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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – MAY 25: (L-R) Chuck D and Flavor Flav perform as Public Enemy during the 2025 Boston Calling Music Festival at Harvard Athletic Complex on May 25, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images) Public Enemy Wants the United States To Ban Firearms: ‘Stop Putting a Price Tag on the Heads of Our Children’
Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav wrote a new Op-Ep wherein he advocates strongly for guns being banned in the United States.
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Lauryn Hill in concert in 2023. Photo by Antione Delerme/Soul B Photos/Shutterstock. Lauryn Hill Plays to Near Empty Stadium at Essence Festival After Delays, Organizers Take Full Responsibility
Fugees singer and R&B icon Lauryn Hill didn’t take the Essence Fest stage until after 2 AM on opening night.
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Monica Schipper/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Kendrick Lamar Scores Two Major Records With ‘GNX’ and SZA Collab
Kendrick Lamar’s 2024 album “GNX” has become the longest-running No. 1 in the history of Billboard’s Top Rap Albums chart.
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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – APRIL 06: J.I.D. performs during the 2025 Dreamville Music Festival at Dorothea Dix Park on April 06, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images) New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need Hear This Week (7/4)
The Fourth of July is not slowing down New Music Friday, because we still have a solid collection of new songs you need to jam this week.
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 28: Bob Vylan performs on the West Holts stage during day four of Glastonbury Festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England. Avon and Somerset Police have announced that they have launched a criminal investigation into the performances of Bob Vylan and also of the Irish-language rap band Kneecap who are known for making pro-Palestinian and political comments during their live performances and have attracted controversy in the past. Established by Michael Eavis in 1970, Glastonbury has grown into the UK's largest music festival, drawing over 200,000 fans to enjoy performances across more than 100 stages. In 2026, the festival will take a fallow year, a planned pause to allow the Worthy Farm site time to rest and recover. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) English Punk Rappers Lose U.S. Visas After Chanting for ‘Death’ to Israel’s Military
English punk-rap duo Bob Vylan chanted “death to the IDF” during their Glastonbury set and it cost them their U.S. visas.
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 09: (L-R) D-Roc and Kaine of Ying Yang Twins perform onstage during the 2025 BET Awards Red Carpet Live at Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for BET) Watch: The Ying Yang Twins Perform a Wild Show at Sea World
Over the weekend, the Ying Yang Twins served up a shirtless, twerk-filled performance at SeaWorld in San Diego.
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This week for New Music Friday we have tracks from Yung Gravy and “Stranger Things” actor Joe Keery’s band Post Animal.
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Rick Kern/WireImage/Getty Images Snoop Dogg Settles Alleged Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Snoop Dogg was sued for allegedly using backing tracks without permission, on his 2022 album “BODR,” but he has settled the lawsuit.
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Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images 50 Cent Rumored to Be Starring in New ‘Street Fighter’ Movie
50 Cent is rumored to be playing “Street Fighter” boxer Balrog in the new film adaptation of the iconic video game franchise.
