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Beyoncé dedicates Glaad award to gay uncle who died from HIV

Beyoncé says she was "overwhelmed" at getting recognition at the 2019 Glaad awards, along with her husband Jay-Z. The couple were honoured by the organisation for their work promoting LGBT acceptance. Beyoncé dedicated the couple's vanguard award to her uncle who died from issues relating to HIV. "I want to dedicate this award to my uncle Johnny, the most fabulous gay man I have ever met, who helped raise me and my sister. Witnessing his battle with HIV was one […]

14th April 2019

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Dua Lipa speaks out about sexism in the music industry

Dua Lipa has spoken out about sexism in the music industry, saying women struggle to get recognition. "For a female artist, it takes a lot more to be taken seriously if you're not sat down at a piano or with a guitar," she told GQ. "For a male artist, people instantly assume they write their own music, but for women, they assume it's all manufactured." The 22-year-old co-wrote the majority of her Brit award-winning debut album. Speaking in 2016, she […]

5th April 2018

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Jay-Z brings cancer survivor on stage

Jay-Z halted his show in California on Saturday to bring a young fan onstage after learning she had beaten cancer not once, but twice. The rapper paused to read Christina Cruz's home-made sign, which said: "I Beat Cancer 2X 2 C U! I LOVE U!!! SELFIE OR HUG?" "You beat cancer twice?" the star said. "I gotta give you at least a hug." He then brought the woman up on stage and posed for several photos with her, as the […]

19th December 2017

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Beyoncé sings in Spanish on charity Mi Gente remix

Beyoncé has added her voice to a new version of Mi Gente, the global hit single by J Balvin and Willy William. The star sings in Spanish, French and English on the song - which is being released for charity. "I am donating my proceeds from this song to hurricane relief charities for Puerto Rico, Mexico and the other affected Caribbean islands," wrote Beyoncé on her Instagram page. The song clocked up more than 100,000 views on YouTube in just […]

1st October 2017

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JAY-Z says things ‘are cool’ with Solange after the 2014 Met Gala argument

JAY-Z says things "are cool" with Solange Knowles following that lift row at 2014's Met Gala. As part of a Rap Radar podcast, he addresses the incident saying it was just a one-off. "We had one disagreement ever," he says. "Before and after we've been cool." The footage appears to show Solange trying to kick and hit JAY-Z in front of Beyoncé before being restrained by security at New York's Standard Hotel. But it seems that there were no hard […]

27th August 2017

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Jay Z sells stake in his Tidal music streaming service

Jay Z is selling a stake in his Tidal music streaming business to the telecoms company, Sprint. Jay Z bought Tidal three years ago and his wife Beyoncé and other artists own equity in the company. Aiming to challenge larger rivals such as Spotify, Tidal offers artists on its platform more control over their music. Sprint, which is owned by Japan's Softbank, will pay an estimated $200m (£162m) for a 33% stake in the company. The deal means that Jay […]

29th January 2017

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How Beyoncé became an ‘albums artist’ – and what radio is doing about it

For years, Beyoncé was a hit-machine, defiantly, almost psychotically, churning out chart topping singles. So how, and why, did she become focussed exclusively on the album format? And what does that mean in the age of streaming? "I might get your song played on the radio station," boasts Beyoncé on Formation, the agenda-setting single she premiered at this year's SuperBowl - but her own songs are increasingly failing to make it on radio. In the last month, the Texan superstar […]

1st May 2016

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A US judge dismisses a copyright case against Jay Z over Big Pimpin’ track

A judge in the US has dismissed a copyright case against Jay Z and Timbaland over his track Big Pimpin'. The rapper was accused of not getting permission to use a flute sample from a track written by an Egyptian composer called Baligh Hamdi in 1957. His nephew and heir, Osama Ahmed Fahmy, claimed they didn't ask to combine his uncle's song with the "vulgar" lyrics of Big Pimpin', released in 1999. Timbaland testified that in 2011 he paid $100,000 […]

25th October 2015

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Calvin Harris still world’s highest-paid DJ in Forbes’ electronic cash kings list

Calvin Harris has kept his title as the world's highest-paid DJ for the third year in a row. Harris made £41.8 ($66m), according to Forbes' latest rich list - the electronic cash kings 2015. For the last two years the 31-year-old's earnings have totalled the same amount. In second place is David Guetta on around half of Harris' earnings on £23.4m ($37m) with Tiesto in third spot on £22.8m ($36m). Calvin Harris also made more than Hunger Games actress Jennifer […]

30th August 2015