Gary The Creator
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Megan Thee Stallion Rented Interscope's Pipeline and Kept the Masters: The Artist's Guide to Distribution and Label Services Deals.
Megan Thee Stallion's Interscope partnership is the cleanest live example of a distribution deal. Here is what that structure buys, what it bills back, and the data question regulators forced into the open.
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Eric Benét Sets Nine December Dates for the You Do Tour, Austin to Sony Hall
Eric Benét's You Do Tour runs nine headlining shows from Austin on Dec. 1 to Sony Hall in Manhattan on Dec. 22, with tickets on sale now.
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JAY-Z Said No in 2019 - Now He's Headlining the Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show
Hov once told Roger Goodell to end the conversation if it was about him performing. Seven years and a stadium-sized JAŸ-Z30 victory lap later, he is headlining Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 14.
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2hollis Pirouette Tour 2027: Presale Opens for 23 North American Dates
The artist presale for 2hollis' 23-date Pirouette Tour opened October 27, with the Kia Forum, Toronto's Coca-Cola Coliseum and an outdoor Brooklyn finale on the 2027 route.
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Boyz II Men Sign With Warner Records Nashville for a 2027 Country Album
A month after singing with Lady A, Boyz II Men signed with Warner Records Nashville for their first country album, due in 2027. Wanya Morris says they want to be part of the genre, not to become it.
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Mary J. Blige Brought Her Catalog to Primary Wave - The Announcement Calls It a Partnership and Names No Stake
Primary Wave says it will work alongside Mary J. Blige on the compositions and recordings behind Family Affair, My Life and Be Without You. It disclosed no price, no stake and no likeness rights.
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Drake Will Argue Over "Not Like Us" in Court on December 4. Grammy Voters Will Never Get to Hear Iceman.
Drake kept Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour off the 2027 Grammy ballot one year after losing to Kendrick Lamar. We think he should have entered the room.
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Goapele Releases "Way You Love Me" as "Closer" Turns 25
Goapele answered fans with "Way You Love Me" on Monday, crediting a close Bay Area circle in the year "Closer" turns 25. Here is where the new song fits in a catalog built on her own label.
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Chris Brown Gets Eight Months, Suspended - The Washington Case Ended the Same Way
A London judge suspended Chris Brown's eight-month sentence for the Tape nightclub bottle attack. HitsCulture traces how the charges shrank and how the result echoes his 2014 Washington case.
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Case Dropped a Love Jones EP on Verzuz Night, and Saved the Surprise for Track Five
Case released a new Love Jones EP the same day he faced Carl Thomas on Verzuz, and the project closes on a track crediting Minister Louis Farrakhan.
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Westside Gunn Swerves the Farewell, Sets HEELMATIC for Friday the 13th
Westside Gunn set aside his Awesome God 3 farewell for HEELMATIC, a 16-track Mass Appeal album due November 13, with a Saucony run and a 2027 European tour stacked around it.
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Bruno Mars Takes Back the Throne as "I Just Might" Breaks the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Record at 32 Weeks
One week after Drake and Don Toliver bumped him, Bruno Mars climbed back to No. 1 and passed "Luther" for the longest run in Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs history.
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