GLAAD Calls on Nashville Music Industry to Protest Discriminatory Bills

Over the weekend, Bruce Springsteen made a powerful statement against the North Carolina Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act (known as the “bathroom bill”) by cancelling his Greensboro show, and this morning in Nashville Chris Carmack and songwriter/producer Desmond Child joined GLAAD and the Tennessee Equality Project to speak out against…

Axl Rose Uses Dave Grohl’s Throne To Perform With Guns N’ Roses

Axl Rose is using Dave Grohl’s throne to perform on his current tour with Guns N’ Roses. Rose broke his foot last week and went through surgery. He will be wearing a cast for the next four weeks. Spin reports, “the Foo Fighter frontman has loaned him the very same rock’n’roll throne he used after

Ice Cube, Gene Simmons Spar Over Rock Hall’s Rap Inductions

After N.W.A’s MC Ren name-checked Gene Simmons in his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech last Friday, the Kiss singer has engaged in a war of words with another member of the gangsta-rap pioneers: Ice Cube.

“I want to say, to Mr. Gene Simmons, hip-hop is here forever,” Ren…

M.I.A. Drops “Rewear It” For H&M World Recycle Week Project

M.I.A. has released “Rewear It” as part of H&M’s World Recycle Week project. The track encourages shoppers to return unwanted clothes to H&M stores around the world. The video along with an interview with M.I.A. about the project were released today on Vogue. M.I.A. told the outlet, “If all

Notorious B.I.G. To Tour As Hologram

Notorious B.I.G. To Tour As Hologram

Notorious B.I.G. makes his way back to the stage…

According to Billboard, ARHT Media has secured the digital rights to Notorious B.I.G.’s hologram in a joint venture with By Storm Entertainment which manages B.I.G.’s estate.

The hologram will be first seen in Faith Evans video for her first song off her duets compilation album titled ‘The King & I’. It is also widely speculated that it will be used during Puff Daddy’s 2-day family reunion show in Brooklyn on May 20th and 21st.

Biggie’s family reportedly chose ARHT as they have special patented technology that makes the hologram human-like. The company called this technology ‘Humagrams’ for this reason. The ‘Humagram’ can also be scaled to any size and can be assembled and reassembled in an hour.

“This project has been a long-time coming, and it is very special to me,” says Ms. Wallace (Biggie’s mother).

“Words can’t even capture how elated I am for the world to finally see my son again on stage and beyond. Christopher’s impact and legacy will not only live through his past work, but also the new experiences which have been made possible through ARHT Media.”

This is not the first hip hop rapper to make a come back in the hologram form – Tupac came back to perform in 2012 as a hologram.

Though reports are saying that this new technology by ARHT is like nothing before and is much more advanced and ‘real’.

 

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Steve Miller: This Whole Industry Is F–kin’ Gangsters and Crooks

Steve Miller’s gripes against the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — for which the rocker was inducted Friday night — extended past the podium into the backstage area later that night. “The whole process is unpleasant,” Miller told reporters. “The whole process needs to be changed from the top to the…