Starsplash Music News

Rapper Wiz Khalifa has tested positive for COVID-19. The 33-year-old took to Twitter on Thursday, 15 July to reveal that “Ya boy got covid,” but that he was not experiencing any symptoms; “Just stay away from me for a lil while,” he wrote. He went on to share that while he remains in quarantine at…

Hip-hop tycoon Sean “Diddy” Combs has officially hired The Weeknd’s manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby and co-manager Amir “Cash” Esmailian, according to Billboard. Combs, whose net worth was estimated at $740 million in 2019 by Forbes, owns Combs Enterprises, which holds a portfolio of businesses and investments in various industries, including the record label Bad Boy…

Ariana Grande shared a performance video for “34+35” on Thursday, July 15, as part of her live performance video series with Vevo. The performance by Grande for the Vevo series was the first time she was playing the track live with a band. In the video, Grande is seen dancing around and singing the verses…

Imagine Dragons have shared a video for their latest single, “Wrecked,” which is from their upcoming fifth album, Mercury – Act 1, due out on September 3. Matt Eastin directed the powerful “Wrecked” video. The song, which was released earlier this month, is about coping with grief and the loss of a loved one. Imagine…

Billie Eilish has shared a video showing a live performance of the track “NDA,” the fifth single from her upcoming second album, Happier Than Ever, which is due out on July 30. Eilish performed the song in a red curtained room in the studio with her brother Finneas playing synth and Andrew Marshall playing the…

Late rapper Pop Smoke’s new single “Demeanor,” with Dua Lipa, has dropped. “You can’t say pop without smoke, so fill up your lungs / But diamonds’ll make you choke / You like the way I move / My demeanor is meaner than yours, so clap for the encore,” Lipa sings in the new song. The…

Halsey has released a trailer for a film that will accompany her fourth studio album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. The two-minute trailer states that the film “is about the lifelong social labyrinth of sexuality and birth,” adding, “The greatest horror stories never told were buried with the bodies of those who…

Roc-A-Fella Records’ co-founder Damon Dash has sued the other co-founder Jay-Z over the streaming rights to Reasonable Doubt. Reasonable Doubt is Jay-Z’s debut album that dropped in 1996. The latest feud follows a different lawsuit from last month, when a federal judge had halted a non-fungible token auction of Reasonable Doubt by Dash. Roc-A-Fella had…

Legendary musician Sir Elton John has heaped praise on his younger counterparts like Billie Eilish and Lorde. During an appearance on Zane Lowe’s show on Apple Music 1, John said that he considers his show, “Rocket Hour,” which recently completed 300 episodes, as an opportunity for him to get exposed to new music from young…

The Weeknd has invested in Songfinch, a Chicago-based startup that allows people to buy personalized songs from artists. The startup has raised nearly $2 million from investors, which include The Weeknd, Atlantic Records CEO Craig Kallman, The Weeknd’s manager and Founder and CEO of SALXCO and XO RECORDS Wassim “SAL” Slaiby, Reverb founder David Kalt,…