ZHUBIZ CHEZMIZ: Mother of Julio Iglesias’ lovechild speaks out
> CLIMATE CHANGE ANYONE! JUST LIVE WITH IT
… DON’T BE MISERABLE. POSITIVE THINKING.
.
More For You
Cyndi Lauper stung by bee on stage, yanks out stinger
Cyndi Lauper bee sting at Hollywood Bowl doesn’t derail Hope performance
Mother of Julio Iglesias’ lovechild speaks out
EXCLUSIVE Former ballet dancer mother Maria Edite Santos has spoken out about her affair with legendary Spanish singer Julio Iglesias that resulted in their child Javier, 43.
R. Kelly facing new federal sex crime charges
CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly and his entourage recruited girls and women to engage in illegal sexual activity with the singer and covered up the crimes by paying off and threatening victims and witnesses, federal prosecutors alleged Friday in indictments that could keep the Grammy winner behind bars for decades. Because they come from the federal government, the accusations add a new dimension to the allegations against Kelly, who was already facing…
Photos
Summer’s hit song each year since 1960
America’s favorite summer jams have definitely changed a lot over the years.
Photos
Best Bob Dylan albums
To honor the release of the “Rolling Thunder Revue” box set and Martin Scorsese’s Netflix documentary, Stacker is running down the best Bob Dylan albums of all time. The data was culled from Best Ever Albums, where each ranking is determined by calculating the album’s aggregate position from over 38,000 different top album charts.
Photos
Music: Swift is top-paid celeb
Taylor Swift is the world’s highest-paid celebrity, plus more music news you may have missed!
A jazz legend said he needed money. His friends had questions
A campaign meant to help Kenny Burrell has left many uneasy.
Movie-music giant Gary LeMel dies
Gary LeMel, a longtime president of music at Warner Bros. Pictures whom the Los Angeles Times once called “the father of the compilation soundtrack album,” died July 6 after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. Film agent Richard Kraft called him “a true giant in the film music industry.” Songwriters Hall of Fame member Steve Doff
Jerry Lawson, leader of a cappella Persuasions, dies at 75
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Lawson, who for four decades was the lead singer of the eclectic cult-favorite a cappella group the Persuasions, has died.
Photos
Best Grateful Dead albums
In honor of “Aoxomoxoa”—which turned 50 this year—Stacker presents the best Grateful Dead albums of all-time. The data was culled from Best Ever Albums, where the overall rank of each title is determined by calculating its aggregate position from over 38,000 different top album charts.
Can you guess this year’s highest-paid country star?
Luke Bryan Highest Paid Country Star Per Forbes
Detroit freeway to be named after Aretha Franklin
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has approved a bill to designate a portion of the M-10 motorway in Detroit as the “Aretha L. Franklin Memorial Highway,” according to the Associated Press. Whitmer, a Democrat said in a statement that Franklin’s “creativity and voice contributed to our musical and cultural history in Michigan.” She also had a
Photos
’70s rock bands: Where are they now?
From Led Zeppelin to Fleetwood Mac to Pink Floyd and more, we’re looking at where the biggest bands of the ’70s are today.
Jay Z partners with cannabis company
Jay Z, who infamously started out dealing crack and drugs in Brooklyn’s notorious Marcy Projects before becoming a successful rapper and entrepreneur, has entered into a long-term partnership with Caliva, one of the largest, vertically integrated cannabis companies in California. According to a release, the mogul, whose real name is Shawn Corey Carter, spent “a
Sting cancels tour dates due to unspecified illness
The singer is “under the weather” and canceled the shows “under doctor’s orders,” per an official statement.
After backlash, Nicki Minaj pulls out of Saudi Arabia concert
NEW YORK (AP) — Nicki Minaj is pulling out of a concert in Saudi Arabia because she says she wants to show support for women’s rights, gay rights and freedom of expression. “After careful reflection I have decided to no longer move forward with my scheduled concert at Jeddah World Fest. While I want nothing more than to bring my show to fans in Saudi Arabia, after better educating myself on the issues, I believe it is important for me to make…
Photos
Miranda Lambert and new husband goof off in NYC
Loving life! Miranda Lambert and her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, were all smiles in New York City on Monday, July 8. The couple beamed as they made their way through the city streets hand in hand. The 35-year-old county singer looked cute and casual in gym shorts, a gray tank top and a baseball cap, while McLoughlin sported an NYPD T-shirt. Lambert and McLoughlin also rocked pink and blue wedding rings, respectively, during the outing. The twosome tied the knot in January after a whirlwind romance. The Grammy winner announced the news in a sweet Instagram post the following month. “In honor of Valentine’s day I wanted to share some news. I met the love of my life. And we got hitched!” Lambert wrote on February 16. “My heart is full. Thank you Brendan Mcloughlin for loving me for … Me. #TheOne.” An insider told Us Weekly earlier this month that the pair moved to Nashville after their nuptials. Lambert and McLoughlin are often spotted in NYC, however. The Staten Island native welcomed a son with his ex days after he met Lambert in November 2018. It’s unclear if McLoughlin’s son resides in New York, but the “House That Built Me” songstress expressed her enthusiasm for her new role as a stepmother in June. “My stepson is amazing,” Lambert told Extra. “I’m loving that whole phase, and I’ve raised a million dogs, so I feel like I’ve got that part of my womanly/motherly thing full, so this is a whole new journey. It’s great. … I was like, ‘Hey, I got the dogs, you got the kid, we can mix and mingle.’” Scroll through to see the sweet snaps:
Photos
Celebrating the careers of musicians born in July
We’re rounding up the musicians celebrating birthdays this month and checking in with them today!
Photos
Songs you won’t believe were banned
Why did radio ban these 20 songs?
Aretha Franklin’s sons work together to gain control of singer’s estate
Aretha Franklin’s son Kecalf is getting help from his brother Edward in his attempt to take over control of his late mother’s estate.
Bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto mourned
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians – most of them at least – on Sunday mourned the loss of João Gilberto, one of the fathers of bossa nova music, which gained worldwide popularity in the 1960s. Gilberto died from natural causes a day earlier at his home in Rio de Janeiro. He was 88. The front page of O Globo, one of the country’s leading dailies, read, “The last flicker of the old flame,” quoting lyrics from one of Gilberto’s songs. Fellow artist…
Stevie Wonder to undergo kidney transplant
Legendary R&B singer Stevie Wonder is taking a break from touring to undergo a kidney transplant. Wonder shared the news Saturday during his set at the British Summer Time Hyde Park music festival in England, explaining that he would still be performing in three more shows before undergoing the procedure in September.
Rapper quits fest on finding out white people pay more
Detroit-based rapper Tiny Jag pulled out of a Detroit, MI music festival this week after she learned that white concert-goers would be charged a higher price than people of color. Jag, also known as Jillian Graham, told the Detroit Metro Times that she found out about AfroFuture Fest’s pay model when a white friend reached out to her and sent her a screenshot via Instagram that outlined the pay difference. The early bird POC (“people of color”)…
Ciara and Russell Wilson celebrate 3-year anniversary
Ciara and Russell Wilson celebrated their 3-year wedding anniversary with touching tributes to each other on Instagram on July 6, 2019.
Photos
Best summer songs ever
Cool music to keep you smiling through the next heat wave.
Stranger Things season 3 soundtrack makes the perfect ’80s playlist
Best songs from Stranger Things season 3 soundtrack for ’80s playlist
Photos
Best hip-hop producers of all time
Since his early days as musical sensei of the Wu-Tang Clan, RZA has been one of the sonic pillars of the hip-hop community. Whether they changed the game via sampling or using their unique musical vision to craft something out of the most obscure and eclectic pieces, without producers, hip-hop wouldn’t have the universal drive it has. In honor of RZA’s birthday this week, we share our list of the 25 best hip-hop producers of all time.
Minaj criticized ahead of Saudi Arabia concert
The alcohol-free event for concertgoers 16 and older is set to take place at the King Abdullah Sports Stadium in Red Sea city.
Flashback: Hendrix on iconic Woodstock set
Just one month after closing out Woodstock with a searing rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix went onto The Dick Cavett Show to explain why he decided to reimagine the song. It’s seen today as one of the greatest moments of his career, but at the time some American were offended that his take on the song — which used squelching feedback to simulate the sound of exploding bombs — was a means to protest the Vietnam War. “I don’t…
Photos
Best song about every state
Among the things that sets America apart from other countries are its individual states.
Photos
15 songs about America, for better or worse
Here are 15 songs that capture the American experience AND will get the party going at your July 4th barbecue.
Daltrey expects voice to go within ‘next 5 years’
The Who’s Roger Daltrey will talk to you, with no hesitation, about career mortality. “Obviously within the next five years I think my voice will go,” he tells Billboard. “Age will get it in the end.”
Photos
America’s hottest new music stars
Pop music consistently requires fresh talent in order to remain relevant and — most importantly — cool.
-
Unique Green Drink Has Seniors “Addicted” To It
Ad Patriot Health
Bieber accused of ‘degrading women’ by ex-dancer
Justin Bieber was slammed by ex-choreographer Emma Portner who said the way he treats women is an “abomination.”
What is Swift’s endgame in the Scooter Braun battle?
UPDATED: One thing is clear from both the lead-up and the aftermath of the firestorm that has followed Scooter Braun’s acquisition of Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Records and Taylor Swift’s back catalog: None of those people do anything without a motive — and usually several motives. Several agendas were revealed in the wake of Sunday
Lil Nas X laughs off homophobic comments
Lil Nas X is laughing off homophobic comments after the viral “Old Town Road” rapper came out as gay because… “Can’t nobody tell me nothing.”
Photos
10 Artists and Bands Who Own Their Master Recordings
Recording artists and bands across genres might be taking a hard look at their contracts these days, in the wake of Taylor Swift’s conflict with music manager Scooter Braun. The pop star recently railed against Braun on Tumblr after he bought Big Machine Label Group, including her back catalog of master recordings. “For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work. Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in,” Swift wrote in the post. “I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, [Big Machine founder] Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future. I had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past. Music I wrote on my bedroom floor and videos I dreamed up and paid for from the money I earned playing in bars, then clubs, then arenas, then stadiums.” Swift explained in the post that her “worst case scenario” was that her back catalog would be sold to Braun, claiming that Braun had encouraged his famous clients to bully her over the years. “When I left my masters in Scott’s hands, I made peace with the fact that eventually he would sell them,” she continued. “Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter. Any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words ‘Scooter Braun’ escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to. He knew what he was doing; they both did. Controlling a woman who didn’t want to be associated with them. In perpetuity. That means forever.” The “You Need to Calm Down” singer does, however, have ownership of the masters she has recorded since signing with Republic Records in 2018. Scroll down to see other artists and bands who have the rights to some or all of their master recordings.
LAPD opens internal affairs inquiry in Nipsey Hussle case
Los Angeles police have opened an internal affairs investigation into why the woman who drove the getaway car in the aftermath of rapper Nipsey Hussle’s killing was sent home when she tried to turn herself in during the manhunt for the shooter.
Sid Ramin, Oscar-Winning composer-arranger, dies at 100
Composer-arranger Sid Ramin, a longtime associate of Leonard Bernstein who won an Oscar, an Emmy and a Grammy for his work in film, TV and theater, died of natural causes Monday (July 1) at his home in New York City.
Gary Duncan, guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service, dies at 72
Gary Duncan, guitarist and vocalist of the influential San Francisco psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service, has died at the age of 72. The band confirmed Duncan’s death on their Facebook page. According to Best Classic Bands, Duncan died Saturday in Woodland, California after suffering a seizure and falling into a coma. Born out of the same San Francisco scene that fostered the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Steve Miller…
Photos
The 60 biggest country music stars
From Carrie Underwood and Reba McEntire to Blake Shelton and George Strait, we’re counting down the top 60 living country artists.
Drummer leaves Sleater-Kinney after 20 years
Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss has released a statement on Twitter announcing her departure from the band. Weiss, who joined the band in 1996 ahead of their third album Dig Me Out, wrote in the statement that Sleater-Kinney is “heading in a new direction and it is time for me to move on.” The news comes as a […]