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Leonard ‘Hub’ Hubbard, Longtime Bassist for The Roots, Dies at 62

Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, who was the longtime bassist for The Roots, died after a long battle with cancer on Thursday (Dec. 16). He was 62. His stepdaughter India Owens confirmed the news to The Philadelphia Inquirer, which reported that the cause of death was multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer he had first been […]

Travis Scott Is Trying to Standardize Safety at Festivals After Astroworld

Travis Scott is involved in a new effort to standardize safety measures at festivals across the U.S., a source familiar with the situation tells Billboard. The embattled rapper, who is currently facing legal claims from nearly 2,800 Astroworld attendees after 10 people died and hundreds more were injured during his Nov. 5 performance at the […]

Megan Thee Stallion & Jonas Brothers Cancel Jingle Ball Atlanta After Crew Members Test Positive for COVID-19

Megan Thee Stallion and the Jonas Brothers have canceled their appearances at the Power 96.1 Jingle Ball in Atlanta on Thursday (Dec. 16) after members of their teams tested positive for COVID-19. The sibling trio announced Thursday morning on social media that an unspecified member of their production crew tested positive for coronavirus, and that […]

Dulce María on Collaborating With Late Brazilian Artist Marilia Mendonça: ‘She Left Us a Gift’

When Dulce María heard the final version of what would be her first-ever collaboration with Marília Mendonça, she got chills. “I would hear it over and over again,” the Mexican singer-songwriter tells Billboard, who on Thursday (Dec. 16) released her duet “Amigos Con Derechos” with Mendonça, the 26-year-old Brazilian sertanejo star who passed away Nov. […]

Lyric & Northleaf Launch $300M Bond Backed by Pete Townshend, Tim McGraw Royalties

Northleaf Capital Partners will raise $303.8 million through the sale of bonds backed by music royalties of The Who’s Pete Townshend, country star Tim McGraw and other artists in Spirit Music Group’s wide-ranging collection of music rights. The bonds will be backed by over 52,000 assets, primarily compositions but also recordings, that represent a sub-section […]

Key West police arrest bank robbery suspect

Key West police arrested a man suspected of robbing a bank Wednesday morning. The 31-year-old man, Alphonso Woods, is accused of holding up the First State Bank branch on 1201 … Click to Continue »