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Roc Nation to Launch Publishing Imprint With Books From Lil Uzi Vert, Meek Mill
Under a new partnership with Random House, Roc Lit 101 will also put out titles by Yo Gotti, Fat Joe and music journalist Danyel Smith. Roc Nation is getting into the book publishing business via a new partnership with Random House, the companies announced today. The new imprint, which is rolling out under the name Roc Lit 101, will be dedicated to publishing books “at the dynamic intersection of entertainment and genre-defying literature, including exhilarating, innovative work from some of the biggest artists and most imaginative and incisive writers of our time on a wide range of subjects such as music, sports, pop culture, activism, and art,” according to a release. The imprint will be overseen by Chris Jackson, publisher and editor-in-chief of Random House imprint One World Books, and...
HHW Gaming: Electronic Arts Reaches Agreement To Drop A Billy On “DiRT” Developer Codemasters
Source: Chesnot / Getty Electronic Arts backed up the Brink’s Truck in a move that it hopes will pay off in the end with the development of quality racing game titles. EA announced today (Dec.14) that it has reached a deal to purchase the UK-based game studio Codemasters for an astounding $1.2 billion. The move sent shocks throughout the gaming world because it was believed that Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two Interactive was initially working on acquiring the DiRT developer for $994 million; that deal didn’t happen. In a statement, EA confirmed the acquisition stating: “We believe there is a deeply compelling opportunity in bringing together Codemasters and Electronic Arts to create amazing and innovative new racing games for fans. Our industry is growing, the racing category is gr...
KXNG Crooked Talks Slaughterhouse, Death Row & 2020’s Top Verses in New Interview
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Since the breakup of one of the Slaughterhouse a few years back, KXNG Crooked‘s been keeping busy, dropping some bars here and a few cuts there for the heads who bop to lyrically-enticing records. While fans have been pondering what the former Death Row Records representative’s been up to these days, HotNewHipHop caught up with the artist formerly known as Crooked I as part of their 12 Days Of Christmas series in which the cigar-smoking aficionado was honest and open about a bevy of subjects. Crooked shared which of his 2020 verses he holds in highest regards and who he thinks measures up to his own lyrical prowess this past year. Something from Royce, something from Em. You know, they call us the holy trinity of lyricism, me, Royce, and Em. They put the church...
‘The Voice’ Finalist Carter Rubin Blows Judges Away With Heartfelt ‘The Climb’ Performance
Stefani’s fiancé and fellow judge Blake Shelton agreed. “Even tough I’m supposed to be your competition over here, I’ve never felt that way,” he mirrored, “Because, listen man, this has been a tough year for everyone in the world and to end this year, and sit in this chair and listen to someone with your talent and your heart that I’m finding out everyday more about… I’m a fan, man.” See Rubin’s full performance below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Seasons Greetings! Half of the Billboard 200’s Top 10 Are Christmas Albums
Bublé’s Christmas album climbs 6-4 with 55,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 10 (up 14%), according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Also joining in the merriment: Carrie Underwood’s My Gift (9-5, a new peak with 53,000 units; up 19%), Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song (12-7 with 42,000 units; up 20%), Pentatonix’s The Best of Pentatonix Christmas (16-8 with just over 39,000; up 22%) and Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas (15-10 with 38,000; up 17%). The last time five holiday albums were among the top 10 occurred on the Dec. 21, 2013-dated chart. That week, the top 10 housed Kelly Clarkson’s Wrapped in Red (No. 3), The Robertsons’ Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas (No. 5), Pentatonix’s PTXmas (EP) (No. 7), Bublé’s Christmas (No. 8) and Mary J. Blige’s A Mary Chri...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’ Is In Pole Position on Midweek U.K. Chart
Swift’s ninth studio album leads the way on downloads and album streams, according to the Official Charts Company, and three tracks from it are poised to enter the singles chart Top 20, led by “Willow,” new at No. 3 on the midweek survey. With Christmas just around the corner, a pair of orchestral albums are climbing the chart. The biggest physical seller in the week so far is Neil Diamond’s Classic Diamonds (Capitol) with the London Symphony Orchestra, new at No. 2 on the midweek tally, while Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s Johnny Cash and the RPO (Legacy Recordings) lifts 15-4. Manchester indie rock band James are on track for a 10th U.K. Top 10 album as live recording Live In Extraordinary Times (Nothing But Love Music) starts at No. 10. Also making an impact on ...
Jessica Mauboy, Superstar Australian Pop Artist, Signs With Warner Music
Her performances on Idol landed Mauboy a contract with Sony Music Australia, her label home until now. “I have had an incredible journey with Sony, for which I will forever be grateful,” she remarks. “It’s now time for the next chapter of my career and I’m very excited to be joining the team at Warner Music. I have been spending my time in studio lately and looking forward to releasing new music in the new year”. Along the way, Mauboy has bagged a string of platinum-selling records, awards and movie roles. Mauboy appeared in the 2009 feature film Bran Nue Dae and turning heads with her starring performance in the 2012 feel-good flick The Sapphires, her soundtrack for which went to No. 1 in Australia. Along the way, she won the ARIA Award for female artist of the year, and she has...
E-40 & Too $hort Prepare For A Bay Area Verzuz Battle This Weekend
Source: Maury Phillips / Getty One of the very few, if not only, bright spots that this COVID-19 pandemic brought to Hip-Hop was the creation of the highly entertaining Verzuz battles which pit music legends and OG’s catalogues against one another. From Gucci Mane versus Jeezy to DJ Premier versus RZA, fans around the world have been entertained to no end as they’ve relived the days of yesteryear thanks to Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s brainchild. Though the highly anticipated Ashanti Verzuz Keysha Cole has been canceled due to the Murder Inc. songstress catching the ‘Rona and Satan himself somehow, Too $hort and E-40 are filling in the open slot and readying to remind the world where the term “hyphy” came from. Yesterday (Dec. 13), the Bay Area legends took to social media to announce their...
Daz Dillinger & Capone ft. N.O.R.E. & Kurupt “Guidelines” & More | Daily Visuals 12.14.20
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Back when Snoop Dogg and the Dogg Pound dropped their surprise attack on the East Coast in “New York New York,” Capone-N-Noreaga linked up with Mobb Deep and clapped back with “LA, LA.” Now more than two decades later the two crews connected to show and prove the East Coast vs. West Coast drama is water under the bridge. In the visuals to “Guidelines,” Capone-N-Noreaga made their way out Greater Los Angeles to kick it with Daz Dillinger and Kurupt of the DPG and getting in some California love and chronic to boot. Keeping with OG’s of the game, Billy Danze of M.O.P. continues to prove that after years in the game, he’s still got some of the hardest bars ever heard in his clip to “Cyrus.” Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed ov...
Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover Bob Dylan’s ‘Rainy Day Women #12 & 35′ for Fifth Night of Hanukkah
Another night of Hanukkah, another cover of a Jewish artist from Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin. On the fifth night of the festival of lights, the duo covered Bob Dylan’s 1966 song “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35″ as the latest installment of their Hanukkah Sessions. “So now everybody must get stoned (not in the Law of Moses sense) as we put some blood on this track: Rainy Day Women 12&35 by the immortal Bob Dylan!” they said of the song. Watch it below. [embedded content] The cover follows renditions of Peaches’ “Fuck the Pain Away,” Mountain’s “Mississippi Queen,” Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” and the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage.” On Wednesday night, Grohl and Kurstin announced they’d be launching Hanukkah Sessions instead of ...
Katy Perry Brought Back Her Black Hair & We’re Living in a Teenage Dream
Katy Perry changes her *hair* like a girl changes clothes! The singer took to Instagram on Monday (Dec. 14) to surprise her followers with a stunning new hairstyle, long black waves with a blunt-cut fringe. The look is familiar to fans, as she rocked the same style back in her One of the Boys and Teenage Dreams days. “MOTHER,” she captioned the snap, and fans in the comments loved the throwback look. “We missed the black hair,” one wrote. “We love you!” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back...
Ticketmaster’s Arbitration Policy Again Enforced in Dispute Over Pandemic Refunds
Ticketmaster filed a motion to compel arbitration. It argued that Hansen, like anyone else who buys concert tickets through its site, agreed to its terms of use which contains an arbitration agreement. In September, both Ticketmaster and StubHub prevailed on similar motions in disputes brought by baseball fans. There, U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer found that the click-through agreements users interact with while signing into the site and buying tickets are sufficient to provide notice of the policy and constitute mutual assent to an arbitration agreement. That’s one of the arguments Hansen made here; he didn’t read the terms of use and was unaware it included an arbitration provision and therefore he couldn’t have assented. U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen isn’...
