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Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande & J Balvin to Reap Millions in HYBE Deal to Buy Ithaca Holdings

HYBE’s $1.05 billion deal to buy Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings will award Braun’s artists and staff with more than $40 million in equity, including shares to Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, J Balvin, Demi Lovato and Quavo according to a corporate filing from HYBE, the publicly traded company formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment. A total of 39 people, including Braun and Big Machine Label Group CEO Scott Borchetta, will receive shares […]

Diddy Beams Into Son’s 23rd Birthday Party Via Hologram: See Video

Diddy pulled double-duty Thursday night by beaming into son King Combs’ 23rd birthday in LA while he was in Miami for business. TMZ released a two-minute video of the “I’ll Be Missing You” MC’s lifelike appearance at the sports jersey-themed soirée on the other coast. The hip-hop mogul used PORTL — an interactive hologram machine founded by David Nussbaum that […]

Black Keys’ Patrick Carney to Fill In for Cleveland Indians’ Ballpark Drummer

The Indians will use a pinch-drummer for their home opener. With longtime drummer and ballpark fixture John Adams recovering from heart surgery and unable to attend his first opener in Cleveland in 48 years, Black Keys drummer and lifelong Indians fan Patrick Carney will fill in and pound away from the left-field bleachers at Progressive […]

Lil Uzi Vert Hops on Posthumous FXXXXY Track ‘Yeah Kool’: Listen

A new track from late rapper-producer FXXXXY, featuring Lil Uzi Vert, arrived Thursday titled “Yeah Kool.” FXXXXY was signed to Future’s FreeBandz label and was credited with engineering work on the song “Solitaires,” featuring Travis Scott, from the rapper’s eighth High Off Life album, released in May 2020. While working on Future and Lil Uzi Vert’s joint album Pluto x […]