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"It's Morocco Time" The rapper is proudly repping his Moroccan roots, after the country's soccer team defeated Portugal to move into the World Cup semifinals French Montana took to Instagram Saturday to congratulate Morocco’s soccer team for making it into the World Cup semifinals, and the rapper didn’t hesitate to take a little shot at soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo in his post. Related: Where to Find World Cup Merch Online “Ronaldo u had your time g … it’s Morocco time,” the rapper wrote, alongside an image of the Moroccan men’s...

In terms of country music's power couples, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are among the most powerful. Married for more than a decade and friends for more than 30 years, the two country icons prove that love really does stand the test of time.Brooks and Yearwood's love story is one that was a long time in the making: The two artists knew each other for almost two decades before finally tying the knot on Dec. 10, 2005.Brooks and Yearwood originally met in 1987, during a demo recording session, when they were both still struggling...

Yes Please U.K. rapper also shares cover art and track list for much-anticipated follow-up to Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Just days after Little Simz announced her new album No Thank You — the much-anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed Sometimes I Might Be Introvert — the U.K. rapper revealed Saturday that the LP is arriving very, very soon. Like, in a matter of hours. Eschewing the traditional Friday release date, No Thank You comes out on Monday, Dec. 12, Little Simz tweeted Saturday, along with an image of the album’s...

The Voice Season 22 will conclude with its finale week on Monday (Dec. 12) and Tuesday (Dec. 13), and the final episode will be full of superstar performances. The night will see performances from each coach — Blake Shelton, Camila Cabello, Gwen Stefani and John Legend — with their final artists, and guest singers will also join in on the fun.Kane Brown and Breland are to set to represent country music on the finale episode. On NBC's website, Brown is listed to perform alongside Shelton and Breland is listed by...

The disgraced singer claimed he had no involvement with the album's release, according to a new report A new R. Kelly album titled I Admit It appeared on streaming services on Friday but R. Kelly has denied involvement with the track’s release, calling it a plot to undermine him in court, according to audio obtained by TMZ. Kelly’s attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, claimed that the disgraced singer recorded the audio on Friday after meeting. Kelly denied releasing any music, saying he is trying to appeal his most recent federal conviction, and...

Garth. Wynonna. George. Fans can recognize most of their favorite country and Americana artists by one name alone. Their music is so ingrained in us that we know the words to every song and the notes to every melody ... but do we know the names of their backing bands?Believe it or not, lots of your favorite performers actually have a dedicated name for the musicians who play alongside them. After all, these are the men and women who have a huge part in making their music so iconic on every record...

Long Live The 1975 “You may not get the girl, but you’ve always got your boys," Matty Healy wrote on Instagram Long live The 1975. In the music video for the band’s all-consuming love song “Oh Caroline,” a deep cut from their fifth studio album Being Funny in a Foreign Language, a grand romance runs its course, but the four-piece’s adoration for one another endures without expiration. The video pictures frontman Matty Healy as an old man, all gray hair attached to an aging body that doesn’t move like it...

George Strait gave one couple a life-changing gift at a show in Las Vegas on Dec. 2. During the concert, which took place at T-Mobile Arena, Strait presented U.S. Army Sergeant Mike Hulsey and his wife Meaghan with a mortgage-free home.The house was given to the military couple via the Military Warriors Support Foundation. In a video filmed at the concert, Strait welcomed the CEO of the foundation, Retired Lt. General Leroy Sisco, and the Hulseys to the stage.Sisco explained that Hulsey, a Purple Heart recipient, was shot in the...

If modern R&B were a Nineties teen melodrama, SZA would be the cool girl with a Trapper Keeper full of receipts on everyone. She’s the queen of revenge fantasy—exes get offed (before being told in no uncertain terms that their stroke is weak), and toxic rivals get dragged for fun in her songs, which come off like angsty if enchanting diary entries. In the video for “Shirt,” the third single off her stellar new album, SZA casually murders people at a diner while crooning, “Feel the taste of resentment/Simmer on...

It's beginning to feel a lot like the holidays. While we all eagerly await the opportunity to slow down, for many of us, the holidays can be stressful as well. Country music is all about yearning for family and hometown pride, but for many people, that nostalgia is a double-edged sword of anxiety and pain. But why wallow in it when you can laugh?Some of these queer country songs poke fun at the holidays, while others revel in winter nights of chosen family and togetherness. No matter the tone, these...

Band's new song finds Hayley Williams confronting the hell that is the 24-hour news cycle Hayley Williams confronts the never-ending hell that is the 24-hour news cycle on Paramore’s latest offering from This Is Why, “The News.” In a statement, Williams said the fiery track “feels like a happy medium between classic Paramore angst and bringing in some influences we’ve always had but never exploited.” She singled out Zac Farro’s drumming on the song, saying that watching him record the song “was one of my favorite memories from the studio.”...

Seventy-six years ago today (Dec, 8, 1945) was an historic day for country music: It was on that date that Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs made their debut on the Grand Ole Opry, as part of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys.Flatt and Scruggs' appearances, which occurred at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, was a fortuitous one for the bluegrass artists, although they were unaware of it at the time. Only three years later, both men officially left the Blue Grass Boys to form their own band, the Foggy Mountain Boys. Their unique combined sound, with...

Today, Ye, fka Kanye West, did something he hasn’t done much in 2022 in the midst of trying to rewrite history on Nazis — he released a song. The controversial artist, who has come under fire for the toxic work conditions at his Yeezy empire, uploaded a two-minute song entitled “Someday We’ll All Be Free” on his Instagram. Ye also allowed new friend Alex Jones to release the song on his InfoWars platform. The Instagram caption for the song reads, “Censori overload The variable epitope library from the antigen promotes...

Charley Crockett has shared a new music video for his track "Odessa," a cut from the country talent's recently-released album The Man From Waco.The clips capture Crockett and his band, the Blue Drifters, hard at work recording the record. The footage has a grainy, VHS-like feel, which fits the analog-style session depicted at Bruce Robison's studio in Austin, Texas.The ballad shares its' title with a Texas town, leaving listeners to wonder if it's the name of the object of the narrator's affection or if maybe "Odessa" is the place where they...