street named after her in her hometown. According to reports, Virginia’s Portsmouth City Council unanimously voted to rename a portion of McLean Street to Missy Elliott Boulevard in honor of the Portsmouth native and to “enhance the City’s recently-rezoned Entertainment District.” The street is home to the likes of the Victory Crossing Shopping Center, Tidewater Community College and the upcoming Portsmouth Rivers Casino. “I am forever GRATEFUL,” the artist shared on Twitter. “P-TOWN VA #757 LOVE.” She also celebrated the news on Instagram Stories, “Thank you @iamerincarter for initiating me having a street in my name in my hometown VA! Thank [you] to the whole city council.” The story continued, “I have been Blessed with many awards but this hit ...
Nicki Minaj Shares Rick James-Sampling New Song “Super Freaky Girl”
Nicki Minaj has returned with a raunchy new single called “Super Freaky Girl.” It appears to sample Rick James’ 1981 hit song “Super Freak.” She recently teased the track with a video on social media, to which the official account for the late Rick James responded: “Banger.” Check out the new song below. Minaj’s last album was 2018’s Queen, and recently, she’s put out a number of singles: “We Go Up” with Fivio Foreign, “Do We Have a Problem?” and “Bussin” with Lil Baby, and Coi Leray’s “Blick Blick.” Her most recent solo single was 2019’s “Megatron.” Read “Will the Mainstream Support More than One Rap Queen at a Time? A Charts Investigation” on the Pitch. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
M.I.A. Shares New Song “Popular”
M.I.A. has shared a new single from her forthcoming album MATA, a track titled “Popular.” The song’s video is set to arrive later today (Friday, August 11). Check it out below. MATA is M.I.A.’s first album since 2016’s AIM. She announced the project in May, sharing “The One” at the time. With the album, she also revealed that she’s a born again Christian. Prior to “The One,” she’d shared another song titled “Babylon” to coincide with an NFT auction of her 2010 mixtape Vicki Leekx. MATA does not yet have a release date. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Ari Lennox Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song “Hoodie”: Watch
Ari Lennox has shared a video for a new song called “Hoodie,” a track produced by her Dreamville colleague Elite. She also announced that her second album is titled age/sex/location and that it’s out September 9 via Dreamville/Interscope. Check out the “Hoodie” video below. Ahead of “Hoodie”’s arrival, Lennox wrote on Twitter that she’d finished a new full-length record. age/sex/location is the follow-up LP to her 2019 debut Shea Butter Baby, and she released another single titled “Pressure” last year. In March, she jumped on two tracks for Dreamville’s D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, appearing on “Coming Down” and “Blackberry Sap.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Jon Batiste Exits Late Show With Stephen Colbert as Bandleader After 7 Seasons
Jon Batiste has departed The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on CBS after seven seasons as the show’s bandleader. Louis Cato has been promoted from interim bandleader and will take over permanently. “We’ve been so lucky to have a front row seat to Jon’s incredible talent for the past seven years,” Colbert said on the show. “And will we miss him here? ‘Yeaaa!’ But we’re happy for you, Jon, and I can’t wait to have you back on as guest with your next hit record.” Watch the announcement below. Batiste won Album of the Year earlier this year at the 2022 Grammy Awards for his album We Are. He was nominated alongside Kanye West, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, Doja Cat, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, H.E.R., and Justin Bieber. He was the most-nominated...
Rumors of a Drake and Sidhu Moose Wala Collaboration Surface
Drake fans now believe that the Canadian artist is gearing up to release a posthumous collaboration with Sidhu Moose Wala. At his recent OVO Fest 2022 All Canadian North Stars show, Drake paid homage to the late Brampton Punjabi rapper who was gunned down in India last May. D-Teck, New York-based DJ, Wazzup Media Group CEO, and Konvict Muzik A&R, also recently offered a tweet that seemingly reveals that he is putting the track together now. The tweet read, “Be Patient! It’s coming stop asking me for details,” accompanied by tractor and owl emojis, referencing Wala’s affinity for the HMT 5911 tractor, as the son of a farmer, and Drake’s OVO owl logo. If that wasn’t enough, D-Teck also retweeted a fan-made Drake x Wala “Chicago Freestyle” collaboration, along with both media and fan spec...
M.I.A. Debuts New ‘MATA’ Single “Popular”
M.I.A. has shared “Popular,” the brand new single from her upcoming album MATA. Clocking in at just a little over three minutes, the cut features production from Diplo and Boaz van de Beats and arrives a few months after the MATA lead single “The One,” which the artist said she created when she “was in a really happy place.” In a previous interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, M.I.A. shared, “I guess it is just about sticking to what you are and the truth. I think, at the end of the day, that is also what this record is about to me, is still trying to find truth. In a way, it’s kind of rebellious because everybody’s expecting me to put out that really havoc… Everyone’s expecting that, but it’s not, that’s not what it is.” She continued, “It’s about the battle of the ego versus you finding...
Miss Independent: Neyo Once Grabbed Coco’s Fatty With Ice-T’s Approval?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Now that Neyo is heading to a divorce it seems he is publicly embracing being a City Boy. He reveals he once grabbed Coco’s donk with Ice-T’s permission. As per Hollywood Life the crooner made a recent appearance on the Drink Champs podcast. While he discussed his rise to fame, some of his career defining highs and not so proudest moments, he also detailed an experience with Ice-T and his lovely wife at a Halloween party. “‘Cause mind you she had some sh*t on,” Ne-Yo said. “Right, so I walked up to him and I was like, ‘Bro, all due respect, I’ve wanted to squeeze Coco’s ass for a really long time.’” Related Stories Yes you read that correctly, but the story gets even better as the “Colors” rapper obliged the request. “You know what? A...
