Month: May 2024

Business is boomin’ for New Ho King. The Chinese restaurant referenced by Kendrick Lamar on “Euphoria” is looking to capitalize on the spotlight by naming a special meal after K. Dot. Last week, food blogger @insta.noodls pulled up to New Ho King in Toronto to order the “Kendrick Lamar Special” […]

Who will be the big winner at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday (May 16) night? Luke Combs, who is hoping to land his first entertainer of the year win in his fifth nomination, leads all artists with eight nods. Should he take home entertainer of the […]

In Spotify‘s latest Billions Club: The Series episode Tuesday (May 14), Cardi B feasts on some delicious Caribbean food while enjoying a few major streaming milestones on the side. To celebrate having four songs on the platform surpass a billion plays, the rapper ate a meal of oxtails, rice and […]

Downtown Music has launched a new royalties and financial services division called DR&FS, which will streamline all of its royalty services, accounting and payments systems, the company announced Tuesday (May 14). The division is an outgrowth of Curve Royalty Systems, a royalty processing platform acquired by Downtown in January 2023. Curve’s […]

Billie Eilish is giving fans a sneak peek at her fast-approaching new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, by debuting a snippet of one of its lovey-dovey tracks, “Feather,” in a brand-new teaser for Netflix’s Heartstopper season three.  In the clip posted Monday (May 13), Joe Locke’s Charlie practices telling […]

iann dior (featured on the 24kGoldn smash “Mood”) signed to Big Noise Music Group, which released his latest single, “Edge of Tomorrow,” on Friday (May 10). Formerly signed to 10k Projects, dior is managed by Andile Ndlovu at Fractal and booked by Mitch Blackman and Griffin Perkiel at IAG. Fourteen-year-old […]

In 2025, the annual Music Biz conference will be held May 12-15 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel. The conference attracts more than 2,300 music industry executives each year and has been held in Nashville for nearly a decade. The 2024 conference kicks off this week in Nashville, running from […]

Mon Laferte has signed a record deal with Sony Music Latin, the company tells Billboard. In this “new phase” of the Chilean singer-songwriter’s career, Sony Music will continue to “enhance” her legacy and international visibility, according to the label. The Grammy-nominated artist is currently on her Live Nation-produced Autopoiética tour […]

Rapsody has been in the rap game for over a decade, and she always sings the praises of the great female rappers who came before her while feeling excited to see a new generation find success. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news […]

Rapsody shares why ‘Please Don’t Cry’ is her most vulnerable album, how her truth is incorporated throughout all of the songs and her various collaborations including: Lil Wayne, Erykah Badu, and Dixson. She also talks about the resurgence of women in hip hop and how Nicki Minaj & Cardi B […]