Malik B, founding member of The Roots, has died
Malik Abdul Baset aka Malik B, a longtime member of Philadelphia rap group The Roots, has died aged 47. The ...
Artists have earned more than $20 million from Bandcamp Friday sales
Bandcamp has revealed that more than $20 million in sales went directly to artists across the four fee-waiving days that ...
Banksy supports wearing face masks with artwork on the London Underground
Banksy has published a video of his new artwork being created inside the carriage of a train in the London ...
Adam Beyer: "A three-gig weekend leaves very little headspace for the creative writing process"
Adam Beyer is releasing his first solo music for five years. ‘No Defeat No Retreat’ contains two tracks of thundering ...
Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone has died aged 91
Ennio Morricone has died in his hometown of Rome aged 91. The Italian composer was known as the “Maestro” and ...
Vanilla Ice announces July 4 concert in COVID-19 hotspot
Vanilla Ice has announced plans for a Fourth of July celebrating concert (taking place on July 3) at a venue ...
MOBO founder Kanya King: “Racism is the worst pandemic”
Kanya King MBE, founder of the MOBO (Music of Black Origin) organisation, has written an open letter to the UK’s ...
Digga D threatened with recall to prison after joining Black Lives Matter protests
Digga D has been accused of ‘inciting violence’ and threatened with being recalled to prison after attending a Black Lives ...
Native Instruments is facing calls to address an inadequate response to alleged racism within the company
Native Instruments has been accused of failing to acceptably address concerns about racism raised within the company by former and ...
Republic Records will no longer use the term ‘urban’
Republic Records has announced that effective immediately the word “urban” will no longer be used in categorising its “departments, employee ...
A crowdfund is raising money for pioneering house artist Adonis
A JustGiving fund to raise money for Chicago artist Adonis has been set up to cover him for unpaid royalties ...
Aluna Francis: "Dance music is black music that's been whitewashed for so long that we forgot"
AlunaGeorge singer Aluna Francis has posted about her experiences of racism in the music industry on Instagram. She spoke about ...
Gorillaz: “White supremacy must end”
Gorillaz have announced their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Read this next: In Session: Gorillaz In a post ...
Tyler, The Creator is fine with his store being vandalised by protestors
Tyler, the Creator has joined the Black Lives Matter protests online and in Los Angeles, and is fine with the ...
The Weeknd gave half a million dollars to racial justice organisations
The Weeknd has thrown financial weight behind the fight for racial justice, splitting $500k of donations between the Black Lives ...
Calvin Harris reveals he nearly died in 2014
Life is going well for Calvin Harris at the moment. He’s launched a successful new rave-focused alias Love Regenerator, and ...
Grimes and Elon Musk name their newborn baby ‘X Æ A-12’
Grimes and Elon Musk have announced the birth of their baby boy, with Musk confirming “Mom & baby all good”. ...
Singer-Songwriter Brando Releases "Millennial Rhapsody"
You may know the soulful vocals of Brando from his collaborations with Loud Luxury, Don Diablo, and most recently Matoma. ...
Berlin’s [ipsə] club sabotaged by arson attack
The entire indoor area of Berlin club [ipsə] has been completely destroyed in an arson attack. Berlin’s fire department said ...
Bronze Whale Unveil Beautiful 'Hold. Wait. Fall.'
Bronze Whale without fail has expertly curated a sound unlike anyone else. With electronic bones, R&B leaning toplines, hip hop ...