SZA speaks up on being boxed as an RnB artist due to her race.
American singer, SZA has been vocal about not being labelled an RnB star. In a new interview with Dazed, the Tog Dawg Entertainment artist spoke up about being genre-boxed into the RnB category because of her race. She pointed out the difference in how other artists like Justin Bieber are not tied to a single genre as they venture in different genres. She said, “it’s almost a little reductive because it doesn’t allow space to be anything or try anything else.” Like SZA, black stars like Tyler, The Creator also expressed his frustrations about this problem after his 2022 Grammy win, where he complained about the “urban” being morally correct to say the N-word”.
SZA says via her interview with dazed, that she believes she’s only considered an R&B artist because she’s black, do y’all agree with her? pic.twitter.com/mjk29KPJtM
— RNB RADAR (@RNB_RADAR) May 2, 2024
Taylor Swift surpasses The Weeknd as Spotify’s artist with most monthly listeners.
After her album, “The Tortured Poets Department” became the first ever album to surpass one billion streams in a week on Spotify, Taylor Swift has just broken another Spotify record. She has just surpassed The Weeknd to become the artist with the most monthly listeners on the streaming platform with 111.6 million monthly listeners. The Pop star became the first artist since Adele to sell over two million album copies in the first week.
Taylor Swift is now the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify currently. (111.6M) pic.twitter.com/7YGg0BPnWx
— Pop Base (@PopBase) May 1, 2024
Sony Pictures and Apollo make $26 billion offer to buy Paramount.
Private equity company, Apollo Global Management and entertainment company, Sony Pictures have made a joint $26 million bid to acquire Paramount. The bid includes the assumption of debt with further possible negotiations. This tag-team buyout comes after reports of Paramount’s special committee which was established to consider M&A proposals, evaluating an offer from Skydance Media to merge both companies while keeping Paramount as the public face. It remains unclear how this negotiation will go, considering Paramount had rejected previous Sony-Apollo offers.
Sony Pictures & Apollo have made a $26B all-cash offer to buy Paramount 💰
(via @WSJ) pic.twitter.com/t8axufue7Z
— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) May 2, 2024
4Batz release debut project, “U Made me a St4r”, features Kanye West.
Rising star, 4Batz has just released his highly anticipated debut project, “U Made Me a St4r” with a feature from Kanye West. The project, released on Friday morning (May 3rd), comprises 11 tracks including breakout singles, “act i: stickerz ‘99” and “act ii: date @ 8”. Despite being signed to OVO Sound, fans are surprised that Drake fails to make an appearance on the project. Also, unlike earlier reports about Drake’s label distributing the project, 4Batz remains unsigned, confusing fans even further. Regardless, the project has received huge acceptance, with many fans praising 4Batz’s sound as a reminiscence of the 90’s RnB.
4BATZ
U MADE ME A ST4R*OUT NOW 🚨 pic.twitter.com/i63IZNA0xL
— Kurrco (@Kurrco) May 3, 2024
Mr. Eazi unveils the newest talent to his Empawa record label.
Afrobeats star and music executive for Empawa Records, Mr. Eazi has been one of Africa’s biggest executives. Hailed for his exceptional talent for discovering new music stars, he has platformed a host of stars including artists like Joeboy and Fave. In a new social media post, Mr. Eazi has just announced a new signing to the Empawa record label, oShamo. The new artist has a song out, “Life of the party” and fans are convinced that with Eazi’s tutelage, he will be groomed into a big star in the music industry.
Mr Eazi shows off the newest addition to the EMPAWA clan 'oSHAMO'. pic.twitter.com/SiOc5J3nqB
— SHFL (@whatsonshuffle) May 2, 2024
