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Karol G Warned Not to Speak About ICE or Risk Losing Visa. She Plans to Do So Anyway

The Colombian Grammy-winner says she is yearning to speak out despite the potential consequences. Karol G Warned Not to Speak About ICE or Risk Losing Visa. She Plans to Do So Anyway Kiana Fitzgerald

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What Do Ye’s First-Week ‘Bully’ Numbers Say About His Current Status in the Mainstream?

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at the problematic rapper's most recent album and efforts to re-gain acceptance to pop music and culture's center.

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Be इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स Pollinator Hazee Delay Captures Boutique Pedal Spirit

A modern throwback to the 'try anything' experimental days of the boutique pedal boom

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Be इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स Pollinator Hazee Delay Offers Experimental, DIY Pedal Experience

A modern throwback to the 'try anything' experimental days of the boutique pedal boom

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Tyler, The Creator's Converse 1908 Jogger Receives Nature-Inspired Update

The rapper's jogger style is a fan favorite and makes a great everyday shoe.

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Tyler, The Creator’s Converse 1908 Jogger Is Getting a Nature-Inspired Upgrade in 4 New Colorways

The rapper's jogger style is a fan favorite and makes a great everyday shoe.

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Paul Feig Lobbies for Sydney Sweeney to Be Next James Bond

Feig believes Sweeney would be "a good spy" after directing her in The Housemaid. Paul Feig Lobbies for Sydney Sweeney to Be Next James Bond Eddie Fu

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Pepsi Initially Approved Kanye West for Wireless Festival, Says Promoter

The Festival Republic boss also said not consulting the Jewish community over the now-cancelled event “may prove to be a mistake”

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Karol G on Coachella, Community, and "Playboy" Cover

The star also addressed her complicated feelings about publicly condemning ICE for the magazine.

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Karol G Strips Down for Steamy ‘Playboy’ Cover & Discusses Making Coachella History: ‘It’s a Show for My Community’

The star also addressed her complicated feelings about publicly condemning ICE for the magazine.

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🎧 Approved: Alewya

Raised in West London with Ethiopian and Egyptian roots, alt-soul hyphenate Alewya treats heritage as something active rather than archival. She doesn’t move like a conventional artist, describing herself as a painter who makes music, which makes sense when you sit with her songs

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Melvin Benn says Pepsi originally approved and “signed off” on Kanye West headlining Wireless before pulling out as sponsor

The Festival Republic boss also said not consulting the Jewish community over the now-cancelled event “may prove to be a mistake”

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Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" Achieves Multiweek No. 1 on Hot 100

Hit Songs Deconstructed analyzes the sonic characteristics that helped land Langley a multiweek Hot 100 No. 1.

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“I hate to break it to you, but your favourite artist records my old songs”: Sky Ferreira seemingly fires shots at Charli xcx on social media

Sky Ferreira expresses frustration on Twitter and tells a fan on X that her music was used in Wuthering Heights without credit

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Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Deconstructed: Heartbreak That Feels Authentic & Relatable

Hit Songs Deconstructed analyzes the sonic characteristics that helped land Langley a multiweek Hot 100 No. 1.

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M.I.A. Launches M.I.7 With New Song “Everything”

The Mata follow-up is a “gospel record rooted in prayer, the Book of Revelation, and the Ark of the Covenant,” according to a press release

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Daddy Yankee to Receive Latin Recording Academy's 2026 Person of the Year Honor

The Puerto Rican artist will be honored during Latin Grammys week at a special gala held Nov. 11 in Las Vegas.

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Bill Ackman Proposes $60 Billion Bid for UMG

The non-binding offer proposes moving UMG's headquarters and stock listing to the United States.

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Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Bids to Buy UMG For Over $60 Billion

The non-binding offer proposes moving UMG's headquarters and stock listing to the United States.

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‘Marvel’s Spider-Man’ composer to score ‘Legend Of Zelda’ film alongside series icon Koji Kondo

John Paesano has been added to the adaptation’s IMDb page