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Play video content TMZ Hip Hop When DJ Akademiks talks, hip hop pays attention — which is why he joined us on today’s episode of “TMZ Hip Hop” to drop jewels and share his intel on some big stories. Top order of business was the Migos breakup rumors, which got gassed up like a Chevron

News Sharon Van Etten Performs “Mistakes” on Colbert: Watch A track from her latest album We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong By Allison Hussey May 21, 2022 Facebook Twitter Sharon Van Etten (Still via Twitter) Facebook Twitter Sharon Van Etten closed out the week on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Friday night (May

Travis Scott still has the golden touch, or at least a VERY loyal group of fans, because his first merchandise drop since Astroworld just went crazy online. Travis released a new collab Friday with pants, jackets, shirts and vests — but it’s the two pairs of Travis Scott Air Trainer 1’s that really had fans

News Pete Davidson to Depart SNL He’d said that he was “ready to hang up the jersey” at the end of last season By Allison Hussey May 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Pete Davidson, May 2022 (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Facebook Twitter Pete Davidson is expected to leave the cast of Saturday Night

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are doing it up big, as expected, when they say their “I Dos” … renting out an Italian castle for the super intimate ceremony. We’ve spoken to sources close to the couple who tell us the newlyweds are celebrating in Italy this weekend, Portofino to be exact, to exchange their

News Beach House Perform “Superstar” on Colbert: Watch A smoke-enshrouded rendition of the Once Twice Melody track By Allison Hussey May 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Beach House’s Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand, October 2018 (David Wolff – Patrick/Redferns) Facebook Twitter Beach House appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday (May 19) to

Play video content TMZ.com Bobby Shmurda is dancing for joy … literally, now that the New York State Senate has signed off on the “Rap Music on Trial” bill. The newly proposed law prevents cops and prosecutors from using rappers’ lyrics against them in court cases. The bill has been championed by the likes of

News Bob Neuwirth, Singer-Songwriter and Bob Dylan Collaborator, Dies at 82 Neuwirth was a member of Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue band, recorded Last Day on Earth with John Cale, and co-wrote with Janis Joplin By Evan Minsker May 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Bob Neuwirth (John Byrne Cooke Estate/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Bob Neuwirth—the musician, songwriter,

Play video content BACKGRID Quavo and Offset are on the outs again, and this time it means Migos is done as a group — at least that’s the online buzz, and Quavo isn’t doing anything to put out that fire. Huncho was at LAX Thursday when a photog asked him about reports the trio is

News Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Welcome First Child Rihanna gave birth to the baby boy on May 13 in Los Angeles By Allison Hussey May 19, 2022 Facebook Twitter Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, September 2021 (Taylor Hill/WireImage) Facebook Twitter Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have welcomed their first child, TMZ, Us Weekly, and Entertainment Tonight report.

Play video content Hulu Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker can’t keep their hands or their mouths off each other — we know that by now — and that makes their latest revelation shocking … no sex! The fam’s promoting its Hulu series with a clip of the now newly-married couple talking about their plunge into

News Special Interest Share Video for New Song “(Herman’s) House”: Watch The New Orleans no wave punks return with a Rough Trade single about the Angola Three revolutionary Herman Wallace By Evan Minsker May 19, 2022 Facebook Twitter Special Interest, photo by Alexis Gross Facebook Twitter Special Interest have shared their first new music for

Play video content TMZ.com Kendrick Lamar‘s new album “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” is officially his last for Top Dawg Entertainment, and that has labelmates, like Sir, pondering what the future holds for K Dot. We got the Inglewood-born crooner Thursday at LAX, and picked his brain about King Kendrick’s departure. He echoed some

News Two Shell Share Video for New Song “Pods”: Watch The London duo released their new single “home” earlier this year By Evan Minsker May 19, 2022 Facebook Twitter Two Shell (Photography by Nancy McNulty / Edits by Two Shell) Facebook Twitter Two Shell is a London dance music and hyperpop duo who released the

Young Thug claims he’s sleeping in a “dungeon” — after being named an alleged mastermind of a criminal organization — but jailhouse officials say he’s just whining about the standard jail experience. We broke the story … Thug and his legal team filed an emergency petition last week, citing all sorts of inhumanity in his

News Sky Ferreira Announces New Song “Don’t Forget” Her first new track since 2019 arrives next week By Allison Hussey May 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Sky Ferreira, photo courtesy of Capitol Records Facebook Twitter Sky Ferreira has new music on the way, her first new material in three years. Capitol Records shared the news in

Travis Scott is making sure hundreds of Black college students walk across the commencement stage with their diploma … with a seven-figure donation. The rapper awarded $1 million in scholarships to 100 students at HBCUs who are on track to graduate in the Class of 2022 … ensuring they cross the finish line and aren’t

News She & Him Announce Brian Wilson Covers Album Melt Away, Share New Video for “Darlin’”: Watch Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward’s latest full-length is a tribute to the Beach Boys songwriter, who also appears on the record By Evan Minsker May 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter She & Him, the duo of Zooey

Yo Gotti isn’t waiting around for gift cards for his 41st birthday, instead he’s treating himself … to more than a million bucks worth of super-luxury rides!!! The Collective Music Group CEO recorded himself riding around with copious amounts of cash … ultimately choosing to stunt on his haters with not one but two Rolls

News New York State Senate Passes Bill Limiting Use of Song Lyrics in Court The law would restrict the use of “creative expression” as evidence of a crime By Matthew Ismael Ruiz May 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter The New York state Capitol in Albany, New York, December 14, 2020 (Photo by HANS PENNINK/POOL/AFP via Getty

Jack Harlow‘s rummaging through some old playlists to jab back at Brandy in their growing, but playful, beef over Jack being clueless about the singer’s family tree. ICYMI … Jack was chopping it up with his OG’s at Hot 97 when it hilariously came out that he didn’t realize Ray J and Brandy were actual

News Adia Victoria Releases New Song to Benefit Carolina Abortion Fund: Listen “In the Pines” is available exclusively on Bandcamp. It “centers the stories of those who fall victim to the ideologies of emotionally stunted men.” By Madison Bloom May 17, 2022 Facebook Twitter Adia Victoria, October 2016 (David Wolff – Patrick/Redferns) Facebook Twitter Adia

Lil Keed complained to his friends and family he was suffering from serious stomach pain in the days leading up to his death … with things getting so bad he had to go to the hospital. Multiple sources close to Keed tell us … the YSL label rapper had his battles over the years with

News Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti Debuts at No. 1 in Biggest Week for Any Album in 2022 The latest chart-topping album from Bad Bunny is expected to be unseated next week by Kendrick Lamar By Matthew Ismael Ruiz May 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Bad Bunny arrives at the 2022 Met Gala in New

Play video content TMZ.com Freddie Gibbs got into a huge fight with a bunch of dudes before his weekend performance in New York … and it’s all on video!!! The massive brawl broke out Saturday at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Buffalo, where Freddie was in town for a performance. He’s the guy in the green shirt,

News Taylor Hawkins Expressed Discomfort About Foo Fighters’ Tour Schedule Before He Died, Friends Claim “He told me that he ‘couldn’t fucking do it anymore’—those were his words,” Pearl Jam’s Matt Cameron told Rolling Stone for a feature about Hawkins’ final days. A representative for the band disputed Cameron and others’ claims. By Evan Minsker

Another man responsible for selling Mac Miller the fentanyl that contributed to his fatal overdose will behind bars for a long time. Stephen Walter, 49, was handed a 17.5-year sentence after pleading guilty to distributing the fentanyl that ultimately resulted in Mac’s death back in September 2018. Another man ⁠— 39-year-old Ryan Reavis ⁠— also

News Phoebe Bridgers Shares New “Sidelines” Video: Watch Featuring footage from the Hulu series Conversations With Friends By Matthew Strauss May 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Phoebe Bridgers in “Sidelines” (Dead Oceans/YouTube) Facebook Twitter Phoebe Bridgers has released the music video for her Conversations With Friends song “Sidelines.” The visual features footage of Bridgers recording the

Play video content TMZ.com Now that Norman Reedus is coming clean about his child’s name — after 3 years of silence — he knows, more than most, what Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are going through with their baby naming sitch. We got with the ‘Walking Dead’ star at LAX and asked about his daughter,

News Watch Maxwell Cover Michael Jackson’s “The Lady in My Life” at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards A tribute to the 40th anniversary of Thriller By Madison Bloom May 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Maxwell at 2022 Billboard Music Awards (Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Maxwell was among the performers at the