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When Jay-Z released 4:44 last year, millions of listeners heard the story of the rapper’s mother, Gloria Carter: After concealing her sexual orientation for most of her life, Ms. Carter recently told her son she was in love with another woman. The conversation brought Jay-Z to tears and led to …

Travis Scott has unveiled new song “Watch” featuring Kanye West and Lil Uzi Vert. The rapper teased the new single on Thursday via Twitter. He revealed the track’s artwork, which depicts contrasting imagery that includes a rollercoaster ride, a skull with fire-tipped eye sockets, flowers and a gem-encrusted watch. The …

Country Music Hall of Fame members Alabama will lead a fundraising concert to benefit Jacksonville State University after the northeast Alabama school was damaged by a March tornado. Set for September 26th at JSU Stadium’s Burgess-Snow Field, the show will also include performances by the Charlie Daniels Band, Jamey Johnson, …

Cardi B‘s former manager is suing the rapper for breach of contract. Klenord “Shaft” Raphael filed the $10 million lawsuit on Thursday in U.S. district court, Variety reports. Quality Control’s Kevin Lee and Pierre Thomas, and publicist/stylist Patientce Foster are also named as defendants in the complaint. In late March, …

When we meet for lunch at East Nashville’s Butcher & Bee on a damp Tuesday afternoon, Joshua Hedley is wearing a camouflage trucker cap that reads “Elizabeth Cook for Sheriff.” This is noteworthy, because seated directly behind Hedley, at a table with her manager, happens to be the Americana singer-songwriter …

Police in Muscat, Oman investigating the death of Avicii, the Swedish DJ-producer born Tim Bergling, announced that they have ruled out “criminal suspicion” in Bergling’s death at the age of 28. “Two postmortems were carried out … and we can confirm that there is no criminal suspicion in the death,” …

After giving an uplifting rendition of “Meant to Be” during Sunday’s ACM Awards, Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha stopped by Ellen to offer an encore performance of their smash collaboration. Don’t expect a repeat of Sunday’s performance, though, as the Rexha and Florida Georgia Line trade out a gospel-influenced …

My Morning Jacket‘s Jim James unveiled a striking new song, “Just a Fool,” from his upcoming solo album, Uniform Distortion, out June 29th via ATO Records. “Just a Fool” arrives with a mesmerizing black-and-white video that matches the slow-burn pace of the tune. Over the distant strum of a guitar …

Trust, according to Shane McAnally, is not just an essential component but a downright necessity when forming a healthy relationship between a songwriter and artist. In that way, “writing songs with someone is more intimate than dating,” the Grammy-winning songwriter-producer contends with a laugh. “It’s not always the first date …

TheTemptationshave released a cover of theWeeknd‘s “Earned It,” reworking the original with extravagant vocal harmonies and screaming guitar. The cover will appear on the group’s upcoming album,All the Time, along with several other renditions of modern pop hits. For the Temptations, incorporating contemporary tracks into their classic-filled repertoire is perhaps …