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Singer Aaron Carter, pictured in 2012 in New York City, has died at 34.

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Singer and rapper Aaron Carter dies at 34

Carter had his first hit when he was just 9 years old. He went on to tour with his older brother's band, the Backstreet Boys, release four studio albums and appear on Dancing with the Stars.

November 06, 2022
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Rappers Offset (from left), Quavo and Takeoff of the group Migos appear at a Met gala in 2018. Kirshnik Khari Ball, known professionally as Takeoff, died early Tuesday morning after gunshots were fired at a party in Houston.

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  • National

Houston police are searching for witnesses after rapper Takeoff's killing

Kirshnik Khari Ball, known professionally as Takeoff, died early Tuesday morning after gunshots were fired at a party in Houston. "We are looking for anything to help us," a police official said.

November 03, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Drake performs in concert as part of the Summer Sixteen Tour in New York on Aug. 5, 2016.

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No, Drake has not done a Tiny Desk, though we're open to the possibility

Rappers Drake and 21 Savage, who are releasing a joint album Friday, posted a spoof of the segment to their social media accounts, and the Internet has largely mistaken it for the real thing.

November 03, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Lavender Country, led by singer and songwriter Patrick Haggerty, released what it widely considered the first openly gay country album in 1973. Haggerty died this week at age 78.

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Lavender Country's Patrick Haggerty was embraced as gay country music's radical elder

Lavender Country's 1973 debut is considered the first openly gay country album. After the record was reissued in 2014, fans and fellow artists came to embrace Haggerty, who died Monday, as a pioneer.

November 02, 2022
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  • Jewly Hight
Takeoff of hip-hop group Migos, performing onstage during Global Citizen Live on Sept. 25, 2021 in LA.

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  • Obituaries

Takeoff, member of Atlanta rap group Migos, has died at 28

The rapper, part of Migos, the Atlanta group that was hugely commercially popular and both formally and culturally influential, was reportedly shot and killed in Houston on Tuesday.

November 01, 2022
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Taylor Swift, photographed during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9, 2022.

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  • Music News

Taylor Swift becomes first artist to sweep the entire Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100

Swift surpasses Drake's feat from September 2021 when he captured nine of the top 10 spots on the Hot 100 chart.

November 01, 2022
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  • Ashley Ahn
Singer Dolly Parton Performs at Agua Caliente Casino on January 24, 2014 in Rancho Mirage, California.

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Dolly Parton says she likely won't tour again, but may play live from time to time

Parton says that although she has no intention of ever going on a full-fledged tour again, she plans to perform at special shows and festivals in the future.

October 31, 2022
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  • Juliana Kim
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Grateful Dead's Bob Weir took the stage with the National Symphony Orchestra

Earlier this month, Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir took the stage with the National Symphony Orchestra. Their collaboration had attendees in tie dye and tuxedos dancing in the aisles.

October 31, 2022
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  • Felix Contreras
Jerry Lee Lewis, in a photo taken during his infamous trip to London in June 1958, when it became public that he was married to his 13-year-old cousin.

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Jerry Lee Lewis has died at age 87

The iconic rock 'n' roll pioneer and last living member of the "Million-Dollar Quartet" — whose meteoric rise collapsed almost as quickly as he ascended, thanks to scandal — has died at age 87.

October 30, 2022
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  • Blake Farmer and
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, announced a content moderation council for the social media platform.

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  • National

Elon Musk says Twitter restored Ye's account without his knowledge before acquisition

The social media platform's new owner says the company made the change without consulting or informing him before he completed the deal to purchase Twitter.

October 28, 2022
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  • Juliana Kim
Steven Smith and Kanye West speak on stage at the "Kanye West and Steven Smith in Conversation with Mark Wilson" on Nov. 7, 2019, in New York City.

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  • Business

The status of Ye's Donda Academy is unclear after uproar over his antisemitic remarks

There were mixed signals about whether Ye's unaccredited Christian private school is closing. The uncertainty comes as businesses continue to dissociate from the rapper.

October 28, 2022
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  • Matt Adams
Kim Petras and Sam Smith perform onstage during the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in September in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  • Music

Sam Smith and Kim Petras make LGBTQ history on Billboard's Hot 100 chart

"Unholy" earned both artists their first No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100, making them the first openly non-binary solo artist and first openly transgender solo artist to hit the top of the chart.

October 26, 2022
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  • Ashley Ahn
Adidas announced on Tuesday it is severing its partnership with Ye in light of the rap superstar's anti-Semitic comments.

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  • Business

Adidas cuts ties with Ye over antisemitic remarks that caused an uproar

The decision follows a nearly decade-long relationship between the German sneaker giant and the rap superstar, also known as Kanye West.

October 25, 2022
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  • Bobby Allyn
Ye, then known as Kanye West, holds a Yeezy sneaker while speaking onstage at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in 2019.

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  • Business

Calls grow to boycott Adidas as the company stays silent on Ye's antisemitism

Adidas placed its relationship with the rapper under review earlier this month. And while he's since doubled down, the company hasn't given an update — and continues to release new Yeezy products.

October 25, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Latonia Moore at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 18, 2022.

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  • Music News

From gospel to opera, soprano Latonia Moore makes the world her stage

Soprano Latonia Moore's journey to the world's greatest opera stages began singing gospel — in her grandfather's church — and jazz

October 24, 2022
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  • Olivia Hampton
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