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France Recognizes Electronic Music as ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’

It’s official: Air, Cassius, Daft Punk, Justice and the great Jean-Michel Jarre are pillars of French culture. Electronic music is added to the national Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage, acknowledgement that the artform is shaping France’s artistic identity. “Electronic music has a rightful place in our national intangible heritage,” says French Culture Minister Rachida Dati, […]

Jerry Kasenetz, 1960s Bubblegum Hitmaker, Dies at 82

Jerry Kasenetz, who with his production partner Jeff Katz was the hottest producer of bubblegum music in the late 1960s, died Dec. 6 in a hospital in Tampa, Florida. He was 82. The reported cause of death was complications from a fall at his home. Related Gone But Not Forgotten: Musicians We Lost in 2025 The […]

21 Savage Extends No. 1 Streak on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart

21 Savage banks his fifth overall – and consecutive – No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as What Happened to the Streets? starts atop the list dated Dec. 27. The set, on Slaughter Gang/Epic Records, earned 73,000 equivalent album units in the United States for the Dec. 12-18 tracking week, according to Luminate. […]

Amber Rose Defends Nicki Minaj for AmericaFest Appearance & Supporting President Trump: ‘I Don’t Know Why People Twist Our Words’

Amber Rose became a staunch Donald Trump supporter in 2024, which found her speaking at the Republican National Convention ahead of last year’s presidential election, and she commended Nicki Minaj for being outspoken about her political beliefs when appearing in conversation with Erika Kirk at AmericaFest over the weekend. TMZ caught up with Rose on […]

Pooh Shiesty’s ‘FDO’ Debuts at No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

Pooh Shiesty enjoys an immediate welcome reception on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, as he collects his first No. 1 with the debut of “FDO” atop the list dated Dec. 27. The comeback single is the 25-year-old rapper’s first track since his release from prison in October after serving three years behind bars of a […]

The Kid LAROI Clarifies Who Wrote His Justin Bieber Duet ‘Stay’: ‘I Wrote Every Single Lyric Apart From Justin’s Verse’

The Kid LAROI is officially putting to bed any “misconceptions” regarding “Stay,” his smash 2021 duet with Justin Bieber. “I wrote every single lyric on that song apart from Justin’s verse,” he said during his The Road to Before I Forget Twitch stream on Tuesday. “Justin wrote every lyric of his verse. There’s been some, […]