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Billboard Billboard Influential Chicago musician DJ Funk, credited with coining the term “ghetto house,” has died at 54. The news was announced by friend and collaborator DJ Slugo, who revealed Funk’s passing in a video posted to Instagram on Wednesday (March 5). The news came just a few days after the the DJ’s family started...

CUBEL x The Room jacket and pants, Lost ‘N Found tee, Rick Owens shoes, Tercero Jewelry rings. Ysa Pérez The show was, unequivocally, going off. In time with the beat, columns of fire blasted from a complicated and expensive-looking stage setup as a litany of dance hits blasted through the speakers of Los Angeles’ Kia...

LULU. Courtesy Photo In February, Billboard announced the expansion of THE STAGE which was heading across the pond to SXSW London for the first time. The performance will be headlined by two-time Grammy winner Tems at the iconic Troxy venue in east London. Now, the first support act has been announced for the show, as...

Olivia Rodrigo performs on the Other stage during day four of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2022 in Glastonbury, England. Jim Dyson/Getty Images Glastonbury has unveiled the first names for the 2025 edition of the festival, with The 1975, Olivia Rodrigo and Neil Young billed as headliners. View the lineup in...

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have released ‘Wild God’ on Aug. 30. Megan Cullen Australian musician Nick Cave has always been full of surprises, from his incendiary live performances as the singer of The Birthday Party in the early ‘80s, to collaborating with Kylie Minogue as leader of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds....

American jazz and funk musician Roy Ayers performs on stage, Chicago, Illinois, July 7, 1979. Paul Natkin/Getty Images Roy Ayers, the multi-hyphenate composer and artist nicknamed the ‘Godfather of Neo Soul,’ has passed away at the age of 84. News of Ayers’ passing was confirmed on Wednesday (March 5), with a statement shared via his...

Este Haim, Alana Haim, and Danielle Haim arrive at the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. Alberto Rodriguez for Variety Haim is back with new music and their characteristic sense of humor. The sister trio took to Instagram...

Diplo’s Run Club Priscilla Rodriguez Diplo is taking off on foot across the country, with the announcement that Diplo’s Run Club will happen in six U.S. cities in 2025 and 2026. Featuring a 5k run and what’s being categorized as a “mini music festival” headlined by the namesake producer, Diplo’s Run Club will take place...

Calvin Harris attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 4, 2024 in Los Angeles. Lionel Hahn/Getty Images Calvin Harris is getting ready to release a country-oriented song, featuring himself on vocals. Today (March 5), the Scottish superstar producer posted a 30-second clip of himself singing a new song called “Smoke the Pain...

Leslie Odom, Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda perform on stage during the “Hamilton” Grammy performance at Richard Rodgers Theater on Feb. 15, 2016 in New York City. Theo Wargo/WireImage Hamilton is taking a stand. The beloved musical was scheduled to perform at the Kennedy Center for the third time in March and April of 2026, but have since canceled...

Saint Levant photographed for Billboard Arabia. Hussein Mardini Speaking with Saint Levant feels like encountering two personalities at once. One moment, you hear Marwan Abdelhamid (his real name), his intimate voice carrying the warmth of distant days spent with his father in Gaza. He recalls them in detail, as if each melody holds a story...

Justin Timberlake appears in court in the Hamptons for drunk driving hearing in Long Island, NY, United States on September 13, 2024. Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images Michael Arkinson, the Sag Harbor Police Department officer who arrested Justin Timberlake on suspicion of driving while intoxicated last summer, has been awarded for his work. The...

Tori Kelly and JoJo speak during Global Citizen Prize Awards Special Honoring Changemakers In 2020 Shaping The World We Want on December 19, 2020 in New York City. Getty Images for Global Citizen JoJo threw the crowd at her recent Los Angeles concert back to the 1990s and early-aughts by performing her version of SWV’s...

Lady Gaga Apple Music Lady Gaga is in a new era, and while her upcoming album is called Mayhem, she has found peace at home thanks to her fiancé Michael Polansky. The superstar sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe to discuss her eighth studio album, where she revealed that she’s been “healthier” recently. “I...

Kate Hudson and Adam Levine on ‘The Voice.’ Courtesy Photo Kate Hudson and Adam Levine go way back! The Almost Famous star is set to join Season 27 of The Voice as a battle advisor for the Maroon 5 frontman, and the duo sat down for an interview with Entertainment Tonight, where Hudson revealed, “I’ve known Adam since...

Jennifer Hudson and Common are seen at Madison Square Garden on March 04, 2025 in New York City. The Hapa Blonde/GC Images Jennifer Hudson inadvertently became part of the action at a New York Knicks game Tuesday (March 4), with the vocalist taking a basketball to the face in a moment that’s going viral on...