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Missy Elliott dropped a full studio album, but the musician hasn't stopped dropping hits in that time. And the four-time GRAMMY winner has plans for more in the near future! Talking with  for their July/August Festival of Culture issue, Elliott shares that she has «some new stuff in the works.» Although the rapper and producer keeps mum about a timeline, telling  that she doesn't want to get in trouble with fans, she does tease that the music will be «fun» and «upbeat.» «I never tell dates,» Elliott explains. "'Cause when I tell you dates, it will get you in trouble with them fans.«The Portsmouth, Virginia, native reveals a few artists she'd love to collaborate with in the future, including André 3000, Rihanna, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott.

Gangsta Boo, the Memphis rapper who passed away in January of this year, died of an accidental overdose. An autopsy report was made public on Wednesday with local news stations Fox 13 and Action News 5 reporting that Fentanyl, cocaine, and ethanol (alcohol) were in her system at the time of her death.

Three 6 Mafia – was pronounced dead at the start of the year, after she was found unresponsive in her Memphis home on New Year’s Day. She was aged 43.Now, the cause of death for the artist, whose real name is Lola Mitchell, has been revealed.According to an autopsy report, the rapper died of an accidental overdose.

, Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian, and Kendall and Kylie Jenner as well as momager Kris Jenner managed to do what the Beyhive has been waiting months for.The reality stars created their own «music video» to Beyoncé's hit single, «Cuff It,» providing those much-craved visuals in the form of a high-energy rollerskating video. ET can exclusively reveal that the video, which was used to promote the new season of was directed by celebrity music video director Arrad, who has worked with Missy Elliott, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Kim Petras, The Kid Laroi, and even Kylie's ex, Tyga.Arrad opened up to ET about the four-hour shoot with the Kardashian-Jenners, which featured all five sisters and their momager at the roller rink, showing off their moves in a variety of skintight body suits.Not #TheKardashians intro serving Reinaissance visuals before Beyoncé like the budget is DEEP pic.twitter.com/6OTzeaf03u«The magic of this shoot wasn't just about the glitz and glamour, it was about capturing the strong bond they share as a family.

, Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian, and Kendall and Kylie Jenner as well as momager Kris Jenner managed to do what the Beyhive has been waiting months for.The reality stars created their own «music video» to Beyoncé's hit single, «Cuff It,» providing those much-craved visuals in the form of a high-energy rollerskating video. ET can exclusively reveal that the video, which was used to promote the new season of was directed by celebrity music video director Arrad, who has worked with Missy Elliott, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Kim Petras, The Kid Laroi, and even Kylie's ex, Tyga.Arrad opened up to ET about the four-hour shoot with the Kardashian-Jenners, which featured all five sisters and their momager at the roller rink, showing off their moves in a variety of skintight body suits.Not #TheKardashians intro serving Reinaissance visuals before Beyoncé like the budget is DEEP pic.twitter.com/6OTzeaf03u«The magic of this shoot wasn't just about the glitz and glamour, it was about capturing the strong bond they share as a family.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Perhaps you saw the gossip-site reports coming out of the Lovers & Friends Festival in Las Vegas last weekend: Allegedly, Chris Brown and Usher had gotten into some kind of tiff backstage during Missy Elliott’s set. The two singers went on to… Wait a minute. There was a Missy Elliott show? Stop the presses … this seemed like a case of burying the lead, as they say in news circles. Hip-hop fans knew what the real headlines should have been on that story: A unicorn had been sighted during a full solar eclipse, as Halley’s comet made a rare pass over Brigadoon — or other metaphors to that effect — if Elliott was being sighted back on a stage. Something slightly rarer still occurred Tuesday night in southern California’s Inland Empire: a stand-alone headlining show by Elliott. As one tweeter put it: “Why Yaamava’ Theatre?” — wondering, reasonably, why Elliott was following her festival appearance not with a full tour or, say, a night or two at the Hollywood Bowl, but a one-off gig at a 2,500-seat theater at a casino-resort at least an hour outside of L.A. in off-the-beaten-track Highland? The Vegas festival and subsequent casino concert are it, as far as what’s on Elliott’s public itinerary following the news of her impending Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. The last time she did anything like a standard tour was 13 years ago, and since then, Elliott might not have done much more than a dozen full sets, almost all of them at festivals, none in theaters. So no wonder the cheapest tickets on the day of the show for her SoCal appearance were going for $500-plus.

Lovers & Friends Festival in Las Vegas, NV, cost quite a bit more than 50 Cent(s).However, you can still find reasonably priced tickets for Sin City’s biggest one-day hip-hop nostalgia festival, set for Saturday, May 6, featuring big name icons like 50 Cent (of course), recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Missy Elliott, Mariah Carey, Pitbull, Christina Aguilera and more.Always wished you could spend the day in the presence of R&B and rap royalty? If your answer is “Yeah!” as featured artist and fest curator Usher is fond of saying, we invite you to check out the Lovers and Friends bill, featuring some of the biggest hip-hop stars of the 90’s and 00’s.Whether you like to keep it old school (we’d recommend catching Boyz II Men, Nelly or Ginuiwine’s sets), bop to the biggest rap hits of the 00’s and 10’s (Soulja Boy, Flo Rida, or Chris Brown, anyone?), or you’ll find plenty to like about Lovers and Friends fest.Best of all: there’s no reason to get “So Anxious” that you haven’t purchased your tickets yet. The one-day fest begins (and ends), on May 6, but at the time of writing, single-day passes can still be found for as low as $338 before fees on Vivid Seats.Want to find out which ticket makes the most sense for you?Keep reading — we’ve got everything you need to know and more about the Lovers & Friends festival below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Kate Bush and Rage Against The Machine have each made statements about their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions. Earlier today (May 3), the two acts have been confirmed for the coveted placement alongside George Michael, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, and more.

Rage Against The Machine and Kate Bush have responded to the news that they are both part of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’s Class of 2023.The list of this year’s inductees was revealed earlier today, with George Michael, Sheryl Crow, rap innovator Missy Elliott, The Spinners, and country legend Willie Nelson also set to join the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.Kate Bush had previously been nominated three times, in 2018, 2021 and 2022. Rage Against The Machine, meanwhile, were on their fifth nomination, having been nominated more times than any of this year’s other shortlisted artists.“It is a surprising trajectory for us to be welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” Rage Against the Machine said in a statement.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It makes her happy, in case you were wondering — this Rock & Roll Hall of Fame honor that was announced Thursday for Sheryl Crow, making her part of the class of 2023 that is set for induction this November in New York. The singer-songwriter says she is pleased to be going in alongside her old pal Willie Nelson, with whom she just sang for his 90th birthday party at the Hollywood Bowl, along with fellow female powerhouses of contemporary music like Kate Bush (who she grew up on) and Missy Elliott (whose production skills she particularly admires). Never mind those who rode into the hall before her: A scan of the plaques on the walls in Cleveland may read like a discography of people Crow has already sung with over the last three decades.

Kate Bush, who re-emerged in the public eye after ’80s song “Running Up That Hill” appeared on Stranger Things, and Willie Nelson, who just turned 90 last weekend, are now in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, George Michael, and Rage Against the Machine will all be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, it has been confirmed. The Class of 2023 group also includes Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, and the Spinners. The 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Friday, November 3, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Warner Chappell last week announced that it has signed whYJay to a worldwide publishing deal. The songwriter and producer is best known for his work with artists like Aitch, Arrdee, Central Cee and Tion Wayne.“I’ve enjoyed a crazy few years and have been lucky enough to create some massive hits in the UK”, says whYJay.

Nominees who felt more like usual suspects — including Soundgarden, the White Stripes, Iron Maiden, Warren Zevon and the new-wave mash-up of Joy Division/New Order — were all passed over this year.Instead, it is indeed a new order with three women leading the list — Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow and Missy Elliott — who couldn’t be more different, ranging from alt-rock to hip-hop. And rounding out the 2023 inductees are George Michael, a gay pop superstar; Willie Nelson, a country music icon; and the Spinners, a black R&B vocal group.Michael’s induction, coming seven years after the “Faith” singer died at 53, is the latest posthumous honor coming after Whitney Houston, the Notorious B.I.G., Nina Simone and Tupac Shakur in recent years.It’s certainly great to see Nelson — who just turned 90 last Saturday — get his flowers while he can still smell them.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Willie Nelson just got an only slightly late 90th birthday present: an impending induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The country music legend was one of seven music figures announced Wednesday morning as having been voted into the hall, along with Kate Bush, Rage Against the Machine, Missy Elliott, Sheryl Crow, George Michael and the Spinners. There are six more inductees beyond that list, with the distinction of being selected by a select Hall of Fame committee to join the seven performers who were voted in via general balloting. These are singer Chaka Khan, instrumentalist-producer Al Kooper and lyricist Bernie Taupin, all in the “musical excellence” category; pioneering rock guitarist Link Wray and hip-hop originator DJ Kool Herc in the “musical influence” division; and “Soul Train” TV host Don Cornelius as the recipient of the annual Ahmet Ertegun Award.

The list of nominees for 2023 was announced in February, with the late pop star and Wham! singer joined by Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, Cyndi Lauper, Rage Against The Machine and The White Stripes for potential induction this year.Joining them on the list of nominees are Iron Maiden, Soundgarden, Sheryl Crow, Warren Zevon, A Tribe Called Quest, Willie Nelson and The Spinners. Meanwhile, Joy Division and New Order have been packaged together for their first nomination.The annual fan vote allows fans to vote once per day for their favourite nominee online or in person at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.Michael won the vote with over a million votes, followed in second place by Cyndi Lauper (928,113 votes), with Warren Zevon (634,130), Iron Maiden (449,682) and Soundgarden (427,040) following up.The fan vote victory isn’t a confirmation of Michael’s induction this year, but all but one of the five previous fan vote winners have gone on to be inducted into the prestigious group.

not-so-amicable parting from Warner Music was announced, Brazilian superstar singer Anitta has inked with Universal’s Republic Records, sources close to the deal tell Variety. Republic declined requests for comment. The singer left Warner after 11 years at the company and a big effort by the company’s Warner Records label to break the singer in the U.S. with her multi-genre latest album “Versions of Me,” released just over a year ago. Despite a blockbuster performance at last year’s Coachella festival, a massive international hit with the song “Envolver” (which has amassed more than 500 million streams on Spotify), and collaborations on the album with hitmakers like Max Martin, Ryan Tedder and Stargate — not to mention features from Saweetie, Missy Elliott, Khalid and Maluma — the album was not a hit in the U.S., although she remains a superstar in Latin America and other territories.

Timbaland has confirmed that his longtime collaborator Justin Timberlake has finished his next album.The two have been collaborating since the late ’90s, across all of the singer’s solo albums. Now in a recent interview with Variety, the Grammy Award-winning producer revealed that he has been helping Timberlake with his next record.“We just finished up and everything sounds great,” said Timbaland.

The Library of Congress has added 25 recordings added to the National Recording Registry. The new additions comprise songs and albums whose release dates range from 1907 to 2012.

The next Justin Timberlake album may be coming soon.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor It is no understatement to say that Timbaland is one of the most influential and successful songwriter-producers of the last three decades: Justin Timberlake, Missy Elliott, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Madonna, Drake, Bjork and even Chris Cornell are just the best-known of the literally hundreds of artists the man born Timothy Zachery Mosely has worked with since the Virginia-born, Miami-based hitmaker first popped onto the scene with records by Aaliyah and Ginuwine in the mid-1990s. His monumentally prolific musical output slowed down to normal speed for a few years while he focused on a multitude of other projects — most prominently “Verzuz,” the pandemic-spawned rap/R&B battle series he launched with fellow hitmaker Swizz Beatz, which he says has a top-secret announcement coming that will “take us to a whole other level”; and Beatclub, a curated platform for producers and songwriters to sell beats, demos and other song elements to artists, brands and music supervisors.

Lil Baby will embark on a lengthy 32-date run of live shows this summer. The Atlanta rapper has announced details of the It's Only Us tour, which begins at Houston's Toyota Center on July 26 and runs until September.

Anitta and her label Warner Records have come to an agreement to part ways. “After eleven years of successful partnership, we’ve agreed to go our separate ways,” read a statement from the label and artist. “Anitta would like to thank the Warner Music team for all their support. And the Warner team wishes Anitta all the best in future.” The Brazilian pop star had been signed to the label for 11 years but in recent months had expressed her displeasure with the company and desire to have her contract terminated. She took those issues to social media last month, uploading a series of posts on Instagram, where she posts in English, and Twitter, where she uses Portuguese.

FLO’s meteoric career arc has landed them in the sights of a legend. Riding the wave of a BBC Sound of 2023 poll win and an upcoming U.S. tour, the refreshingly retro London R&B trio of Renée Downer, Jorja Douglas, and Stella Quaresma have teamed up with hip-hop royalty from across the pond to release an instant classic.

FLO is back!

FLO have shared a vibrant new single – listen to ‘Fly Girl’ below.Ahead of its full release, a teaser of the song went viral on TikTok earlier this week. ‘Fly Girl’ samples Missy Elliott‘s 2002 hit ‘Work Hit’, as the London trio rework the song’s widely-known refrain.“If you a fly girl, get your nails done, get a pedicure, get your hair did,” FLO sing over a high-octane beat produced by MNEK. “See you telling me I’m pretty but it’s obvious, I don’t need a man to tell me where the party is.”“’Fly Girl’ is all about confidence, good vibes and feeling your best.

FLO are teaming up with none other than Missy Elliott for their brand new single, Fly Girl.

The Guardian.“If so few Black artists, so few women of color, are being inducted, then the voting process needs to be overhauled. Music is a lifeforce that is constantly evolving — and they can’t keep up.” The 58-year-old “Miss Narcissist” singer’s damning essay lists industry pioneers and visionaries like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Chaka Khan, and Kate Bush as women who have been overlooked for years by the Rock Hall’s nominating board and voting body.

Julia MacCary editor Courtney Love has taken aim at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, penning a scathing essay that calls out the dearth of women and Black artists showcased in the Cleveland-based organization. “If so few women are being inducted into the Rock Hall, then the nominating committee is broken,” Love wrote in an op-ed for the Guardian. “If so few Black artists, so few women of colour, are being inducted, then the voting process needs to be overhauled. Music is a lifeforce that is constantly evolving – and they can’t keep up. Shame on HBO for propping up this farce.” Love did not hold back when calling out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “Barely 8% of its inductees are female. The canon-making doesn’t just reek of sexist gatekeeping, but also purposeful ignorance and hostility,” wrote Love, a musician, songwriter and actor who led the 1990s band Hole and was married to the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain (who was posthumously inducted).

Anderson .Paak played a DJ set as his alter ego, DJ Pee .Wee, as part of a SXSW collaboration between Billboard and Doritos on Friday (March 17). Watch clips from the performance below.“It feels good because I remember my first time doing SXSW,” he said at the start of his set, noting that he hadn’t been back to the fest in seven years.