Record executive Kevin Liles is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault in the early 2000s, arguing there’s zero evidence for the “salacious” allegations because they are “entirely false.” In a letter to the judge filed Tuesday, attorneys for the 300 Entertainment founder say they’re planning to file

The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, wants to encourage young artists — especially those in the trending genre of corridos tumbados — to create songs that don’t glorify violence or drugs. That’s why this week she announced México Canta (or Mexico Sings), a binational contest aimed at shifting the focus of Mexican music to themes

Young Buck (real name David Brown) has had his bond revoked in Tennessee due to what officials called “repeated violations of his bond supervision,” local ABC affiliate WKRN reported. The news outlet also said that Assistant District Attorney Daniel Daugherty noted the hearing was held Monday (April 7). The judge sentenced the former G-Unit rapper

Now in his fifth decade of making music, synth-pop pioneer Howard Jones is just as enamored with innovative technologies as he was in the early ‘80s. For one of the two versions of his upcoming album, Piano Composed, Jones used a Steinway Spirio, a state-of-the-art player piano that captures mechanical data and allowed him to

The full lineup for the Billboard U.K. Live takeover at The Great Escape (May 14-16) in Brighton, England, has been announced. In March, it was announced that Mercury Prize winner English Teacher would headline the The Deep End venue as part of the Billboard U.K. Live experience on May 16. The takeover marks the inaugural

Green Day entered 2005 at the center of popular music for the second time in its career — but the first time in a decade. The legendary pop-punk trio had taken over rock music and MTV from 1994-95 with its RIAA diamond-certified debut album Dookie, and had fortified their status as alt-rock fixtures in the