Muddy Waters‘ former house in Chicago will be renovated into a museum and community center, the Hyde Park Herald reported on Tuesday. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has given a $50,000 grant to transform the six-time Grammy-winning blues musician’s brick house — situated on 4339 S. Lake Park Ave. …
Read More »Logic Signs a Seven-Figure Streaming Partnership with Twitch
Logic has signed an exclusive deal with Twitch to become the company’s first musician signing, the video game livestreamer announced on Monday — the latest milestone in Twitch’s growing music presence that has expanded amid the coronavirus pandemic. Without getting into specifics, Logic told The Verge the new deal is …
Read More »Troye Sivan's Heartbreak is Set Aflame in New 'Easy' Video
Troye Sivan contemplates heartbreak and yearning for reigniting a relationship in his new video for “Easy.” The song appears on the singer’s upcoming In a Dream EP, which arrives on August 21st via Capitol. In the new visual, Sivan appears alone in a futuristic mansion, his only company a pet …
Read More »Music Magnate Jimmy Iovine Is Wading Into the Fashion Business
Will music business icon Jimmy Iovine become fashion’s next mogul? Iovine announced this week that he and his wife Liberty Ross, a model and actress, have made a majority investment in ready-to-wear women’s fashion brand The Vampire’s Wife. The news comes three months after FaZe Clan, an online retailer of …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion: 'I Suffered Gunshot Wounds' From 'Crime Committed Against Me'
Following rumors that she had been arrested over the weekend, Megan Thee Stallion posted a statement on Instagram Wednesday claiming she was shot over the weekend, and briefly elaborated on the incident. Earlier this week, TMZ reported that Megan was inside of an SUV alongside singer-rapper Tory Lanez that was …
Read More »Selena Gomez, Trevor Daniel Release Trippy Quarantine Video “Past Life”
Selena Gomez and Trevor Daniel take quarantine music videos to a whole other dimension in their new visual for “Past Life.” Directed by Grammy-nominated filmmaking team Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia, the clip starts out simple enough, with Gomez and Daniel singing to each other over Instagram Live. But things …
Read More »'Hamilton' Soundtrack Sales Surge 1,000% As It Rises Up To Number Two on RS 200
Hamiltonis back.Surrounding the premiere of Hamilton on Disney Plus on July 3rd, sales and streams for the soundtrack to the hit Broadway musical have soared over the past two weeks, launching the album to Number Two on this week’s Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. From July 3rd through July …
Read More »Tyler Childers Gets Animated, Drops Easter Eggs in Colorful 'Country Squire' Video
Tyler Childers teams with Kentucky comic-book artist Tony Moore for an eye-catching new video for “Country Squire,” the title track of Childers’ 2019 album. Full of bright colors and lifelike 3-D animation — part Rudolph holiday special, part Wallace and Gromit — the clip follows the Kentucky singer-songwriter as he …
Read More »'The First Time' With New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Jumaane Williams may be the highest-ranking elected official who is black in New York City, but that doesn’t mean people know much about what his job actually does. New York City’s Public Advocate is the first in line to succeed the mayor, but even its own website describes the position’s …
Read More »Breaking Down the Supreme Court's Ruling on Trump's Taxes
If you’re confused by the news about the Supreme Court’s decisions in the two Trump tax return cases this morning, you’re not alone. The cases are a perfect Rorschach test, not only for your politics, but also your general life disposition. Tweets, headlines, Facebook posts, and cable news chryons are …
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