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25 Apr 2023

Miley Cyrus Celebrates SZA Reaching No. 1 on the Hot 100: ‘Love You!’

Miley Cyrus had nothing but love for SZA on Tuesday (April 25) after the R&B star hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 with “Kill Bill.”

The pop singer responded to a tweet from a chart-centric Twitter account announcing SZA’s new chart victory, writing, “Congrats to Sza for going #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100…Love you!”

Cyrus knows a bit about SZA’s long and winding 19-week path to the top of Billboard’s all-genre chart, considering her own global smash “Flowers” spent eight non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 earlier this year, even blocking SZA’s murderous revenge anthem for multiple weeks on its journey to the summit. (On the chart dated April 29, Miley’s empowering anthem sits at No. 3 behind last week’s No. 1 — Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” — and just ahead of new entry “Princess Diana” by Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj at No. 4.)

SZA achieving her first No. 1 comes directly on the heels of releasing her latest version of “Kill Bill” featuring close pal and frequent collaborator Doja Cat. On the remix, the “Get Into It (Yuh)” rapper kicks off the back and forth with a guest verse equal parts funny and sinister, rapping, “I’m in a funk, so I bought a bouquet of roses/ And cut ’em up on your doorstep, your new neighborhood is gorgeous” before detailing a break-in gone woefully wrong.

Meanwhile, Cyrus debuted a new look earlier this week by going back to her brunette roots on the red carpet for The Daily Front Row’s Seventh Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards. She also showed off the transformation with a social media post captioned with lyrics from “Jaded” off her latest album Endless Summer Vacation.

Read Cyrus’ congratulatory tweet to SZA for hitting No. 1 below.

25 Apr 2023

Round Hill Music Revenue Up 32% in 2022, Driven By Strong Rights Management & Synch Business

Annual revenue for Round Hill Music Royalty Fund grew 32% to $32.4 million in 2022, driven by strong performances of the Guernsey-based company’s rights management and synchronization business, coupled with underlying growth in the global recorded music industry, according to year-end financial results published Tuesday (Apr. 25).

Income from music publishing rights grew 12% year-on-year to $17 million, a rise of 12% on 2021, accounting for 69% of Round Hill’s annual revenue. Master rights revenues, derived from music streaming, CD and vinyl sales and downloads, grew by 70% to $10.9 million.

The fair market value of Round Hill’s portfolio — which includes the rights to over 120,000 songs across 51 catalogs, including tracks by Celine Dion, Bush, The Offspring, Carrie Underwood, The Supremes, Wilson Pickett and Whitesnake — was up 13% year-on-year to $602.6 million.

Economic net asset value also increased 13% to $519.6 million. The valuations are based on a report by the company’s independent valuer, Citrin Cooperman, and a second independent valuation by FTI Consulting, says Round Hill.

Almost half (44%) of the company’s publishing revenue came from performance rights royalties generated by music being played on radio and television, live concerts or in public spaces such as shops, bars and restaurants, Round Hill said.

Breaking down the company’s publishing revenue, more than a quarter (27%) was generated by synch deals, including the placement of “All by Myself,” by singer-songwriter Eric Carmen, in advertisements for Adobe Photoshop; Spacehog‘s “In the Meantime” featuring in the trailer for Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3; and Alice In Chains‘ “Rooster” being spotlighted in the Netflix series Super Pumped.

Speaking of Alice in Chains, Round Hill — which is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange — acquired a majority share of the band’s publishing catalog, neighboring rights and master recording rights from remaining living members Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez and William Duvall in February. The estates of the late singer Layne Staley and late bassist Mike Starr sold their rights and income streams to Primary Wave at the same time.

The start of last year also saw Round Hill acquire master and publishing rights to the catalog of David Coverdale, the Whitesnake frontman and former lead singer of Deep Purple. In its financial results, Round Hill says the two acquisitions marked “the full deployment” of the $85 million the company raised through a share placement in July 2021.

In total, Round Hill said it successfully placed 560 songs across a range of high-profile films, television series and brand campaigns last year, fueling 33% year-on-year growth in synch revenues.

New two-year license agreements with TikTok and Meta on more favorable terms in 2022 also contributed to the strong financial results, generating higher digital revenues in the second half of last year, the company said.

Josh Gruss, CEO of Round Hill Music, tells Billboard the company’s strong financial results are attributable to its “very in-demand repertoire” and an experienced team of 70 employees in the U.S. and Europe, including London, Los Angeles, New York and Nashville, “sweating that repertoire really hard.”

Going forward, he says, the focus is on narrowing the gap between Round Hill’s economic net asset value of $519.6 million and its current stock price, which was trading at between $0.64 and $0.66 on Tuesday. In terms of new catalog acquisitions, Gruss says Round Hill will have to raise more equity before it can make “meaningful” additions to its portfolio and adds that the company will remain focused on songs recorded and released in the early 2010s and before.

“We like to be really conservative in how we approach acquisitions and the problem we have with younger music is that it’s just really hard to forecast how those songs pan out over the next 10 years,” says Gruss. “Good music is timeless and it’s really important that we have timeless music. We don’t want to have the flavor of the [month] — a song that’s going to be popular today, but gone tomorrow. You can make a big mistake in those type of investments.”

25 Apr 2023

John Legend, Tony Bennett & More Remember Harry Belafonte: ‘He Worked So Hard & Did So Much’

Harry Belafonte died on Tuesday morning (April 25) at 96 in his Manhattan home from congestive heart failure. According to the actor, singer and producer’s longtime spokesperson, Ken Sunshine, Belafonte’s wife, Pamela Frank, was by his side, Billboard confirmed.  

As news of his death spread, musicians remembered the artist and civil rights activist. John Legend, who spoke about Belafonte after learning of his passing at the Time100 Summit, wrote on Twitter, “I loved Mr Belafonte and I’m so grateful for his revolutionary work and his massive influence on our nation and the world … He worked so hard and did so much. May he get his well-deserved rest.”

Questlove shared a few words on his Instagram account, posting few snapshots from the late star’s lifetime. “Shining example of how to use your platform to make change in the world. Hi$ activi$m was crucial for the civil rights movement. His activism was key in the anti apartheid movement,” The Roots frontman wrote, adding that the late artist “represented many things to us: fun calypso music, iconic acting (I came to know him as #GeechieDan in the iconic #UptownSaturdayNight as a child)—-but most importantly he taught me to think in terms of ‘WE’ not ‘I.’”

Tony Bennett also shared a photo of himself with the “Day-O” singer and recalled the beginning of their friendship. “Met Harry in 1948 and knew then he would be a huge star. More than that, he fought for social justice and equality and never, ever gave up,” he wrote. “Our dearest of friends, he will be deeply missed by myself and so many for all he contributed to the world.”

See reactions to Harry Belafonte’s death, from Patti LaBelle, Bootsy Collins and more below.

25 Apr 2023

Lindsay Lohan Shows Off Her New Baby Bump in Crochet Maxi Dress

Lindsay Lohan is basking in her pregnancy glow! The star took to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday (April 25) to highlight her day at NYC’s Edition hotel, and kicked things off with a classic mirror selfie.

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In the photo, the Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen actress is seen making a kiss face while sporting an ankle-length, green and white crochet dress. While she’s not posing from the side, her tiny baby bump is still seen peeking through the outfit.

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Lohan revealed last month that she and husband Bader Shammas are expecting their first child. “We are blessed and excited!” she wrote alongside a surprise Instagram photo of a white onesie with the words “Coming Soon …” written on it. The pregnancy news comes less than a year after Lohan and Shammas tied the knot.

“We are very excited for our new family member to arrive and we are looking forward to this next chapter of our lives,” she later shared in a sweet statement to TMZ.

Speaking with People, the singer-actress’ mom was overwhelmed with excitement about the upcoming grandchild. “Lindsay has always loved kids, because I love kids and my mother loves kids; I’m one of four,” Dina Lohan explained. “We have a big family, so she’s always wanted children. And she’s so maternal. Isabelle, her niece, just runs to her when she sees her.”

25 Apr 2023

Ice Spice & Nicki Minaj’s ‘Princess Diana’ Reigns on Hot Rap Songs Chart

Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj combine forces for a historic No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart as their collaboration, “Princess Diana,” becomes the first champ by two co-billed women in the list’s 34-year history.

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With the new champ, Ice Spice achieves her first career No. 1 on Hot Rap Songs upon her fourth visit to the chart. Minaj adds a 10th leader to her collection and becomes the first woman to reach the double-digit mark. On the overall count, she ties with Diddy and Kanye West for third place, while Drake (28) and Lil Wayne (11) occupy the top two slots.

“Diana” debuts at No. 1 on the April 29, 2023-dated Hot Rap Songs chart, which blends streaming, radio airplay and sales into its weekly rankings. The song was originally released as part of Ice Spice’s Like..? EP in January, before Minaj joined for the remix, which dropped on April 14. (All versions of the song are combined for tracking and chart purposes.)

In the latest tracking week of April 14 – 20, “Diana” scored 21.8 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate, up 1,554% from 1.3 million streams (of solely the Ice Spice version) the week before. The eight-figure sum sparks the track’s No. 2 start on the Rap Streaming Songs chart and a No. 6 arrival on the corresponding, all-genre Streaming Songs list.

“Diana” also begins with 77,000 downloads sales sold in the same period, the best sales week for any rap title since Minaj’s own “Super Freaky Girl” launched with 89,000 in sales in the tracking week of Aug. 12 – 18, 2022. (Along with Ice Spice’s solo version and the main version of the collaboration, “Diana” was also available in clean, explicit, extended, sped-up, slowed-down and instrumental versions of the Minaj remix for purchase in the tracking week.) As “Diana” debuts at No. 1 on the Rap Digital Song Sales chart, Ice Spice nabs her first leader there; she previously reached No. 2 with the Lil Tjay collab “Gangsta Boo” in February. Minaj, meanwhile, collects her 18th Rap Digital Song Sales No. 1, extending her record among women. Drake, the only act above her, leads with 22 champs.

On the radio front, “Diana” registered 2.4 million audience impressions in the same tracking period. The track has yet to make any Billboard radio chart, though it has not been officially promoted. Both acts have other active radio singles: “In Ha Mood” (Ice Spice) and “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” (Minaj).

With “Diana,” newcomer Ice Spice and established vet Minaj link up for the first equal-billed No. 1 collaboration by two women in Hot Rap Songs history, which dates to March 1989. Overall, “Diana” is the eighth leader featuring at least two solo women (including rappers and singers) in the chart’s archives. Here’s the full list:

  • “It’s a Shame,” Monie Love featuring True Image, two weeks at No. 1, beginning April 13, 1991
  • “4, 5, 6,” Sole featuring JT Money & Kandi, one, Nov. 20, 1999
  • “Hot Boyz,” Missy Elliott featuring Nas, Eve & Q-Tip, 18, Nov. 27, 1999
  • “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea featuring Charli xCX, 18, May 3, 2014
  • “Black Widow,” Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora, five, Oct. 18, 2014
  • “WAP,” Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion, eight, Aug. 22, 2020
  • “Rumors,” Lizzo featuring Cardi B, one, Aug. 28, 2021
  • “Princess Diana,” Ice Spice & Nicki Minaj, one (to date), April 29, 2023

Elsewhere, “Diana” starts at No. 2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and at No. 4 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.

Plus, Ice Spice’s Like..? EP, surges in activity thanks to the new remix’s popularity. The EP earned 28,000 equivalent album units in the latest tracking week, sparking its No. 4 re-entry on the Top Rap Albums chart (after previously reaching No. 13 upon its debut), No. 5 return on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and 187-15 rally on the all-genre Billboard 200.

25 Apr 2023

They The Feds?: Pras, Fugees & John Forte Get Cooked Up Lovely On Twitter

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Former Rapper Pras Michel Goes On Trial For Conspiracy Charges In Washington, D.C.

Pras, also known as Pras Michel of Fugees fame, found himself at the center of a global conspiracy case where it became assumed that the rapper became an informant to the FBI. While that fact is currently being debunked by Pras’ legal team, that hasn’t stopped Twitter from roasting his Fugees bandmates Wyclef Jean and Ms. Lauryn Hill with John Forte catching strays in the process.

Pras Michel was recently in Washington to take the stand in his federal conspiracy trial where he faces up to 22 years in prison for allegedly involving himself in a global money laundering scheme and working with a foreign nation to influence U.S. government matters.

Pras did admit on the stand that he spoke with FBI agents regarding his connection to Malaysian financier and fugitive, Jho Low.

After examining the case further, Michel is actually on trial because he took Low’s money to the tune of millions and reentered a portion of those funds into President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign and then attempted to ask the Trump Administration to move away from investigating Kow and extradite Chinese businessman, Guo Wengui who was connected to former Trump ally, Steve Bannon.

Hip-Hop Wired also received a statement this week from Michel’s legal team correcting the perception that their client turned informant.

From the statement:

Simply stated, if Pras had been an informant for the government, he wouldn’t be on trial right now. The government does not prosecute and threaten its informants with more than two decades of jail time.

Pras never was an “informant” for the FBI.

Nothing could be further from the truth, and the reckless suggestion that he was an informant carries life-threatening implications in hip-hop circles.

During a portion of Pras’ nearly two days of testimony last week, Pras described from the stand a decision he made a handful of years ago to approach the FBI in regard to a narrow issue related to his wider case.

In law enforcement parlance, an “informant” is someone who works directly with an investigating law enforcement agency either to cut a deal for him or herself, or with the direct interests of that law enforcement agency as part of their own agenda.

As it stands, Twitter won’t care about all of that legal mumbo jumbo and is always hellbent on getting those jokes off. We’ve got some of them listed below.

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25 Apr 2023

Motherboard Connection: Technology’s Impact on Music Through the Decades

“We are living in an electronic age and electronics is changing the world.” This bold-for-the-time declaration, from the June 24, 1967, issue of Billboard, came from an unlikely source: Limeliters banjo player Alex Hassilev. For an acoustic musician, he was savvy about electronics: Over the years since, we’ve gone from classical compositions played on synths to music created by artificial intelligence. What’s next? Just ask ChatGPT!

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Come On, Moog!

A year after the Summer of Love, Billboard hailed the age of computer love. The Oct. 12, 1968, issue predicted that “computers would someday allow operators to obtain overnight, or at least weekly, reports of record popularity on jukeboxes.” A month later, Billboard reported that “[a]n electronic Bach album is being issued by Columbia Masterworks this month,” which “employs a specially adapted Moog synthesizer as its musical instrument.” That recording, Wendy Carlos’ groundbreaking Switched-On Bach, became “only the second classical record in history to sell more than 1 million units,” according to the June 8, 1974, issue.

Speaking on the Moog in the Dec. 20, 1969, issue, jazz drummer Chico Hamilton opined, “it’s up to the listener to decide if it’s music or not,” but quipped, “some people turn electricity off.”

Synths In the Key of Life

While the Sept. 30, 1972, Billboard reported that skeptics saw synthesizers as merely a “cheaper alternative to a real string section,” the Sept. 9, 1973, issue proclaimed that keyboards were now the “hot instrument” thanks to synthesizers becoming an “integral part” of Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. By the late ’70s, Giorgio Moroder taught the Moog to move, and the July 30, 1977, issue praised the “incessant, spacey, machine-like beat” on Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love.”

One-Way Ticket

Synths were inescapable on the Billboard Hot 100 by the time of the March 24, 1984, issue, and Billboard ran a prescient headline with a phrase from Steve Jobs: “Computers Bound to Become ‘The Second Telephone.’ ” Another piece in the same issue covered the rise of “computerized [ticket-selling] outlets like Ticketron, Bass, Select-A-Seat, Ticketmaster and others,” noting that “the logistics of selling tickets becomes smoother; the service charge, however, is divvied up between more parties.”

Prog Rock and Prog-ROM

After Peter Gabriel released the musical computer game XPLORA1, the Jan. 8, 1994, Billboard hailed him as “the first major pop artist to actively participate in the creation of an interactive CD-ROM title integrating substantial amounts of music, video, still photos, text and ‘virtual touring.’ ” Not everyone was ready to get with the program, though. “We don’t see the point of participating in something if ‘the medium is the message,’ ” said The Cure’s Robert Smith about E-CDs in the Aug. 17, 1996, issue. “It’s an interesting idea, but is that art in itself?”

AI Think, Therefore AI Jam

A feature on digital recording in the Oct. 9, 1993, issue addressed fears of “sterile” mixes and “computer control supplanting the human touch.” “There is nothing spookier than facing something totally unfamiliar,” said producer John Hampton. “[But] you can let technology do so much of the work for you that you can sit back and look at the big picture.” A Berklee dean agreed: “What computers in general have done, is allowed us to take our minds off the mundane and concentrate on the creative.”

The same concern came back in a piece in the March 18, 2017, Billboard, which pointed out that “for songwriters, the subject of artificial intelligence is an especially fraught one.” The beat goes on, in other words — even if technology helps create it.

A version of this story originally appeared in the April 22, 2023, issue of Billboard.

25 Apr 2023

Ed Sheeran Copyright Trial Begins With Accuser Teasing ‘Smoking Gun’ He Copied Marvin Gaye

Attorneys for Ed Sheeran and his copyright accusers sparred before a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday morning, kicking off a closely-watched trial over whether his “Thinking Out Loud” infringed Marvin Gaye‘s famed “Let’s Get It On.”

With Sheeran himself watching impassively, attorney Benjamin Crump repeatedly told the jury to use their “common sense” to see that the pop star had stolen the “magic” from the earlier song.

“If you remember nothing else about this case, simply remember it is about giving credit where credit is due,” Crump said during his opening statement, occasionally speaking directly to Sheeran just feet away.

Teasing testimony that will unfold during the trial, Crump said he would show jurors “smoking gun” evidence: a much-debated video of Sheeran toggling between the two songs at a concert.

“That concert video is a confession,” Crump said.

Firing back for Sheeran was attorney Ilene Farkas, who told the jury during her own opening statements that Sheeran had “independently created” his song. And more importantly, she said, the only overlap with “Let’s” were his use of “exceedingly common musical building blocks” that cannot be “monopolized” by his accusers.

“Plaintiffs do not own them, because nobody does,” Farkas said. “All songwriters draw from this same basic toolkit.”

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Ed Sheeran arrives at Manhattan Court to testify on the copyright trial where he is accused of copying Marvin Gaye’s song, in New York, United States on April 25, 2023.

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She said her clients had been “wrongly accursed of taking something they did not take,” and warned jurors that a verdict for Sheeran’s accusers would “change the what that songwriters are able to write.”

“We ask you not to let that happen,” Farkas told the jury.

Tuesday’s opening statements mark the start of a long-awaited trial in a copyright lawsuit filed way back in 2017 by heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s longtime producer who co-wrote “Let’s Get It On,” over Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” — a commercial and critical success that hit No. 2 on the Hot 100 before winning the Grammy Award for song of the year.

The case claims that Sheeran infringed copyrights by stealing the “heart” from one of the most “instantly recognizable songs in R&B history.” But the pop star’s lawyers say he simply used commonplace musical elements that are free for all to use.

The trial, taking place at the U.S. federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan, kicked off Monday with jury selection on Monday before actually getting under way with opening statements on Tuesday. Testimony is expected to run at least through Friday, meaning a verdict could arrive Friday or early the following week.

Testimony will continue on Tuesday afternoon, potentially with Sheeran himself taking the witness stand.

If found liable, Sheeran could be facing millions in potential damages. After a jury ruled that the 2013 megahit “Blurred Lines” had infringed Gaye’s “Got To Give It Up,” Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were ultimately ordered to pay a $5 million judgment, plus ongoing royalties from their song.

25 Apr 2023

Samsung NXT 2.0 Continues Partnership All About ‘Supporting Creators From All Genres’

The success of Samsung NXT 2.0, the one-of-a-kind competition created by Billboard and Samsung in which unsigned artists across various backgrounds and sounds competed to stand out as a new-school superstar, was captured across five months of challenges beginning last year and a star-studded finale in February. After Nyla XO was crowned the winner of Samsung NXT 2.0, the singer-songwriter landed on the cover of a special digital issue of Billboard, and is now well on her way to showcasing herself under a brighter spotlight.

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That was always the goal of NXT, says Mike Van, president of Billboard – not only for a champion like Nyla XO, but for all of the artists who competed, or were inspired by those who did.

“This partnership with Samsung was borne out of this very genuine idea of supporting creators from all genres,” says Van. “The genesis of NXT was about finding the next social music star — because as we all know, so much engagement takes place on social media platforms, especially on mobile devices, now more than ever. As a result, we thought that there’s no better way to find the next social music star than to partner with Samsung and empower creators with tools that can help them in every step of their process.”

After contenders relied upon devices like Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip4 and Buds2 Pro to compete over multiple challenges, the Samsung NXT 2.0 grand finale took place on Feb. 17 at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles in front of both a packed crowd as well as celebrity judges Natti Natasha, Eric Nam and Tinashe. Seeing the talent of the three finalists – Nyla XO, Julian King and Kyn Rose – onstage during the finale, Van says, crystallized “a perfect partnership between Billboard and Samsung to bring this platform to life.”

Following her victory, Nyla XO said that she felt “so seen in this moment,” especially as a long-aspiring artist. “I’ve walked away with the validation that people see me, the hard work I’ve put in over the years, my heart when I perform, and how my music makes them feel,” Nyla said in a statement. “To be recognized in this way as an artist is incredible!”

Nyla XO joins Bronze Avery, who emerged the champion of the original Samsung NXT competition and was on-hand at the NXT 2.0 finale – with more unsigned artists hopefully joining the winners’ circle in the future.

“It’s something that we also wanted to make sure would be continuous,” says Van. “This is something that both partners are going to continue to support, hopefully for years to come.”

25 Apr 2023

Grandmaster Flash, Tanya Tucker & More to Headline SummerStage 2023

Capital One City Parks Foundation announced the 2023 roster for its SummerStage concert series on Tuesday (April 25) including Grandmaster Flash, Tanya Tucker, Noel Gallagher and more.

The season will kick off June 10 with a free performance by St. Paul and the Broken Bones in Central Park, and continue through the summer with 80 free shows and benefit concerts across all five boroughs of New York City.

Highlights this year will include a celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop throughout the summer, starting with Mike bringing his Young World Festival to Brooklyn’s Von King Park on July 15 followed by Grandmaster Flash returning to the Bronx for a special hometown show on Aug. 2 in Crotona Park. A few days later, a Hip-Hop 50 Special Edition Showcase will head to Coney Island on Aug. 6.

“We are thrilled to present another vibrant season filled with captivating artists from around the world and introduce music fans to their diverse sounds,” said SummerStage executive artistic director Erika Elliott in a statement. “As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop this year, we are excited to highlight the global impact that the genre has had on music and culture with an outstanding lineup of international artists and hometown heroes. SummerStage has been featuring hip-hop in our performances since the ’90s and is dedicated to giving a platform to showcase this important culture, shining a light on the genre every season.”

SummerStage won’t just be hip-hop, though. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Garbage will join forces on July 10; Juanes will bring his Latin flair on July 12 as part of the Latin Alternative Music Conference; rising electronic Afro-Cuban/French duo Ibeyi will join The Comet Is Coming for a night of electronica-jazz stylings on August 2 and Tucker will close out the season-long series with her own headlining show in Central Park on Sept. 14.

Check out the SummerStage 2023 announcement below and get a look at the entire schedule of concerts here.