Lin-Manuel Miranda dropped an unreleasedHamilton-themed Mobb Deep track, “Boom Goes the Cannon…,” for the June installment of his year-long Hamildrops series. The track features Prodigy, who died nearly one year ago on June 20th, 2017. “Rest in peace, Prodigy. Thank you Havoc,” Miranda tweeted of the rap duo after unveiling …
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Grammy Award-winning singer Alessia Cara returns with “Growing Pains,” the first single off her as-yet-untitled sophomore album. Cara released her debut LP Know-It-All in 2015. Pop & Oak produced the booming track, which was written solely by Cara. The lyrics reflect the anxiety of transitioning from teen to young adult …
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It has been more than a decade since Drakeroamed the halls of Degrassi Community School, but the rapper returns to his Jimmy Brooks-portraying roots in the video for his latest single “I’m Upset.” Several of his old Degrassi: The Next Generationcastmates – including Shane Kippel, Nina Dobrev, Stacey Farber, Jake …
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Larry Harmon hadn’t voted in a while. He sat out the 2012 presidential election, supposedly because he was unimpressed by the choices of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The software engineer and Navy veteran also skipped the last two-midterm elections. That was his right, right? But when something in our …
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Rose McGowan penned an open letter on behalf of Asia Argento following the death of Argento’s boyfriend Anthony Bourdain, who died by suicide on June 8th. As McGowan writes, Argento has unfairly faced blame in the aftermath of Bourdain’s death. “I know so many around the world thought of Anthony …
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In an updated edition of his memoir Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain reflected on his intentions for writing the blunt and raucous restaurant industry memoir that turned him into a household name. His goal, he explained, was “to write in Kitchenese, the secret language of cooks, instantly recognizable to anyone who …
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For Sugarland fans, the wait for a follow-up to 2010’s The Incredible Machine has been a long one. For the duo itself, the time between their new album Bigger, out Friday, and the start of their hiatus in 2012, was filled with both personal and universal changes. That includes the …
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Shawn Mendes became famous as a teenager, which had its literal highs and lows. Just as he conquered the pop world with hits like “Stitches,” he was forced to perform live in front of ravenous fans as his voice changed – often in real time. The singer laughed at the …
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Jerry Hopkins, an author andveteranRolling Stone writer that served as the magazine’s Los Angeles corespondent in the late Sixties,died in Bangkok, Thailand on June 3rd after a long illness. He was 82.His wife Lamyai confirmed Hopkins’ death. In 1980, Hopkins wrote No One Here Gets Out Alive,the definitive Doors biography …
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“It’s like taking your pants off and running through a field of daisies, with just a light mist and enough sunshine to keep you warm, and there’s also rainbow.” No, that’s not a pitch for a deodorant commercial. It’s Thompson Square‘s Keifer Thompson, sitting down alongside bandmate and wife Shawna …
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