Cashmere Cat is one of the most unique producers working in pop music today, so it was a shame to see a somewhat sanitized version of his previously teased track with Ariana Grande, “Be My Baby,” appear on the “Bang Bang” singer’s new album last week. Today, the 26-year-old Norse DJ remedied that concern by…

It could be Drake‘s big night at the upcoming BET Hip-Hop Awards in a year that had already saw him perform at the OVO Festival and tour with Lil Wayne….

Nickesse Toney, the New Orleans bounce artist better known as Nicky Da B, passed away earlier this week due to unknown causes. He was 24. Now, his manager, Rusty Lazer, is asking for donations to help his family with the costs of his funeral, as SPIN points out….

Ever since Jessie Ware first garnered widespread acclaim for her 2012 debut album Devotion, she hasn’t disappointed. Last month, she returned with the hazy, gorgeous “Tough Love”—the title track from her upcoming sophomore album—which landed a spot on our July Slate Plus playlist. She recently followed that up with the slow-burning “Share It All,” which…

Willow Smith has come a long way since “Whip My Hair.” After her recent collaborations with SZA and Kitty Cash, the 13-year-old singer showcases her experimental sound on a cover of King Krule’s “Easy Easy,” which appears on the British singer’s 2013 debut 6 Feet Beneath the Moon….

Sam Smith offered a tender cover of Tracy Chapman‘s smash “Fast Car” during a recent session for the BBC’s Live Lounge series. While his band slowed down the song and offered up an arrangement that veered more towards the singer’s soul and R&B wheelhouse, Smith delivered yet another potent vocal performance, bouncing beautifully between a delicate,…

Comedy lost another icon today. Joan Rivers, the first and only woman to host a non-cable late-night talk show, died today, September 4, at the age of 81. The news comes directly from her daughter Melissa….

John MacLean, aka The Juan MacLean, is teaming up with former LCD Soundsystem member Nancy Whang for a joint album, called In a Dream, which is due September 16. As part of the promotional campaign for the project, MacLean has remixed Zola Jesus‘s lead single “Dangerous Days,” off of her upcoming offering, TAIGA, which is…

  On May 27 Billboard and Twitter announced their first ever real-time charts that would track the conversations about songs on the social service. Yet, three months later, only one K-pop act, Girls’ Generation, has earned a traditional Korean-language release hit the chart. That’s despite the genre’s avid fan chatter online with worldwide trending topics on the regular, while its…

Remember ReDigi, the upstart digital company that stirred excitement with a business model around letting consumers buy and sell previously purchased tracks on iTunes? There’s more bad news for the company from a federal judge on Tuesday….