Pop Smoke’s “Dior” Is a Radical Addition to the Protest Music Canon

2020 MTV Video Music Awards could be one of the first ceremonies that will not be held virtually amid the coronavirus pandemic.During a press conference on Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the VMAs are to take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, with limited or no audience present on Aug. 30. Back in May, reported that MTV was looking to have the awards show this summer.

50 Cent has spoken about Pop Smoke‘s posthumous debut album ‘Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon’ which is due to land next month.The legendary rapper was a mentor to the young star, who died aged 20 in February after being fatally shot during a home invasion in California.50 Cent spoke to the New York Times for a memorial piece published on Thursday (June 25) along with a host of other musicians, friends, producers and industry employees who worked with Pop Smoke.“The first two tapes versus

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorIt’s official — at least for the time being: Disney said Friday it is moving Niki Caro’s Mulan release date from July 25 to August 21, the weekend after Tenet‘s five-day opening from August 12-16.We were hearing noise about this earlier this week, as we told you, with COVID-19 cases surging nationwide and theaters reopening in New York, Los Angeles and China up in the air.

Jill Goldsmith New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has removed movie theaters, as well as malls and gyms, from the list of businesses that can reopen in Phase 4 of the state’s plan to study recent developments — mainly a surge in COVID-19 infections in other states.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state has “done the impossible” by controlling the coronavirus, going from the epicenter of the disease to one of the leading states containing it.Cuomo made the comments in what he said was his final daily briefing.

Andrew Cuomo is looking to his late father for help.

Ted Johnson John Bolton’s new tell-all memoir is full of explosive details of Donald Trump’s leadership, painting a picture of a presidency driven by impulse and ignorance of foreign policy.The New York Times and The Washington Post obtained copies of the book, set to be published on Tuesday, while The Wall Street Journal published an excerpt.According to the Post, Bolton’s book describes a summit last year with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in which Trump asked him for help in winning the 2020

Juneteenth is becoming an official holiday in more than one state.On Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he would be making June 19 a holiday in his state. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam also announced Tuesday that Juneteenth — a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S.

Pop Smoke, the beloved Brooklyn rapper and face of the New York drill movement who was fatally shot in February at age 20.The deal covers all work written by the late artist, including breakthrough hit "Welcome to the Party" and his upcoming debut album, which was largely completed prior to his passing and will be released posthumously this summer by Steven Victor's joint venture with Universal Music Group, Victor Victor Worldwide.“Pop meant so much to so many people across the world," Warner

Chris Cuomo is going viral on Monday for all of the wrong reasons. The New York Post broke the story that back in May, Chris’ wife, Cristina Greeven Cuomo, was filming a yoga session when a man showed up live, on the Instagram video in the nude.

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Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, the late Tom Petty and more.

You won’t find 75 Dollar Bill anywhere on the Billboard charts, but the New York act’s latest studio album nabbed the No. 1 spot on experimental bible Wire magazine’s best albums of 2019 list.

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is declaring his support for non-violent demonstrators marching against police brutality. Cuomo said during a coronavirus press conference on Friday that he stands «with the protesters» who are advocating for justice following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25.

While many artists have shared their outrage over George Floyd's death on social media by demanding justice against the police officers responsible, urging an end to racism, making donations and more, some are leaving their homes to speak out in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.As protests spread across the country from Seattle to Los Angeles to Minneapolis to New York City to Atlanta and beyond, musicians are joining those who are gathering to call for an end to systemic racism and police

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Store owners with no-mask-no-service policies got a boost from the governor. New York City business owners planning to reopen before coronavirus restrictions are lifted got a warning from the mayor.