Watch Drake Honor Nelly Furtado, Rehash Junos Beef
The rapper inducted Furtado into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame via video
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Drake Can’t Help But Air Decade-Old Awards Show Grievance While Honoring Nelly Furtado
The rapper inducted his “dear friend” into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame with a genuinely endearing speech — that nevertheless dredged up a 2011 snub (and ended with a plug for his next album)
Australian Wu-Tang Fans Get Refunds After Four Members No-Show
Method Man, Raekwon, Cappadonna, and Young Dirty Bastard were all absent from the latest leg of their farewell tour
Jessie Ware, Nia Archives, Robyn, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat
Ezekiel Lewis named Chairman and CEO of Epic Records
Lewis joined Epic Records in 2018 as Executive Vice President, A&R Source
Future Islands Announce Tour of… North Carolina
Samuel Herring and the band will make an eight-show jaunt around the state before a finale in Baltimore
Blackpink’s Lisa Books First K-Pop Vegas Residency
The Colosseum at Caesars Palace will host Viva la Lisa for four nights this November
Argos sees social spike from Kurupt FM-soundtracked campaign
UK retailer Argos may not seem like it has an obvious link to rave culture. However, its social-media ‘Stockroom’ campaign late last year was an amusing take on Boiler Room-style DJ sets. Stats now suggest that it performed well.…
Tech firm FiEE says it will spend $3m to expand into AI music
The debate about whether AI-generated music is unfairly sluicing royalties away from human artists and songwriters is in full swing. But where there’s money, there’ll be more companies looking to take a share of it.…
Music-merch survey: ‘Younger fans want more than a t-shirt’
Midia Research has been quizzing 1,000 US music-merch buyers about their habits, with some encouraging findings for artists and their teams – but also some warnings.…
UMG hits back at Drake’s appeal in ‘Not Like Us’ lawsuit
Drake’s lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s diss-track ‘Not Like Us’ was dismissed by a judge in October 2025, but he launched an appeal against the decision in January.…
Major labels to challenge recent copyright-termination ruling
In January we reported on a significant ruling by a US federal appeals court that seemed to pave the way for songwriters to terminate copyright deals and regain their rights globally, not just in the US.…
Publishers acquire stake in rock song at center of landmark termination rights case as they plan to pursue Supreme Court challenge
The publishers said they acquired Robert Resnik's stake as they seek to ask the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit's January ruling. Source
UMG fires back at Drake appeal over ‘Not Like Us’ case dismissal: 3 takeaways from response brief
UMG says Drake used AI-generated voices of Snoop Dogg and the late Tupac Shakur “to goad Lamar into responding to his diss tracks. Source
Slop Tracker website aims to track ‘the AI streaming drain’
In the time it took to write this news story, $256 was “drained” from human artists by tracks from just 50 AI-generated artists on Spotify. At least, that’s according to a site called Slop Tracker that’s been set up to highlight the issue.…
Women headliners at The O2 have increased by 300% since 2016
March is Women’s History Month, as well as 8 March being International Women’s Day. A good time to reflect on the progress being made. The post is from Music Ally.
Watch Joni Mitchell Perform, Accept Lifetime Achievement Award at 2026 Junos
She joined Sarah McLachlan and Allison Russell’s tribute medley to sing a bit of “Big Yellow Taxi”
Bob Dylan Launched a Patreon for Some Reason
It includes letters and essays that appear to have utilized AI
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Chuquimamani-Condori Confirms New Los Thuthanaka Music, Shares Unreleased Songs
The duo’s next project, Waq'a, is out April 3
Watch Wolf Alice Perform on Saturday Night Live UK
They played ‘White Horses’ and ‘Leaning Against the Wall’ on the new series’ second episode