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One of the most widely respected rappers signed to J. Cole's label Dreamville, Atlanta's JID returns today with his third full-length album.

That’s her man — and she wants the world to know! Rachael Kirkconnell clapped back at a sports announcer who incorrectly claimed that her boyfriend, Matt James, was “single” numerous times during a recent celebrity basketball tournament.

Atlanta rapper JID has revealed the tracklisting for his new The Forever Story. The album, out August 26 via Dreamville, is packed with special guests including verses from Lil Durk and Lil Wayne. Executive produced by longtime DJ and producer Christo, the album includes the singles "Dance Now" and "Surround Sound." The former features Kenny Mason, who also appears alongside JID and Wayne on "Just In Time." "Surround Sound," meanwhile, features 21 Savage and Baby Tate.

sights set on the controversial Bitcoin market.Gilmore, 38, was raised by his single mother in Atlanta with his two siblings.He remembers nights when the power went out, his family lived off cereal and sandwiches and visited their grandparents to be fed as his mom Sandra — who passed away in 2019 — struggled to keep up with the bills. “Don’t get me wrong, my mom was a saint — but times were tough,” Gilmore told Jam Press. “One thing that stands out for me is how my mum used a portable stove to heat water on whenever the power would go out, and we’d then pour it into the bathtub.

Star Jones has moved behind the bench to preside over “Divorce Court,” which kicks off its new season Aug. 22 (2-3 p.m.

BreAnna Bell For the fourth annual CultureCon presented by the Creative Collective NYC, renowned stars Nia Long and Larenz Tate will take the stage in a “Love Jones” reunion, marking the film’s 25th anniversary.Long and Tate will headline a Creative Genius conversation — a mainstage dialogue celebrating some of the most impactful names in culture — on Saturday, Oct. 8, as part of the weekend’s festivities.

Always in her heart. NeNe Leakes paid tribute to her late husband, Gregg Leakes, on what would have been his 67th birthday.

There are new details regarding Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak-Biermann‘s daughter’s arrest.

Alvvays have shared their brand new single ‘Easy On Your Own?’ – you can listen to it below.The song is the second to be previewed from the Canadian band’s forthcoming third studio album ‘Blue Rev’, which is due for release via Transgressive on October 7.Following on from the arrival last month of the LP’s lead single ‘Pharmacist’, Alvvays have now shared ‘Easy On Your Own?’.You can listen to the track in the below visualiser.You can see the tracklist for Alvvays’ ‘Blue Rev’, which has been described in a press release as the band’s “most harmonically rich and lyrically provocative” album yet, below.Alvvays will head out on a North American tour in October, with dates running through to mid-November.

Courtney Barnett has announced details of a new ‘Here And There’ festival compilation, which will aid reproductive rights groups.The Australian singer-songwriter’s Here And There touring festival kicked off in Kansas City, MO on Monday (August 8) and will visit 13 further stops before it wraps up Denver, CO on September 3. Each night features a unique line-up, featuring the likes of Japanese Breakfast, Wet Leg, Lucy Dacus and more.Some of the artists set to appear at Here And There have contributed to the new compilation, which will be released on a very rare and limited edition run of 600 cassette tapes.

which prompted the recent cancellation of the Atlanta festival Music Midtown, has now said that he wishes to “challenge” the live music promoter’s firearms ban inside its Georgia venues.The annual festival, which had been due to welcome the likes of My Chemical Romance, Jack White and Future from September 17-18, cancelled its 2022 edition earlier this month “due to circumstances beyond our control”.Billboard subsequently reported that recent changes to Georgia’s gun laws, which prevented Music Midtown’s owner Live Nation from banning festivalgoers from bringing guns on to the publicly owned festival grounds at Piedmont Park, were “the likely cause” for the cancellation.In a new interview with Billboard, Georgia IT worker, author and vocal gun rights activist Phillip Evans recalled how, in the weeks before the cancellation, he warned a contractor hired to handle security at Music Midtown that “should any member of your security team accost a legal carrier of weapons … [then] your company (and any involved individual) could be sued for damages”.“I urge you to honour and follow our state weapons law here in Georgia,” he added.A post shared by Music Midtown (@musicmidtown)Evans has now told Billboard that he never pushed for Music Midtown’s cancellation, and that he didn’t expect Live Nation to pull the plug on the event.“There’s nothing in my blog, in my opinion, that indicates I celebrated the decision,” he added. “I would’ve actually been thrilled had Live Nation gone ahead and had the event and said that they were following state law.”Describing himself as a “hardcore music fan” who “loves all kind of music from all eras”, Evans says that he wants Live Nation to “abide by a law”.

New York Times. Axios covers politics, science, business, health, tech and media and has been known for its editorial style that aims to condense complex topics into easily digestible newsletters and articles structured via bullet points.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAxios Media has been acquired by Cox Enterprises in a cash deal said to value the digital news company at $525 million.Media and publishing firm Cox Enterprises had taken a minority stake in Axios in November 2021. The $525 million deal price is about five times its projected 2022 revenue of more than $100 million, the New York Times reported.

Axios, the digital media startup covering politics, technology and media, has agreed to be purchased by Cox Enterprises, the communications, automotive and media company.

No shows. Teresa Giudice and Luis “Louie” Ruelas had a huge wedding ceremony on Saturday, August 6, but some familiar faces weren’t seen in the crowd.

Just married! The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice tied the knot with fiancé Luis Ruelas on Saturday, August 6, at the Park Chateau Estate in East Brunswick, New Jersey.

Teresa Giudice is a married woman!

Just married! The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice tied the knot with fiancé Luis Ruelas on Saturday, August 6, at the Park Chateau Estate in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

The 1975 have released a new single called ‘Happiness’ – you can listen to it below.The song is the latest preview of the Manchester group’s fifth album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, which is due to arrive on October 14 via Dirty Hit. It follows on from the recent comeback track ‘Part Of The Band’.“‘Happiness’ is like… there’s literally loads of us in the room on that track,” frontman Matty Healy told Zane Lowe of the funky, sax-filled latest offering on Apple Music 1 this evening (August 3).“[It] really doesn’t really have much structure.