SaaS-based payments processing firm Exactuals is now owned by City National Bank, a longtime investor in the platform. The Westwood-based Exactuals has been simplifying complex payment problems for years within the entertainment industry. Now, longtim…
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Aretha Franklin Is Reportedly ‘Gravely Ill’ In a Detroit Hospital
Singer Aretha Franklin has been hospitalized in ‘gravely ill’ condition, per reports As of late Sunday, a number of reports surfaced that the “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin is “gravely ill” and has been hospitalized…
Travis Scott Is Officially Launching an Astroworld Festival in Houston
Travis Scott is getting ready to take fans on a serious adventure — and seriously leverage his latest album’s success. Following the success of his third album, Astroworld, Travis Scott has released a lot of album-related merchandise, including t…
Drake and Migos Postpone Their Tour — for the Second Time
Drake and Migos have postponed the upcoming The Aubrey and the Three Amigos Tour for a second time, supposedly due to production issues. The tour was slated to begin on Friday, August 10 at the Kansas City Spring Center, but now it’ll kick-off on…
John Mayer’s Los Angeles Mansion Robbed; Estimated $200,000 In Valuables Stolen
Singer John Mayer’s residence above Los Angeles has been burglarized and ransacked, according to police details emerging this morning. Mayer’s luxurious pad overlooking Los Angeles was roughly robbed yesterday (Friday), with the stolen loot…
Latest Industry: Eazy-E Trademark Lawsuit, Madonna, iKON, Eventbrite, Peermusic, UMPG, Republic Records, More…
Eazy-E’s widow reaches agreement with his son. Eric Darnel Wright, son of rapper Eazy-E – Eric Lynn Wright – has reached an agreement with his late father’s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright. She had sued Eazy-E’s son for illegally monetizing the NWA tradema…
Apple Music Taps Deutsche Grammophon to Create the ‘Essential’ Classical Music Destination
Apple is continuing to expand its offering of curated music channels for Apple Music, this time through a partnership with Deutsche Grammophon. The new long-term collaboration between the two companies will see DG curating classical music playlists and…
Early Musical.ly Investor Leads $17 Million Funding Round for Spoon Radio
Can Spoon Radio become the next Musical.ly for internet radio? Goodwater Capital has made a major move in the South Asian app market. The American venture capital firm has teamed up with Softbank Ventures, a Seoul-based venture capital firm, and KB Inv…
Amazon Green Lights an Indian Music Series featuring AR Rahman
Amazon India has announced a new partnership with AR Rahman, the Academy Award-winning composer of Slumdog Millionaire. The new music-based show will have a five-episode run and will be available globally for streaming on August 15th. Harmony With AR …
Grieving Families Slam Oakland’s Ghost Ship Fire ‘Sweetheart’ Plea Deal
Back in December 2016, a fire at an Oakland warehouse referred to as the Ghost Ship claimed the lives of three dozen partygoers inside. More recently, the two men held responsible for the deaths, pled no contest to 36 charges of involuntary manslaughte…