NFT marketplace MakersPlace has raised $30 million as part of its Series A funding round from investors including Sony Music Entertainment, Eminem, former Def Jam CEO Paul Rosenberg, and NFT early adopter and DJ 3LAU, the company announced Wednesday (Aug. 4). It has been an excellent year for MakersPlace, which has so far conducted more […]

Carlos Santana’s next studio album will be released on BMG, the iconic guitarist has announced. Titled Blessings and Miracles, it will be Santana’s first set on BMG. A debut single is expected later this month. “I would like to thank everyone at BMG for sharing our collective commonality – vision to touch people’s hearts with energy,

Atlanta rapper Lil Baby was an investor in the “Social Gloves: Battle of the Platforms” boxing tournament and concert, according to a new lawsuit filed by Tayler Holder and Nate Wyatt. Holder is a TikTok star with 20 million followers and the artist behind the May single “I’ll Be Alright“; Wyatt is also a TikTok celebrity

You already knew Rihanna was a boss onstage, onscreen and in the studio. But the singer is also now officially a boardroom billionaire. According to Forbes magazine, RiRi has reached rarified pop air thanks to her mega-successful four-year old Fenty Beauty brand, which it estimates has pushed her personal fortune to $1.7 billion. The gaudy

On Wednesday (Aug. 4), 11 leading organizations in HIV/AIDS education, prevention and treatment have penned an open letter to DaBaby requesting a private meeting to address his miseducation. Organizations including GLAAD, Black AIDS Institute, Prevention Access Campaign, and more, as well as researchers from Emory University, the University of Houston and Wake Forest University, addressed

Lunay, Chris Jedi and Gaby Music have been confirmed for Billboard’s 2021 Latin Music Week returning to Miami in September with a week-long event that unites the top Latin hitmakers, influencers and industry leaders, and features live performances and conversations with superstars. Puerto Rican sensation Lunay, known for bops like “Soltera,” “La Cama” and the Anitta-assisted “Todo

The tag team of Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow storm in and shake up Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as their collaboration, “Industry Baby,” debuts at No. 1 on the list dated August 7. The single traces its chart-topping bow to a huge streaming sum, helped by a social media promo campaign that played

Viral trends come and go on TikTok, but singing sea shanties at home during the pandemic probably helped many of us overcome the self-quarantine blues and will be one of the defining fads of 2020 that we look back on with fondness someday. Initially launched by Scottish singer Nathan Evans, the “ShantyTok” craze on the

Dua Lipa wasn’t the only one “horrified” by DaBaby’s remarks about people with HIV and AIDS at last week’s Rolling Loud festival in Miami. Radio programmers who play the pop star’s music have stripped the rapper from the air over the past 10 days, shifting to Lipa’s solo version of top five smash “Levitating” that