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Cue the Slime! The Kid Laroi to Perform on 2024 Kids’ Choice Awards

The Kid Laroi is set to perform at the 2024 Kids’ Choice Awards, which will be simulcast live on the East Coast on Saturday, July 13, at 8 p.m. ET/PT across Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons, the Nick Jr. channel, TV Land, CMT and MTV2. Related The Kid Laroi Calls Tate McRae His ‘Girlfriend’ On Stage at […]

BMI Hires New Chiefs for Tech and Transformation

BMI’s C-suite continues to grow with the appointment of Tom Kershaw as chief technology officer and Justin Rohde as chief transformation officer. The respective CTOs, both new hires with 40-plus years of experience between them, will report to BMI president and CEO Mike O’Neill. Kershaw arrives from travel retail platform Travelport, where he served as […]

Tray Wellington Expands on His Progressive Bluegrass Sound With ‘Detour to the Moon’: ‘I’ve Always Considered Myself an Explorer of the Banjo’

The lyrics to hip-hop artist Kid Cudi’s 2009 song “Pursuit of Happiness” include the lines “I’ma do just what I want/ Looking ahead, no turning back.” Those lyrics also serve as a musically freeing anthem for bluegrass artist and banjo virtuoso Trajan “Tray” Wellington, who includes a fleet-fingered, hip-hop-tinted bluegrass version of the tune on […]

Eminem Teams With White Castle For ‘White Rapper’ Merch Collab

After decades of brushing off the label, Eminem is finally embracing the title of “White Rapper.” Now, to be fair, he’s doing it as part of a promotional team-up with slider slingers White Castle as part of the roll-out of his upcoming album. The burgers and beats collaboration was announced on Monday (July 8) in […]

Britney Spears Posts, Deletes Vow To Stay ‘Single As F–k’

After three marriages and a few high-profile romances, Britney Spears seems ready to go it alone. In a since-deleted post, the 42-year-old singer who is in the midst of divorcing her third husband, actor/model Sam Asghari, announced that she is done with men. According to screen grabs from fans of the Sunday Instagram post, Spears […]

Blackstone Wins Shareholder Support to Buy Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Six years after going public on the London Stock exchange, a majority of Hipgnosis Songs Fund shareholders voted on Monday (July 8) to sell the fund to Blackstone for $1.6 billion, according to a regulatory filing. According to the filing, 99.97% of shares voted voting in favor of selling to the private equity giant–59.21% of […]