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Pusha T Scores First No. 1 Album With ‘It’s Almost Dry’
Pusha T has earned his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 albums chart with It’s Almost Dry, which was released on April 22. According to Billboard, the record moved 55,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, which included 9,000 physical album sales. It’s Almost Dry is Pusha T’s third project to rank in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, following 2018’s Daytona, which debuted at No. 3, and 2013’s My Name Is My Name, which peaked at No. 4. The 12-track record, which marks the rapper’s fourth studio album, features production from Pharrell Williams and Kanye West and boasts guest appearances from Ye, Kid Cudi, JAY-Z, Lil Uzi Vert, Don Toliver, Malice and Labrinth. King Push recently unveiled a range of merchandise in support of the album, which included several pullover ...
Gabe Serbian, Drummer for San Diego Noise Punks the Locust, Dies at 44
Gabe Serbian—the longtime drummer of San Diego noise punk outfit the Locust—has died. The Locust confirmed the news on their official Facebook page earlier today (May 1). “It’s with heavy hearts that we have to share the passing of Gabe Serbian on April 30th, 2022,” the band wrote in a statement. “This world will miss Gabe as a friend, family member, musician, and artist. He will continue to live on in so many ways and through everyone he has connected with during his time with us.” Serbian was 44 years old, though he would have turned 45 today, Pitchfork confirmed. “We hope that you can find a way to celebrate his life,” the Locust added in their statement. The group asked that fans give Serbian’s family privacy at this time. They also shared a link for Serbian’s memorial fund. All donati...
Deerhoof, Water From Your Eyes, Dan Deacon, and More Contribute to May Day Music: Listen
Deerhoof, Water From Your Eyes, Dan Deacon, Pile, and more have contributed to a new compilation benefiting strike funds. It’s titled May Day Music: A Benefit Compilation For Strike Funds & Artists, and the 47-track collection includes other contributions from Empath, Palberta, Radiator Hospital, and Ryan Pollie. It arrives via Washington, D.C.’s Gardenhead Records. Check it out in full below. The compilation arrives on International Workers’ Day, more casually known as May Day. Last year, Gardenhead assembled another compilation to benefit the youth-led climate-change organization the Sunrise Movement. Among recent unionizations at Starbucks and Amazon, artists and music industry employees have been part of a resurgent organized-labor movement in the United States, with the Union of M...
Suspect in Shooting Incident at Mississippi Mudbug Festival Killed by Officer
A man suspected of firing a gun during Mississippi Mudbug Festival was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer last night (April 30), the Associated Press reports. The second annual music event was held at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones told AP that two or three people had exchanged gunfire around 10 p.m. on Saturday in and around a vehicle on the fairgrounds parking lot. The festival was scheduled to continue tonight, however it has been canceled in light of Saturday’s incident. The Mississippi State Fairgrounds announced the cancellation in a statement on their website. Jones told AP that several people were transported to local hospitals with unknown injuries following the gunfire. He added that an “officer-involved shooting investiga...
Future’s New Album ‘I Never Liked You’ Is Projected to Earn the Biggest Debut of 2022
Future‘s newly-released album, I Never Liked You, is projected to debut at No. 1 on the U.S. album charts, moving approximately 175,000 to 200,000 equivalent album units in its first week, according to ChartData. On top of marking the largest debut of 2022, those figures would be the biggest of Future’s career, surpassing albums including 2015’s DS2 and 2017’s Future and HNDRXX. .@1future‘s ‘I NEVER LIKED YOU’ aiming for #1 debut on the US albums chart with 175-200K units. It will be the biggest debut of the year, over 60M streams day one (via @HITSDD). — chart data (@chartdata) April 30, 2022 The 16-track album, which clocks in at 50 minutes, includes several top-shelf features from artists including Kanye West on “Keep It Burnin’,” Gunna and Young Thug on “For a ...
Elon Musk Might Start Charging You to Embed or Quote Tweets
Elon Musk may be worth $246 billion, but he still took out loans to finance his $44 billion purchase of Twitter. In order to secure the cash, Reuters reports the mogul pitched banks a multitude of strategies to cut costs and make more money for Twitter, including reducing executive salaries and charging a fee for embedding and quoting tweets. Musk secured $13 billion in loans against Twitter and a $12.5 billion margin loan tied to his Tesla stock. In his proposal to lenders, the businessman argued that Twitter has a lot of room to make more money, pointing to a gross margin that ranks much lower than competitors like Facebook and Pinterest. In order to play catch up, Musk proposed profiting off of Twitter’s penchant for spreading both viral memes and important information by charging third...
Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson & More Stars Hit White House Correspondents’ Dinner Red Carpet
In a return to some normalcy, journalists, government officials and celebrities paraded down the red carpet Saturday night (April 30) at the annual White House press corps gala even as the threat of COVID-19 loomed over the massive hotel ballroom. The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which the pandemic sidelined in 2020 and 2021, returned with Joe Biden as the first president in six years to accept an invitation. Donald Trump shunned the event while in office. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Comedy was also back with The Daily Show host Trevor Noah as the headliner. Celebrities were reappearing as well: Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson walked the carpet as did Brooke Shields, Sophia Bush and Caitlyn Jenner. The event drew a large...
Maluma Delivers Hometown Extravaganza in Medellin With Surprise Guests Madonna, Feid & More
Maluma was emotional from the very beginning during his hometown show in Medellin, Colombia. The reggaeton/pop star opened the concert on Saturday (April 30) at Atanasio Girardot stadium with “Hawái,” and then dropped to his knees and covered his face midway through when the crowd of 54,000 sang it back to him. It was just the beginning of an emotional and star-studded show –including Madonna and Grupo Firme — that marks a milestone in Maluma’s career. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Fans had been waiting for this highly-anticipated show, billed as Medallo en el Mapa (Medellín on the Map), since it was announced in November. But Maluma (real name: Juan Luis Londoño Arias) told the audience he had been waiting for this night since he began his c...
Stagecoach 2022 Day 2 Highlights: Carrie Underwood Welcomes Axl Rose, Brothers Osborne Remember Naomi Judd & More
Stagecoach was blazing, both in temperature and music during day two on Saturday (April 30). As the heat soared in Indio, Calif., a stacked lineup of performers led by headliner Carrie Underwood also included Brothers Osborne, Lee Brice, Margo Price, Colter Wall, HARDY and more. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Here are highlights from the second day of Stagecoach 2022. 1:50 p.m.: This year marked Reyna Roberts’s first Stagecoach performance, but she took the SiriusXM Spotlight Stage like a veteran performer, her blazing red hair and powerful vocals firing with both barrels as she stalked the stage with charisma aplomb. Her set blended equal parts country, rock and R&B. She shared a batch of new music, before launching into her breakthrough ...
Final Day of Mississippi Festival Canceled After Fatal Shooting
A law enforcement officer shot and killed one of the people suspected of firing shots at a festival in Mississippi, a sheriff said late Saturday (April 30). Organizers said Sunday that, in response to the shootings, they canceled the final day of the Mississippi Mudbug Festival at the state fairgrounds in Jackson. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said several people were taken to local hospitals with unknown injuries after gunfire Saturday night. He said an “officer-involved shooting investigation is underway stemming from this incident,” but did not provide additional details. He said the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation was called to assist. Jones said two or three people exchanged gunfire at about 1...
Naomi Judd, Singer of Grammy-Winning Duo The Judds, Dies at 76
Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76. The daughters announced her death on Saturday (April 30) in a statement provided to The Associated Press. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” the statement said. “We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public. We are in unknown territory.” The statement did not elaborate further. The Judds were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The mother-daughter performers scored 14 No. 1 songs in a career that spanned nearly three decade...
Carrie Underwood, Maren Morris & More React to Naomi Judd’s Death: ‘Country Music Lost a True Legend’
Naomi Judd passed away on Saturday, April 30, outside of Nashville, and the news of her death left the country music community in mourning. Judd — the mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd and the wife of Larry Strickland — was a singer in the mother-daughter duo The Judds, who were set to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday. The Judds have the most No. 1s on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart among female duos/groups, and the second most No. 1s on the Hot Country Songs chart among all duos. Her daughters said in a statement to The Associated Press that they had “lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness.” The Judd family requested privacy on Saturday and said there are no plans to release further information surrounding her death at this time. Explore S...
