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Nicki Minaj Removes Malcolm X Artwork After Family Objects, Threatens Lawsuit
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Malcolm X's family and estate said Nicki Minaj's use of a famous photo of the black nationalist with a rifle in his hands and juxtaposing it with a racial slur for her new song's artwork is disrespectful and offensive. In an exclusive statement to The Associated Press on Friday, Malcolm X's daughter,...
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Billboard: Kickstarter, Popular Crowdfunding Site, Gets Hacked
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Kickstarter, the popular crowdfunding platform, today issued an apology to its users after hackers acquired personal information about some of its users. The company says that law enforcement officers informed the site of security breaches Wednesday. Hackers accessed phone numbers, mailing...
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Billboard: Tomorrowland Sells Out Two Weekends, 360K Tickets in Under An Hour News
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The 2014 edition of Belgian dance festival Tomorrowland went on sale Saturday (Feb. 15) morning and sold out its 360,000 available tickets in under an hour, according to its organizers. That’s significantly longer than the reported minutes it took for the 2013 event to sell out, but this year’s f...
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AP: Bieber's Arraignment Set for Feb. 14
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Justin Bieber has a Valentine's Day date with a South Florida judge on charges of DUI, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license. A Miami-Dade County judge on Tuesday set a Feb. 14 arraignment date for the 19-year-old pop star. In an arraignment, prosecutors formally file charges and a pl...
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Celebrity fight between rapper DMX, George Zimmerman called off
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(Reuters) - The celebrity boxing match between rapper DMX and acquitted Florida killer George Zimmerman has been called off, its promoter said on Saturday after threats were made against him. The three-round match would have pitted Zimmerman, who was found not guilty in the 2012 shooting death of...
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Billboard: Former Warner Exec Accused of Embezzling Over $1 Million (Report)
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Danielle Smith, a former executive at Warner Music Group, was arraigned on a charge of first-degree grand larceny after Smith allegedly embezzled $1.3 million from her former employer. The news was first reported by the New York Post. Smith allegedly used a Warner credit card to live lavishly betw...
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Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, Janelle Monae To Perform At BET Honors
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Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson and Janelle Monae are among the artists set to perform at BET Honors 2014. Premiering Feb. 24 in the U.S. and Feb. 28 on BET’s international network, the telecast will also feature Tamar Braxton, Smokey Robinson and Wayne Brady. Established to celebrate the achieveme...
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Billboard: Beats Music Courting Indies, Signs Up Merlin
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Beats Music is courting independent artists and labels. The streaming music service on Thursday publicly announced a multi-year licensing deal with Merlin, an Amsterdam-based organization that negotiates global digital licensing deals on behalf of its 20,000 members, including Kobalt, Epi...
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Billboard: Warner Music Group Revenue Up 6% After Parlophone Acquisition, Digital Up 8.2%
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Warner Music Group narrowed its losses to $37 million and grew revenues to $815 million in its fiscal first quarter, ended Dec. 31. While that's an improvement from the $80 million net loss the company posted for the corresponding quarter in 2012, as well as growth over the $769 million in revenue WMG...
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Billboard: Italian, French Music Revenues Up for First Time in Over 10 Years
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For the first time in over a decade of year-on-year decline, recorded music revenues in France and Italy both grew in 2013. Fueled by strong growth in digital, in particular streaming services, recorded music revenues in Italy rose 4% last year to €117.6 million ($160 million), according to figur...
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Prince Wants to Charge $10 for Concert Tickets
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The price of Prince? $10. During a secret show in London -- held in the living room of his friend, singer Lianne La Havas, and attended by approximately 10 people -- the singer announced that he wants to charge just a fistful of dollars for tickets to his upcoming performances with his new band, 3RDEYEG...
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Fox Cancels 'The X Factor'
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Fox has pulled the plug on "The X Factor." The Hollywood Reporter has learned that there will be no fourth season of the singing competition. The writing has been on the wall, given the expensive series' significant ratings declines in the second and third years, but executive producer a...
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Carly Rae Jepsen And Owl City Won't See Royalties From 'Good Time' Due To Lawsuit
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Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City's Adam Young won't see a big chunk of the royalties from their summer 2012 hit "Good Time" -- at least not for now. This comes as a result of a long-standing lawsuit at the hands of singer Ally Burnett, who claimed the collaboration was a copyright infringement o...
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Clay Aiken Announces Run for Congress
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Former "American Idol" star Clay Aiken is officially running for Congress. The season two runner-up announced his candidacy in a video posted on Wednesday. Aiken is running for the House of Representatives seat in North Carolina's second district, looking to unseat second-term Repu...
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Billboard: YouTube Has Paid Out $1 Billion to Music Industry In Last Few Years
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Google Inc. disclosed on Sunday that its YouTube video platform has paid out more than $1 billion to music rights holders "over the last several years," putting the California technology company among the top sources of digital revenue for the embattled music industry outside of downl...
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