Posted on 04 March 2024.
Usher With Alicia Keys
Last Wednesday , “The Breakfast Club” premiered a virtual interview with Usher, who spoke on headlining the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show. During the conversation, the Atlanta star was asked about Alicia Keys’ inclusion during the performance and the debate it caused on social media.
“In no way is there anything that was done there that should have been viewed as bad or in any way perverted or anything like that,” Usher made clear. “No, it was literally about having fun because of a song that me and Alicia made many years ago, and we celebrated it because of the legacy of it. No disrespect to anybody or anything like that.”
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Posted on 04 March 2024.
Tyler The Creator
Last Tuesday (Feb. 21), Tyler, The Creator took to social media to reveal that he was tapped by Pharrell Williams to create a Spring 2024 men’s capsule collection for Louis Vuitton. Consisting of items inspired by aviation and golf, the collection will launch globally March 21.
“Thank you, [Pharrell]. I love you. You keep throwing me the keys,” Tyler wrote on Instagram alongside images from his collaboration. “[To] the [Louis Vuitton] team: Thank y’all for allowing these ideas [to] come to life. Thank you [Darren Vongphakdy]. We really ran in there like we ran the place. And [to Tara Razavi] and [Luis ‘Panch’ Perez]: [We’re] the trio for real.” Tyler also called a custom-made Louis Vuitton chessboard “my favorite thing I’ve made.”
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Posted on 04 March 2024.
Beyoncé
Beyoncé’s latest music has won her yet another culture-shifting accolade, this time in unexplored territory.
Last week, the 42-year-old confirmed the long-held fan theory that the sequel to 2022’s Renaissance: act i will be a country album, as she released two new singles in that style.
On Monday (February 12), just one day after the songs ‘Texas Hold ‘Em and “16 Carriages” went live, a fan account dedicated to the Houston native shared that “Beyoncé is the FIRST black female artist to reach the top of Apple Music US Country chart in history. She is also the first female black artist to occupy the first and second position on the chart simultaneously.”
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Posted on 27 February 2024.
BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE, from left: Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley, Lashana Lynch, 2024. ph: Chiabella James / © Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love delivered a huge $50 million-plus domestic opening over the six-day Valentine’s Day-Presidents Day corridor, enough to crush Madame Web‘s $25.8 million start, a record worst for Sony’s superhero adventures.
Estimates show One Love racking in an estimated $51.1 million for the six days domestically, including $33.2 million for the four-day Presidents Day weekend and a record $14 million on Valentine’s Day (rival studios say the decision to go out on sweetheart’s day day was a smart choice in building momentum). The movie’s weekend debut is on par with the starts of such musical biopics as Rocketman or Elvis, and did almost double the business it was tracking to do. (Grosses could shift once weekend actuals are issued Tuesday morning following the Monday holiday.)
Overseas, One Love earned an impressive $29 million for a global launch of $80 million against a $70 million budget. The film opened at No. 1 in 13 markets and set new opening day records for a music biopic in the U.K., France and other territories. In Jamaica, the film set the record for the biggest film opening of all time.
One Love director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s depiction of the iconic Jamaican musician and Rastafarian stars newcomer Kingsley Ben-Adir. It chronicles Marley making his 1977 album Exodus and the events of the next several years, including an assassination attempt and his belief that music could heal his nation in its post-colonial era. The movie’s producers include Marley’s children Ziggy and Cedella, and his wife, Rita.
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Posted on 27 February 2024.
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
Gin And Juice Drink
Two music legends want to make it easier for you to lay back and keep your mind on your money and your money on your mind.
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg have partnered once again to launch a canned gin and juice cocktail that’s ready to drink.
Gin & Juice By Dre and Snoop is the first ready-to-drink beverage the duo has created through their joint spirits company.
The rappers-turned-entrepreneurs are launching the premade mixed drinks in celebration of 30 years of Snoop’s classic debut album “Doggystyle,” which was produced by Dr. Dre. The quintessential album was released in 1994 and features the Grammy-nominated hit “Gin & Juice.”
Dr. Dre said he and Snoop are always trying to find ways to have fun, be creative and “create magic.”
“This product is really us,” Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Romell Young, said in a news release. “There’s passion behind it, and friendship and love and a culture. We’re shooting to make everything we do magnificent, and fortunately, most of the time we hit the target.”
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Posted on 27 February 2024.
Frankie Beverly
Frankie Beverly, the charismatic frontman of Maze, has announced that he’ll retire this year, after a farewell tour with the R&B band that made him famous.
Six shows were announced this week for Beverly’s “I Wanna Thank You Farewell Tour,” including an April 6 concert at the Mobile Fairgrounds, also known as The Grounds. The dates start on March 22 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, and end on May 12 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. More tour stops will be announced in the weeks and months to come, according to a press release.
Beverly, 77, is a favorite in Alabama, playing to cheering crowds at concert venues and festivals throughout the state. His signature tunes with Maze range from electric funk to romantic jams to classic R&B, and include “Southern Girl,” “Back in Stride,” “We Are One,” “Golden Time of Day,” “Can’t Get Over You,” “The Morning After,” “Joy and Pain” and “Happy Feelin’s.”
Fans needn’t worry, however, that the band will be defunct when Beverly makes his exit. He plans to hand the microphone to Tony Lindsay, best known as the lead singer for Santana. The band name will change when Beverly leaves, transitioning from Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly to Maze Honoring Frankie Beverly.
“I want to share with my lifelong fans and associates that I’ll be going out on the road one last time, then retire,” Beverly said in a statement to Billboard magazine. “Thank you so much for the support given to me for over 50 years as I pass on the lead vocalist torch to Tony Lindsay. The band will continue on as Maze Honoring Frankie Beverly. It’s been a great ride through the decades. Let the music of my legacy continue.”
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Posted on 27 February 2024.
Ty Dolla $ign and Ye
Ty Dolla $ign and Ye perform at the Vultures Listening Experience on Feb. 8, 2024.
Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign’s joint project Vultures 1 debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Feb. 24), giving Ye his 11th leader and Ty his first. The set earned 148,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 15, according to Luminate, following its release on Feb. 10.
Plus, Usher scores his highest charting album on the Billboard 200 in over a decade, as his latest studio release Coming Home bows at No. 2 with 91,000 units earned.
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