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The public memorial service for Nipsey Hussle is now set. Nip’s Instagram account announced an official “Celebration of Life” planned for Thursday at the spacious Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles on Monday (April 8). Doors for the service will open at 8 a.m. PT, with everything getting going promptly at 10 a.m. PT for approximately two hours until noon….

Diplo is bringing a super-sized version of his Mad Decent Festival to Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts on July 20-21 with a lineup that features Billie Eilish, Major Lazer, G-Eazy, Miguel and many more. The Super Mega Ultra Giant Mad Decent Block Part Festival in Foxborough will have three stages, with performances from artists such as A Boggie Wit Da Hoodie, Dillon Francis,…

Any way you look at it, the Copyright Royalty Board’s rate determination, handed down in January 2018, was a big win for songwriters and music publishers. Yet while many of the elements the publishing community likes about the decision — which boosted payments from on-demand services for the years 2018-2022 — were realized due to arguments…

The Weeknd is being sued once again. A group of British songwriters have officially filed a complaint with the Central District of California on Wednesday (April 3), according to court documents obtained by Billboard. Songwriters William Smith, Brian Clover and Scott McCulloch are claiming that The Weeknd (born Abel Tesfaye) ripped off their 2004 track “I Need Love”…

To kick off the release of her highly anticipated debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, out today (March 29), Billie Eilish curated an immersive experience in partnership with Spotify for her fans to visit in Los Angeles, in which they could walk through several different rooms inspired by the tracks on the record. Plus,…

Make yourself aware of the film industry, take initiative, and love what you’re doing. Those were some of the expert tips shared at the speaker series panel hosted by the Women in Film (WIF) advocacy group. WIF hosted their “Female Composers in Film: Balancing the Scales” panel on Wednesday night (March 27), which featured an all-women panel of some of the…

Lil Wayne fans might be able to own a small part of history from the decorated artist’s career. TMZ reported on Monday (March 25) that a notebook filled with handwritten lyrics of Weezy’s from back in 1999 is now for sale, but it’s going to cost the buyer a pretty penny. Those interested can contact Moments in Timeand get…

Singer Macy Gray is suing ICM and agent Scott Mantell, claiming she was promised a discount on commissions for a 2017 European tour that didn’t meet the $500,000 minimum guarantee and the agency failed to follow through. Gray, suing under her legal name Natalie HInds, says after Martell convinced her to sign on to a summer tour…

Ringo Starr, who will turn 79 in July, is back in the studio recording a new album, Billboard confirmed Sunday (March 17). “He has been working on a new record for a few months,” his representative said in an email. There’s no word on when it will be released. The first clue to the new album came March 14…

Danny Ocean is anything but conventional. Not as a kid: His mom was a Venezuelan diplomat, so he spent his childhood as an expat, living in different countries throughout Africa and the Caribbean before returning to his homeland after Hugo Chávez took power. He’s been unconventional with his music too. His initiation into music wwere movie soundtracks he…