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In 1988, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Doug E. Fresh, Kool Moe Dee, and Biz Markie were in the middle of the Dope Jam Tour when an altercation broke out during a stop at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Concertgoer Julio Fuentes, 19, was stabbed once in the chest amid an apparent robbery attempt mere minutes after he entered the venue. He died 30 minutes later at Nassau County Medical Center. Coupled with the murder of DJ Scott La Rock—a founding member of Boogie Down Productions...

Tim McGraw was one of the biggest stars on Curb Records, the label where he first made his career. But things turned sour between the label and the star, ending up in court in 2011.On May 13, 2011 -- 12 years ago today -- Curb sued the superstar for breach of contract, claiming that McGraw delivered his Emotional Traffic album too soon, in violation of a contract clause that obliged him to space his albums 18 months apart. Curb refused to release the album, and McGraw took the position that delivering...

Queen Drop Rapper filmed the clip while in her native Trinidad and Tobago Nicki Minaj has dropped the video for “Red Ruby Da Sleeze.” The song, which is her first solo single of the year and arrived in March, debuted at Number 13 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. “There’s now a full #RedRubyDaSleeze video on YOUTUBE!!!! It’ll be everywhere else next week. Happy early MOTHER’S DAY,” she wrote on Instagram on Saturday. The visual finds the rapper in her native Trinidad and Tobago for Carnival 2023. In the clip, she drops fiery...

Jimmie Allen won't be booked for any jobs for the foreseeable future. United Talent Agency (UTA) has suspended the singer after a lawsuit was filed accusing him of assault and sexual abuse.The move follows a suspension by his record label and removal from next month's CMA Fest in Nashville. Allen had stayed remarkably busy over the last several years with projects in television, reality television, management, several genres of music and even professional bowling.Related: Jimmie Allen Accused of Rape, Sued for Sexual Battery, Assault + MoreVariety shared a statement from a UTA...

Jamey Johnson, Chapel Hart, Jake Owen, Exile, and Randy Travis will all appear at June Jam 2023, Alabama’s long-running charity concert benefiting disaster relief in Alabama. Set for June 3 in Fort Payne, Alabama, it marks the revival of the festival, first held in 1982. Along with Alabama’s Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, June Jam includes the Oak Ridge Boys, the Nineties country collective known as the Frontmen, bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent, vocal group Home Free, the Isaacs, and Dee Jee Silver. Alabama retired in 2004, but reunited in...

Kelly Clarkson is speaking out after a blockbuster report alleged that the work environment on her daily talk show, the Kelly Clarkson Show, is toxic and "traumatizing."In a statement she posted to social media on Friday evening (May 12), the singing superstar and television personality says she has always "led with my heart and what I believed to be right ... And to find out that anyone is feeling unheard and or disrespected on this show is unacceptable."Rolling Stone published an expose on Friday in which ten former staffers and...

Pop Smoke Killing The rising rap star was killed during a home invasion in 2020 An 18-year-old man charged with the death of Pop Smoke confessed to killing the rapper during a home invasion in 2020, the Los Angeles Times reports. The defendant admitted to a first-degree murder charge stemming from the Feb. 19, 2020, death of Pop Smoke, whose real name was Bashar Barakah Jackson. The man — whose name has been withheld from the court because he was a 15 at the time of Jackson’s death — was...

Nashville's ratings had been falling when ABC announced that it was canceling the TV drama, but the response to the news left no question about fans' passion for the series. Lucky for them, their calls to save the show were answered within a month.Created by Callie Khouri, Nashville aired on ABC for four seasons after debuting on Oct. 10, 2012, balancing behind-the-scenes realism and an insider's view of the Music City music scene with enough over-the-top drama between Rayna Jaymes (Connie Britton), Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere), Deacon Claybourne (Charles Esten) and its other characters to...

Bury the Hatchet "The energy that we put behind our previous beef was used to come up with this very explosive song," Don Omar shared Consider the hatchet buried between Don Omar and Cosculluela. The two reggaeton artists decided to meet in the middle on their first-ever collaboration, “Bandidos,” which simmers over a theatrical beat and makes room for both musicians to boast about their skillset while settling their feud. “It has been a great journey to collaborate with Cosculluela on this song,” Omar shared in a statement. “He was the one...

Margo Cilker quietly broke the internet with her acclaimed debut album Pohorylle. Cilker's meditative view of rural living netted her a nomination for UK Americana Album of The Year alongside Brandi Carlile and Robert Plant, and earned Cilker a slew of festival performances and tours supporting American Aquarium, Hayes Carll, and Drive-By Truckers. Today, Cilker is announcing her sophomore release, Valley of Heart's Delight, out on Sept. 15 via Fluff & Gravy Records.The first cut off the album is "Lowland Trail," a sun-dappled ranching song whose plodding rhythm matches the cattle the...

A sallow, elderly woman gets a Phoebe Bridgers makeover in the video for “Wasted,” a track off composer Rob Moose’s upcoming Inflorescence solo EP that features the singer-songwriter. Tattooed hands apply makeup, a “wasted” colorful necklace, and even a grill to the woman’s teeth as Bridgers sings, “Now I’m wasted, wastin’ all of my breath/Wasted again” over Moose’s sparkling, expanding strings. “Rob is my son,” Bridgers said in a statement. “That’s an inside joke, but there is a deeper connection we share musically, which resembles being blood related.” “‘Wasted’ came...

Dolly Parton had one heck of a busy night! Not only was the country superstar charged with co-hosting the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards but she was also tasked with closing the show out by debuting her new song "World on Fire."Parton appeared on the stage wearing a large skirt that showed the continents before it was yanked away to reveal a different outfit that allowed for a little bit more mobility. With a driving beat and prominent rock elements, Parton challenged the audience to think about what's happening in the world; "Now,...

It was a rare allusion to gun violence by a country music artist on a live broadcast The ACM Awards aired live from Texas on Thursday night in the Dallas suburb of Frisco — located just 12 miles from Allen, Texas, where a gunman killed eight people last weekend at a shopping mall. It was the U.S.’s 199th mass shooting of 2023 and the second-deadliest of the year. Old Dominion singer Matthew Ramsey was aware of the proximity and alluded to it in his acceptance speech when his band won their...

A member of Jimmie Allen's former day-to-day team says the singer raped her, and repeatedly sexually abused and harassed her over an 18-month period from 2020 to 2022.Variety details in depth the unnamed woman's story, citing interviews with "Jane Doe" and her friends and family, as well as dozens of text messages in that time period, exchanged between various parties including Allen and Doe.Related: Jimmie Allen + Wife Alexis SeparatingThe accusations are lengthy, though no criminal charges have been filed. Allen is being sued civilly in a Tennessee federal court.Jane Doe is suing for sexual...