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Billy McFarland Has ’Postponed’ Fyre Festival 2 With No New Date

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Aaron Williams

Well, here’s a shocker. No, truly, my gasteds are flabbered. You could knock me over with a feather. ABC News reports something that anyone with a toddler’s grasp of pattern of recognition could have predicted: Fyre Festival 2 has been “postponed” by its creator Billy McFarland. At least this time, McFarland and co.
Young Thug Announces ’Uy Scuti,’ His Comeback Album, And Lauches Shop

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Aaron Williams

Young Thug’s first album since being released in 2024 after a two-year incarceration is coming soon. He first teased the long-awaited project via a billboard on the freeway to Coachella, and today, he launched the online shop featuring CDs and vinyl, with two different covers, along with accompanying merch packages.
Mass Appeal’s ’Legend Has It...’ Will Include Nas + DJ Premier Album

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Aaron Williams

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Solange Knowles Curates Eldorado Ballroom Event Series In Houston

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Aaron Williams

Solange Knowles‘s Eldorado Ballroom series returns for 2025, this time making a homecoming to the Lone Star State. The orchestral series, aimed at bringing new voices and perspectives to so-called “high art,” first appeared in 2023 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Then, in 2024, she brought the series to the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles.
2hollis Shares The Dates For His Upcoming ’Star’ Headlining Tour

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Aaron Williams

21-year-old genre experimentalist 2hollis has announced the dates for the North American tour promoting his new debut album, Star. After touring with Atlanta breakout artist Ken Carson in 2024, and giving a mini-tour in January, 2hollis is set to headline 24 dates after the summer festival season, including two nights in New York at Terminal 5 performing songs like “Afraid” and “Style.”Tickets for the tour go on-sale on Friday, April 18th at 10AM local time. You can find more info here.
The Lox Make Tough Choices As A Team In The Latest ’Sound Check’

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Aaron Williams

So far, Sound Check host Jeremy Hecht is four-for-four with guessing our guests lifetime anthems, breezing through picks from G-Eazy, Rico Nasty, and Big Sean, but this week, he’s got a new challenge: deciding which song was chosen by the three members of The Lox. Of course, Jadakiss, Styles P, and Sheek Louch also face the challenge of choosing between two tracks to agree upon by consensus in the first six rounds.
Davido Shares His ’5ive’ Tracklist Featuring Victoria Monét, YG Marley

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Aaron Williams

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MIKE & Tony Seltzer Share ’Pinball 2’ Release Date And ’Prezzy’ Video

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Aaron Williams

One of the unexpected standout albums of 2024 was MIKE & Tony Seltzer’s Pinball. Pairing the normally low-stakes New York abstract rapper’s blunted musings with the Brooklyn producer’s more raucous audio backdrops, Pinball turned out to be an endearing subversion of audience expectations and an adventurous leap forward stylistically for MIKE. Apparently, it worked so well, we’re getting a sequel.
SZA Is Launching A Cruelty-Free Lip Gloss Line, ’Not Beauty,’ On Tour

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Aaron Williams

With so many recording artists getting into the beauty and cosmetics business, the market is getting awfully crowded. That isn’t stopping SZA, who is setting her own offering to the space apart with an eye-catching name, Not Beauty, and one hell of a soft launch.
Snoop Dogg Is Releasing Another Gospel Album, In Honor Of His Mother

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Aaron Williams

Back in 2018, Snoop Dogg turned heads by announcing he was changing genres — temporarily — for a gospel album called Bible Of Love. Released to mixed critical reception, it nevertheless debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s US Gospel Albums chart, Snoop’s first and to date only entry therein. While it was eventually written off by fans as a one-off, it looks like Snoop is ready to dip his toes back into the (holy) waters of gospel music with a new album, Altar Call.