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New Music Friday, September 11: Jhene Aiko Brings Kendrick Back After Thirteen Years, and The Blueprint Turns 25

New Music Friday, September 11: Jhene Aiko Brings Kendrick Back After Thirteen Years, and The Blueprint Turns 25

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Victoria Monét Answers Her Rollout Critics With a Phone Number, and "Juicy" Is the Proof

Victoria Monét Answers Her Rollout Critics With a Phone Number, and "Juicy" Is the Proof

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The U.S. Music Business Grew 6.9 Percent: Rap and R&B Ride the Slowest Line in the Report

The U.S. Music Business Grew 6.9 Percent: Rap and R&B Ride the Slowest Line in the Report

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Pharrell Williams
Deep Dives
Gary The Creator Sep 14, 2026

Pharrell Built a Recording Studio Inside Louis Vuitton, and It Became the Busiest Room in Rap

Clipse, Quavo, John Legend and Pusha T all recorded in the same Paris office, and one man produced every note. HitsCulture on how a fashion job became the most productive stretch of Pharrell Williams's career.
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Voices
Gary The Creator Sep 14, 2026

Artists Chasing Streams Over Quality: Rap Shipped 114 Songs Last Friday

Six new albums landed on September 11 carrying 114 tracks between them, on the same grid as a 25-year-old record with thirteen. The gap is not taste. It is a chart formula that pays for length and has paid more since January.
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Snoop Dogg and T-Pain
The Daily Pulse
Gary The Creator Sep 13, 2026

Live Watch: Snoop Dogg Hosts and Produces the 2026 VMAs, T-Pain Headlines Golden Gate Park

Snoop Dogg will host and executive produce the 2026 MTV VMAs on Sept. 27, and three weeks later T-Pain headlines an all-ages Golden Gate Park bill with Ari Lennox. What is confirmed, and when the tickets move.
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Quavo
The Daily Pulse
Gary The Creator Sep 13, 2026

Quavo Gives Pharrell the Keys to QRÖMELIFE, Arriving October 2

Quavo’s next solo chapter runs through Pharrell Williams. QRÖMELIFE arrives October 2, following a campaign that has moved from Louis Vuitton’s Paris runway to an Atlanta reunion with T.I.
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Jhené Aiko
The Daily Pulse
Gary The Creator Sep 12, 2026

First Listen: Jhené Aiko's Westside Whimsy May Be Her Best Body of Work Yet

Jhené Aiko’s Westside Whimsy is warm, vulnerable, sensual and remarkably easy to settle into. On first listen, songs like “He Belongs,” “Don’t Be That Guy,” “Lullaby” and the Kendrick Lamar-assisted “So Good” make a convincing case that this could be her most complete project yet.
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Drake FOMO Short Film
The Daily Pulse
Gary The Creator Sep 12, 2026

Drake Reveals FOMO as a 'Not So Short Film' Ahead of Sept. 15 Premiere

Drake has finally revealed what Fear of Missing Out is: a film premiering September 15 on YouTube. The bigger clue may be his description of FOMO as a project that was also scored by his inner circle.
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Papoose in Jezebel Video
The Daily Pulse
Gary The Creator Sep 12, 2026

Papoose Turns The Divorce Fight With Remy Ma Into a Record Called "Jezebel"

Hours after a virtual divorce hearing ended without resolution, Papoose released the “Jezebel” video. Remy Ma has her own record queued for September 25, and the ledger between them is now public property.
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Jill Scott
The Daily Pulse
Gary The Creator Sep 12, 2026

Jill Scott Said $19 Million: The 2010 Lawsuit Says Something Else

A viral podcast clip put a nine-figure number on Jill Scott's exit from Hidden Beach. The actual 2010 complaint, and the settlement that followed, tell a stranger story about what leaving a label really costs.
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Rapper Lil Durk
The Daily Pulse
Gary The Creator Sep 11, 2026

A Jury Cleared Lil Durk Because Nobody Could Prove the Bounty

Durk Banks was found not guilty on all five counts Friday, while two co-defendants were convicted of stalking. The split verdict shows exactly where the government's case broke.
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Jay-Z - The Blueprint
The Daily Pulse
Gary The Creator Sep 11, 2026

The Blueprint Came Out on September 11, 2001: Twenty-Five Years Later, New York Still Hasn't Let Go of It

Jay-Z's best album landed in stores the morning the towers fell, sold 427,000 copies anyway, and became the record a wounded city adopted without ever mentioning the date. On its 25th anniversary, the story of how that happened.
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Rod Wave Tour
The Daily Pulse
Gary The Creator Sep 11, 2026

Rod Wave Doubles Up in Eight Cities on 'Don't Look Down Tour'

Rod Wave has added eight shows to his Don't Look Down Tour, turning Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas, Brooklyn, Chicago, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Atlanta into multi-date stops.
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Pussycat Dolls
The Daily Pulse
Gary The Creator Sep 11, 2026

The Pussycat Dolls Tour Europe With Lil' Kim After U.S. Exit

The PCD Forever Tour opened in Copenhagen with 20 dates left of the 53 announced, Lil' Kim on support, and three of six Dolls onstage. Here is what is actually left.
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