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For a hot minute back in the early 2000’s, Akon was one of the hottest artists on the streets providing some stellar street cuts and memorable hooks and though he’s gone on to bigger and better things, the artist in him still has that itch to create music in 2025 and we’re not mad at him one bit.
Dropping off some new visuals to the Simien assisted “Never Really Mattered,” Akon gets in his loverboy feelings and pours his heart out of his diamond encrusted grill while the seductive singers of Simien sing the hook and lowkey steal some shine from his iced out teeth.
Speaking of early 2000’s music stars, dancehall legend Sean Paul keeps churning out new work and in his latest clip to “Summa Hot,” the Jamaican artist hits the ocean in a private boat with some stunners of his own and get thing poppin’ out at sea as the man knows how to keep the party going.
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from J.I. featuring Roy Woods, Jacquees, and more.
AKON FT. SIMIEN – “NEVER REALLY MATTERED”
SEAN PAUL – “SUMMA HOT”
J.I. FT. ROY WOODS – “LOVE ME LOVE ME NOT”
JACQUEES – “WHEN I’M AROUND HER”
GYPTIAN – “SLOW WALK”
LEOSTAYTRILL – “YA GET DAT”
SEAN PAUL & SQUASH – “LIFE WE LIVING”
MUNGA HONORABLE – “AVOID PEOPLE”
La T y La M’s “Amor De Vago,” featuring Malandro de América, rebounds for an 11th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart (dated March 29). The song trades places with Jombriel, Ryan Castro, Jotta and Alex Krack’s “Parte & Choke (remix),” which dips 2-1 after one week in charge. Explore […]
Doja Cat is the first headliner to be revealed for Hey Neighbour festival in South Africa this summer, marking the star’s first time performing in her motherland. The three-day festival will be held at Legends Adventure Farm in Pretoria, South Africa from August 29-31. Kendrick Lamar, Khalid, The Chainsmokers, Swedish House Mafia and H.E.R. performed […]
The No Fun League is back at it again. On Monday night (Mar. 26), ESPN NFL analyst Benjamin Solak posted a screenshot from the league’s rules report that was sent out to teams recently highlighting that the “nose wipe” celebration is now deemed unsportsmanlike and will cost teams a 15-yard penalty. According to the full […]
Fresh off their appearance on Joe Bonamassa’s Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea X cruise, Grammy winning sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe have announced their 2025 Bloom tour in support of their new record of the same name.
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Born in Georgia and currently residing Nashville, the pair begin their trek on April 8 in St. Louis, Mo., and run coast to coast with stops across the country. On March 31, days before the tour opens, Larkin Poe and Emmylou Harris are set to perform at Woofstock at City Winery in Nashville.
Bloom follows last year’s Grammy winning album Blood Harmony from 2022. Bloom debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Blues album charts.
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“History isn’t quick to point it out, but Rock ‘n’ Roll has been underpinned by a strong, matrilineal root that has been growing deep for generations, abiding. And now, more than ever, that root is coming to bloom,” a statement attributed to the band reads. “As female songwriters, producers, instrumentalists, and record label owners — we are proud to be standing on the shoulders of the strong women who have come before, and to be a part of the empowered chorus that is climbing to sing from the rooftops. When we won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2024, for the first time ever, that category was represented by a female majority of talent. This is just a taste of what’s coming. In the prophetic words of Shania Twain, ‘let’s go girls.’”
Dates for Larkin Poe’s Bloom Tour 2025 can be found below:
3/31 – Nashville, TN – Woofstock at City Winery with Emmylou Harris4/8 – St. Louis, MO – The Hawthorn *4/10 – Kansas City, MO – The Truman *4/11 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre *4/12 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot *4/15 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall *4/17 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox *4/18 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom *4/19 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom *4/22 – Grass Valley, CA – The Center for the Arts *4/23 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre *4/25 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore *4/26 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues *4/27 – Santa Barbara, CA – Arlington Theatre *5/8 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer ^5/9 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club ^5/10 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza ^5/12 – Boston, MA – The Wilbur ^5/14 – Toronto, ONT – The Concert Hall ^5/16 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue ^5/17 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre ^5/22-26 – Cumberland, MD – DelFest †5/29 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium5/30 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern5/31-June 1 – Lexington, KY – Railbird Music Festiva6/1 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel6/22 – Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes7/23-27 – Floyd, VA – FloydFest †9/4-7 – Las Vegas, NV – Big Blues Bender †10/3 – Miramar Beach, FL – Moon Crush Avett Moon10/9-12 – Nashville, TN – Tommy Emmanuel’s Guitar Camp10/17 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy10/18 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy10/19 – Bristol, UK – Bristol Beacon10/21 – London, UK – Eventim Apollo10/22 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute10/24 – Paris, France – Salle Pleyel10/25 – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 Poppodium10/26 – Cologne, Germany – E-Werk10/28 – Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene10/29 – Stockholm, Sweden – Circus10/30 – Frederiksberg, Denmark – Falkoner Center11/1 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom11/2 – Warsaw, Poland – Klub Stodola11/4 – Vienna, Austria – Gasometer11/5 – Munich, Germany – Tonhalle11/8 – Geneva, Switzerland – Salle De L’Alhambra11/9 – Nimes, France – La Paloma11/12 – Lisbon, Portugal – Coliseu Dos Recreios11/14 – Madrid, Spain – Sala Riviera11/15 – Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz 111/16 – Bordeaux, France – Le Rocher de Palmer11/18 – Clermont-Ferrand, France – Le Cooperative de Mai11/19 – La Rochelle, France – La Sirene11/21 – Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma
w/ Special Guest Parker Millsap^ w/ Special Guest Amythyst Kiah† Festival Appearance
Larkin Poe’s Bloom tour
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Hitomitoi dropped her new album Telepa Telepa via Billboard Japan Records on Mar. 26. The latest release by the Japanese singer-songwriter is her first album of original works since July 2017. The project’s theme is her connection to people and places overseas, which were some of the most memorable things that happened to her over […]
Sauce Walka mourned the death of his friend and artist Sayso P in a lengthy Instagram post after both rappers were shot in Memphis last week.
“Words or tears can’t explain the loss I feel!” he began. “Splatt, I wish your fat ahh listened to me and stayed in the room. I told you we could smoke that blunt after security and the rest of our familia pull up.. Sosaman told you, ‘F dat weed, wait til we leave an hit Superior first.’ You always so hardheaded blood, but you know I’ma ride wit you regardless. We come together, we leave together. Wish you just went [to] DR with Shimmy and shot off, and skipped this trip to Memphis, but you was to excited I finally agreed to come to da ‘M.’”
He continued, “It’s been 4 years since @tsf1punch_10100 brought you to the familia. Did everything I could to help you change your lifestyle. From Miami to all 50 states, we been mashing and splashing together. I learned a lot from you, young spilla and [I’m] thankful for all the loyalty and support city to city, hood to hood with them sticks rap hustling! You left earth as a rich young boss, you left this earth happy and successful. I’ma make sure the world knows who you really are.”
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He added, “But unfortunately, most our kings and bosses are at war with each other. I hope one day we all stop taking lives from our communities and actually start to enjoy and build better futures for our cultures. But the streets are the streets, so I accept what came with being your big brother. I love you, Splatt.”
Rumors swirled that Sayso P was targeted because he allegedly ran off with $200K; however, his mother tried to clear things up on Facebook. “This is the type of lies and sh– that keep mothers losing our sons,” she wrote. “My son never stole anything. Never ran off with anything. Didn’t have to. Haters set him up but not because he stole a dime. He would give you his last before he stole anything. Please stop spreading rumors.”
Adding, “Let me repeat that, he did not have to take sh– from anyone. Money wasn’t a factor. He was too loyal. Too loyal to the wrong people was his biggest downfall. Haters who were envious killed my baby but I won’t let y’all steal his legacy. People see him with a stack and say anything. That was his norm.”
Sayso P, born Latorian Hunt, was 27 years old.
Congrats are in order for MGK and Megan Fox, who welcomed their first child together on Thursday (March 27). Kelly revealed the birth of their daughter in a heartfelt post to Instagram with a glimpse of their baby girl. “She’s finally here!! our little celestial seed,” MGK (formerly Machine Gun Kelly) captioned the post with […]
Will Smith is gearing up to release his first album in 20 years with Based on a True Story, which arrives Friday (March 28). Before digging into the recording process for the project, Smith made two phone calls to a pair of rap titans, soliciting advice from Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar.
Smith sat down with Sway in the Morning for a live SiriusXM interview on Wednesday in Philadelphia, where he revealed the guidance he received from Jay and K. Dot prior to starting his album.
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“Before I started, I made two phone calls. I talked to Jay and I talked to Kendrick. I was like, ‘Hey, I want to get back in music,” Smith said. “What’s the advice?’ Jay said, ‘Don’t fake your story.’ He was like, ‘You gotta say what’s true for you.”
The multi-hyphenate continued: “He’s like, ‘You’ll be looking at the younger rappers and you want that to be true for you, but you don’t live like that. He was like, ‘Be true to your story. Tell you story.’ That’s where I got the Based On a True Story from Jay.”
When Smith got a hold of Kendrick, he implored him to be brutally honest when it came to his music and “say that s–t you’ve always been f—ing scared to say” on records. “Basically the same thing, be honest. It was scary,” Smith added. “Make the record you want to make. Don’t try to make the record that you think people will like you for. Make the one that’s authentic.”
Based on a True Story boasts 14 tracks and features previously released singles “First Love,” “Beautiful Scars,” “TANTRUM,” “Work of Art,” and “You Can Make It,” as well as collaborations with DJ Jazzy Jeff, Teyana Taylor, his son Jaden Smith and Jac Ross.
Smith will also hit the road for a headlining European tour this summer in support of his first album since 2005’s Lost and Found.
Listen to the clip of Will Smith talking about the advice he got from Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar below.
Chris Hemsworth is a music fan, just like the rest of us. So much so, that he once asked for a selfie with a major pop star. The Avengers actor joined The Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week, where he answered a series of deep-dive questions to get to know him better. One of […]
