Thursday, March 12, 2026

Music

Rihanna Is Back with New Song for “Wakanda Forever” by 4 Writers, Recorded in 5 Countries

You know, I love Rihanna's voice. So the amusing facts of her first single in six years I won't make fun of. But still: it...

Kanye West Fallout: One Producer Worries About Shrinking Royalties, the Other Makes Donations to ADL, NAACP

Kanye West losing his recording contract and other businesses is bringing out comments from his associates. I told you in my last post that...

Feud Karma: Kanye West Loses a Billion Dollars Same Week Taylor Swift Sells a Million Albums, After 13 Years of War

In the next couple of weeks, Ryan Murphy starts shooting his second "Feud" mini series, about Truman Capote falling out with his rich lady...

Statement from Universal Music about Kanye West: Deal Over, “No Place for Antisemitism in Our Society”

Universal Music's Def Jam has just sent this announcement. Their relationship with Kanye West is over. It doesn't matter much. West's record sales and streaming...

UPDATED With Adidas, CAA, Gap Gone, Pressure is On Universal Music Group to Drop Kanye West from Label

UPDATED TUESDAY 2:12PM: I'm told that Kanye's record contract expired at the end of 2021 and he is no longer signed to UMG. But...

Taylor Swift Breaks the Record for LP Sales with “Midnights” Four Different Editions

Taylor Swift has broken another record -- figuratively -- for selling records. "Midnights" has apparently sold almost 500,000 LP copies since its release on Friday....

Kanye West Must Be Dropped by Universal Music Immediately: Taylor, Elton, Gaga, Beatles Must Speak Out

This weekend, hatemongers draped a sheet on an overpass on the 405 Freeway: "Kanye is right," it read, "about the Jews." Fliers appeared in...

Bruce Springsteen’s Sold Out Tour: No New E Street Album as “Letter to You” Has Never Been Performed

Even though a typical Bruce Springsteen/E Street Band show is three to four hours long, there will not be a new album to go...