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Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, and Kirk Franklin held a Sunday Service gospel performance last night. During his segment, West paid tribute to the late Kobe Bryant, singing, “I was driving home/They was leaving your jersey on the freeway, and I just broke down, broke down, broke down.” In addition, Chance rapped his verse from

Tonight at the 2020 Grammy Awards, Billie Eilish won Record of the Year for her single “bad guy.” She picked up the win over songs by Bon Iver (“Hey, Ma”), Ariana Grande (“7 rings”), Lil Nas X (“Old Town Road (Remix)”), Swae Lee and Post Malone (“Sunflower”), Lizzo (“Truth Hurts”), Khalid (“Talk”), and H.E.R. (“Hard

Lizzo has won the 2020 Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance for “Truth Hurts.” She won the award over Beyoncé (“Spirit”), Billie Eilish (“bad guy”), Ariana Grande (“7 rings”), and Taylor Swift (“You Need to Calm Down”). Lizzo picked up more Grammy nominations this year than any other artist with eight total, including Album of

Halsey stopped by Saturday Night Live last night to perform a rodeo-riding “You Should Be Sad” and “Finally // beautiful stranger” from her new album, Manic. She also starred alongside host Adam Driver in a sketch called “Slow,” a satirical music video in which the slow-jam ethos reaches its absurdly illogical conclusion. Watch clips from

YG has been arrested in Los Angeles in connection with an investigation of an alleged robbery, TMZ and CBSLA report. According to the reports, officers L.A. County Sheriff’s Department arrived at YG’s home early this morning (January 24) with a search warrant. The rapper was then taken into custody and is being held at Men’s

FKA twigs will perform Sunday night at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, where she’ll take the stage with Sheila E. and Usher for a tribute to the late Prince. twigs said that she would join the previously-announced homage to the Purple One during an interview with Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio show. FKA twigs has

Hey Sidney. Thank you for joining us today! Start us off by telling us something most people don’t know about you and would be surprised to know if they found out? Hello!! Hmm, probably that I’m obsessed with comedy and I sometimes perform stand-up comedy at clubs in New York City. What has been your

Bassist Juan Alderete—a member of the Mars Volta and touring player for Marilyn Manson and Deltron 3030, among others—suffered a traumatic brain injury as the result of a bicycle accident on January 13, his wife Anne Alderete revealed via Instagram. The musician sustained what is known as a diffuse axonal injury and is currently in

Chance the Rapper is set to host MTV’s rebooted celebrity prank show Punk’d. It’s coming to the mobile video platform Quibi, which launches in April 2020. In a press release, Chance said, “Punk’d is one of MTV’s most iconic franchises.” He added, “I grew up watching this show and it’s surreal to be in the driver’s

In 2017, Meek Mill was sued by three different parties over a shooting that happened at a December 2016 concert at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, Connecticut. One man, Dylan Thomas, was shot in the leg and sued the rapper as well as Live Nation and the concert venue for damages. That case was dropped

Gilded strings fight their way through a misty master mix as Ilja Alexander’s new single and music video “Someday” starts to play. Soon in their wake, we hear the strikingly smoky voice of Mr. Alexander join their eager melody, intertwining and capturing our attention instantly. The chill-inducing harmonies are just beginning to catch fire at

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Jeff Parker, Andy Shauf, Sarah Mary Chadwick, Hook, and Wire. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s

Chromatics have released a new single called “Toy.” It arrives in three different versions: “Toy,” “Toy (On Film),” and “Toy (Instrumental).” Check it out below. In a statement about the track, singer Ruth Radelet said, “It’s a song about trying to forget someone you’re still in love with even though they treat you like an

Lil Wayne has taken to Twitter to announce his next album, Funeral. Wayne’s follow-up to Tha Carter V arrives January 31, according to his tweet, which also features a snippet of new music. Check it out below. Lil Wayne’s tweet also included a link to his website, where you can pre-order Funeral in its various