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13.03.2023 - 23:41 / variety.com
Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music Larry Jackson marked the launch of his new media company Gamma with a starry kick-off party on Thursday night (March 9). Held at the brand-new Bird Streets Club in West Hollywood, the exclusive dinner was attended by Naomi Campbell, Travis Scott, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Russell Wilson and Ciara, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Jam, Saweetie, Mr. Brainwash, L.A. Reid, XO Records’ Amir “Cash” Esmailian, Apple Music’s Zane Lowe and actress Stephanie Shepherd, among others. Also represented were Gamma executives Ike Youssef, cofounder and president, and Breyon Prescott, EVP of content and music. Announced on March 8, Gamma is a multi-platform, multi-faceted business that will see Jackson acquiring or joining forces with major artists and brands, with endeavors in music, films, merchandise, fashion, web3 and other areas. The company was cofounded with former Interscope CFO Youssef; backers include Todd Boehly’s Eldridge Industries, Apple and studio A24.
Gamma is also home to distribution platform Vydia, which Jackson acquired in December 2022, bringing with it podcast deals with Naomi Campbell and Shade Room founder Angelica Nwandu, as well as its tech and staff. The first music artists to join the roster include Usher and Rick Ross and sources tell Variety that Jackson also has his sights set on signing Travis Scott, who has one more album left in his contract with Epic Records. Indeed, Scott’s presence at the Gamma launch party, along with Cactus Jack GM David Stromberg, seems to back that assertion. The event was co-hosted by Cartier, which has named Jackson a ‘Friend of the Maison’ — the only U.S. representative of the luxury brand, which is also aligning strategically with Gamma. “It’s
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Claybourne Evans Jr., who lead Atlanta talent agency Rubicon Brand Management and was also the VP of Grand Hustle Records, died on Thursday, March 23, according to a post by his family. No details on his age or cause of death were immediately available.
Kylie Jenner is putting her children first after splitting from Travis Scott.
Kylie Jenner doesn’t have time for “drama.”
Kylie Jenner isn't letting her split from Travis Scott affect their family. The former pair share daughter Stormi, 5, and son Aire, 1.In January, the 25-year-old makeup mogul and the 31-year-old rapper called it quits.
Danny DeVito will return to the Broadway stage this October in a new play by Theresa Rebeck called I Need That.
Wolf Webster was so last year.
Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are taking legal action to make their son’s name change official.
Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have filed a legal name change request for their son. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the reality star and Sicko Mode rapper have now requested for their son's name to be legally changed. In March 2022, Kylie shared with fans on Instagram that the pair would no longer be calling their infant son Wolf, the name she originally announced after his birth that February.
Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have allegedly taken steps to legally change their son's name from Wolf to Aire, after sharing his new moniker with fans in January. Mum-of-two Kylie, 25, and rapper Travis, 30, have filed new legal documents, according to TMZ, asking to officially change their one year old son's name from Wolf Jacques Webster to Aire Webster. The documents state that the couple, who are also parents to five year old daughter Stormi, "regret" choosing Wolf as the tot's original name and believe Aire is a "better fit".
A brand new moniker! Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have begun the process to legally rename their son, Us Weekly can confirm.
Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are taking the steps to legally change their son’s name from Wolf to Aire.
They say there's no such thing as bad publicity, but for supermodel Naomi Campbell, the reaction to her latest Instagram might fall into the less than favorable category. Campbell posted professional agency photos from her time at Vanity Fair's Oscar party on Sunday, but fans were quick to notice the pictures looked heavily edited, deeming it a Photoshop fail. "Please delete the first photo, you looked amazing without photoshop!!! You don't need to edit your photos," one user commented.
Here’s a story for you. A few months ago I was thinking about Metallica and Lou Reed’s collaborative album ‘Lulu’. More than ten years on from the shock we all experienced on first listen – you know, because of the strangeness of that project – not to mention the the backlash that followed, it occurred to me that it might be fun to give the record another play.Because maybe listening to that album again after all this time would reveal something quite interesting and worthwhile that we all missed first time round.
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has blamed “ignorance” for the reaction to ‘Lulu’, their 2011 collaborative album recorded with Lou Reed.The album earned mixed reviews upon its release and has continued to be one of the most divisive records of Metallica’s career, while Reed once claimed it was so unpopular that Metallica fans threatened to shoot him for making it.Ulrich previously reflected on the experience of working with the Velvet Underground legend as a positive one, maintaining that he “wouldn’t change a thing” about the record.Ulrich has now once again reflected on the response to the album, asking (via Loudwire) in Reed’s posthumously released new book, The Art Of The Straight Line: My Tai Chi: “What the fuck is it about ‘Lulu’ that it got that kind of reaction?”He continued: “I can’t quite figure it out, but years later, it’s aged extremely well. It sounds like a motherfucker still.
The stars were out in force on Thursday as a wealth of famous faces from across fashion, film and music gathered to see the Versace Fall/Winter 2023 Fashion Show in Los Angeles. A-list names such as Cher and Elton John lead the cream of the crop as they sat front row and centre in support of their long time friend Donatella Versace as she debuted her latest collection.
Yousef Srour Saturday, Day 2 of the star-studded Rolling Loud California festival, was built on anticipation and surprise. Whisperings about Travis Scott’s return to the U.S. festival circuit filled the Hollywood Park grounds as avid fans camped out to be as close as possible for his set — and any new music from his long-delayed album “Utopia” — while rumors were rife that across the fields, Lil Wayne would bring out Nicki Minaj — which he did, during a set filled with nearly 20 years of hits. While the festival was packed with A-list talent — Playboi Carti, Future, Lil Baby, Kodak Black, Tippie Redd, Lil Uzi Vert and dozens more — Scott’s set was guaranteed to the the most watched, not just due to his headliner status, but also because it marks his return a major U.S. festival stage for the first time since Astroworld, the Houston festival where, in November 2021, 10 people died and hundreds were injured in a crowd crush as Scott performed his headlining set.
Travis Scott’s headline performance at Rolling Loud California was reportedly cut short last night (March 4) with fans taking to social media to complain.Rolling Loud is taking place at California’s Hollywood Park this weekend, with Playboi Carti and Future topping the bill alongside Travis Scott.According to attendees though, Scott’s set was cut short. In fan-shot footage, Scott can be seen performing ‘Sicko Mode’ before the audio cuts out halfway through the track.
Ethan Shanfeld Childhood friends Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif passed the time in South Florida by throwing parties. Soon, those parties turned into scrappy live music events, which then became well-oiled monthly showcases featuring now A-list artists like Kendrick Lamar. In 2015, the duo organized the inaugural Rolling Loud festival, which filled a vacuum left by floundering rap fest Rock the Bells and, in just eight years, has become the world’s biggest live hip-hop event. This year, Rolling Loud is making big moves — and taking a big bet. The fast-growing rap brand is not only expanding its global reach, with new events in Germany and Southeast Asia, it’s also putting its money behind Travis Scott, who will headline all the 2023 dates that have been announced thus far, including Munich, Rotterdam, Portugal, Thailand — and Los Angeles, taking place this weekend (March 3-5) at the brand new Hollywood Park festival grounds (the L.A. show has not yet sold out but is expected to).