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Rapper Boosie Badazz is calling on the Black community to boycott the new Netflix series: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, based on the fact that many of the serial killer’s victims were Black.

Boosie first took to Twitter Thursday morning to express his feelings about the biographical crime drama, calling on the streaming giant to remove the show from its programming.

“AS BLACK PEOPLE WE SHOULD BOYCOTT THE JEFFERY [sic] DAHMER MOVIE,” the rapper wrote. “WHAT HE DID TO OUR BLACK KIDS IS F***KING SICK #NETFLIX TAKE THIS MOVIE DOWN ITS SICK.”

He followed up with a 40-second video in which he repeatedly calls the series “sick” and urges Black people to ban the project. 

“This is some sick s**t, what he did to our race!…The victims’ families should be getting paid off every dollar Netflix make.”

Boosie’s reaction comes after Rita Isbell, a family member of one of Dahmer’s victims, spoke out about the trauma caused by watching the horror play out on television, yet again. 

“When I saw some of the show, it bothered me,” Isbell told Insider. “Especially when I saw myself — when I saw my name come across the screen and this lady saying verbatim exactly what I said,” she said, referring to the reenact of her 1992 court statement.

Isbell told Insider she only watched the part of the episode she appeared in. “I didn’t watch the whole show. I don’t need to watch it. I lived it. I know exactly what happened.”

Fans on social media expressed mixed reactions to Boosie’s request; some agreed with the rapper, while others say it “shines a light on what was done to the black community and how it was allowed due to racism and police negligence.”

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Jake Owen’s current radio single, “Up There Down Here,” tells the story of a woman who brings a little piece of heaven to everyone she meets. The singer says that for him, the song is not only about his fiancée, Erica Hartlein — it’s also about his two daughters.

Jake is proud dad to nine-year-old Pearl and three-year-old Paris, who live with him on his expansive, animal-filled 150-acre property in Tennesseee. The singer tells ET Online that they were a big part of the inspiration behind “Up There Down Here.”

“The song itself is about putting ladies on a pedestal, or your significant other,” Jake explains. “I’ve got not only Erica, but I’ve got two little girls. So I’m surrounded by little angels here on earth.”

Those “little angels” are growing up fast and exploring new hobbies: the singer also says that his youngest daughter has recently taken up fishing.

“I’m really excited — Paris loves to fish,” he continues. “She asks me every day, ‘Dad, where’s my fishing pole?’”

Check out adorable footage of the three-year-old’s fishing pole in action — plus a tour of Jake’s idyllic Nashville-area property — in this ET Online video interview.

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Ashley McBryde and her gang of collaborators will invite fans to Lindeville this week with a new batch of story songs and collaborations.

Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville was produced by Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne, who says he jumped at the chance to lend his skill set to the project. In fact, he tells ABC Audio, he was so excited about the concept that he would’ve been happy to be involved with it on any level.

“Honestly, when I was asked to be just the bandleader on it, I was like, ‘Yeah, I’d love to do it,’” John recounts. Once he signed on as producer and got to listen to all the work tapes, he only got more enthusiastic.

“And no one’s doing anything like that in Nashville at the moment, too,” he points out. “They nailed it on that record.”

John’s brother and bandmate, TJ Osborne, wasn’t about to pass up a trip to Lindeville, either: John says he and Ashley immediately agreed that one of its tracks, “Play Ball,” would be perfect for TJ to sing.

“It fits his range perfectly. We know how well he can sing anything, but this part of his range is just butter,” John says, also saying it reminds him of childhood memories he and his brother share. “TJ and I grew up playing Little League Baseball in our hometown. So every time we hear that song, it takes me back to the ball fields where we would play baseball,” he adds.

As for TJ? It’s just fun to step into a new musical character, he notes. “Cool story. I like the lyrics and it’s really, really country,” the singer adds. “That’s where I cut my teeth, singing really country songs.”

Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville arrives on Friday.

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As part of their current fall tour, 311 will playing a number of full-album shows in select cities, during which they’ll be performing one of their first six albums in its entirety. For a band that’s known for experimenting with their set lists, the full-album shows will give you the opportunity to hear that one song you’ve been dying for them to play.

“Certain people are, like, ‘I love this one song that they don’t play very much, but if I go to that album show, they have to play it,'” frontman Nick Hexum tells ABC Audio. “So it’s just a way to have a cool nostalgia and really just concentrate on one era for that particular show.”

That nostalgia isn’t just for the fans, either. Hexum is looking forward to revisiting some of 311’s earlier material, especially their 1993 debut, Music, and the “experimentation” of its follow-up, 1994’s Grassroots.

“There’s always gonna be a special place for Music, for our first album,” Hexum says. “It was just so much energy to those songs and to those shows.”

311 will play Music and Grassroots at New York City on October 1 and 2, respectively. Fittingly, that era of the band was deeply tied to the City That Never Sleeps — they loved playing the now-defunct NYC venue Wetlands so much that they named it in a lyric on the Grassroots song “Silver.”

“There’s a lot of history that we have with the city of New York and those albums in particular and those times,” says vocalist/turntablist Doug “SA” Martinez. “Just so much fun over the years that we’ve had there.” 

Here are 311’s other full-album shows:

10/22 — Chicago, 311
10/23 — Chicago, Transistor
11/11 — Los Angeles, Soundsystem
11/12 — Los Angeles, From Chaos

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She topped the charts, won a Grammy and sold millions of albums. She also shaved her head, tore up a picture of the Pope live on TV and banned the U.S. national anthem at her concerts. Even Madonna thought she went too far. Sinéad O’Connor is the subject of a new documentary, Nothing Compares, streaming Friday on Showtime.

The doc focuses on the years 1987 to 1992, when Sinéad became a superstar thanks to her #1 hit “Nothing Compares 2 U,” but then unapologetically torpedoed her career by speaking out against the Catholic Church’s complicity in child sexual abuse, as well as racism and music business hypocrisy.

Director Kathryn Ferguson says it’s important for young people to watch Sinéad’s story, explaining, “I feel like we need people to be speaking truth to power as much as humanly possible.” Ferguson would like Sinéad to be “a new icon” for young people, teaching them that they, too, “can use their voice and their power.”

Speaking of voices, you never see Sinéad in the film — you only hear her voice.

“I just wanted her voice to be the most prominent thing in the film — y’know, an artist who’s had her voice so reduced over the years,” Ferguson explains to ABC Audio. “To me, it was critical that that was the key takeaway: that you could hear her.”

Despite its title, the song “Nothing Compares 2 U” is also absent from the film. Prince wrote the song and his estate wouldn’t give Ferguson permission to use it.

As for Sinéad’s opinion of the film, Ferguson admits she doesn’t know if the singer’s watched it.

“It has been offered to her. We certainly have her blessing. And from what we can see on her Facebook page, she’s very supportive of the film —  and, I’m hoping, proud.”

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Forty years ago today, Bruce Springsteen took fans on an unexpected detour down the sonic equivalent of a bleak, deserted rural highway with the release of his sixth album, Nebraska.

Nebraska is a 10-song collection of sparse songs that were recorded as demos on a four-track tape recorder in the bedroom of his Colts Neck, New Jersey, home. The Boss initially intended to present them to The E Street Band and rerecord them with his group in a studio, but decided instead to put them out in their raw, original form.

Arriving between Bruce’s first two chart-topping albums, 1980’s The River and 1984’s mega-smash Born in the U.S.A., Nebraska peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200. Not surprisingly, the record yielded no pop hits, although the songs “Atlantic City” and “Open All Night” reached #10 and #22, respectively, on Billboard‘s mainstream rock tracks tally.

Recorded at a time when Springsteen was dealing with bouts of depression, the album delves into a number of dark themes, focusing on various lost souls, criminals and killers. The title track is about the teenage mass murderer Charles Starkweather, who was executed by electric chair in 1959. “Atlantic City” looks at the decay of the New Jersey resort town before its revival as a gambling mecca. “Highway Patrolman” tells the story of a police officer who helps his brother get away with murder.

Nebraska is among Springsteen’s most critically acclaimed albums, described on his official website as “a raw, haunted acoustic record populated by lost souls searching not for salvation through music but simply a reason to believe.”

The record was ranked #150 on Rolling Stone‘s 2020 list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”

Here’s Nebraska‘s full track list:

“Nebraska”
“Atlantic City”
“Mansion on the Hill”
“Johnny 99”
“Highway Patrolman”
“State Trooper”
“Used Cars”
“Open All Night”
“My Father’s House”
“Reason to Believe”

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As his outfits often do, Machine Gun Kelly‘s look on the Billboard Music Awards red carpet earlier this year turned some heads. That time in particular it was his “diamond manicure,” valued at $30,000, that garnered attention.

Kelly is now turning those diamonds into a new ring collection created by jewelry brand Marrow Fine. All profits from the 18-piece line will be donated to MGK’s alma mater, Ohio’s Shaker Heights High School.

“Machine Gun Kelly’s red carpet moment at the Billboard Awards was such a viral moment for Marrow Fine, and I am so excited to share the final collection with the world,” says Marrow Fine founder and creative director Jillian Sassone. “The collaboration with Nails of LA and Machine Gun Kelly was an exciting opportunity and I am thrilled it’s supporting those in need here in the United States.”

The rings retail between $1,950 and $5,000. For more info, visit MarrowFine.com.

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Harry Styles could win an Academy Award next year. Variety reports Amazon Studios has submitted him — and the entire My Policeman cast — to be considered in the Oscars’ supporting categories. We’ll find out if he scores a nod when the Oscars reveals its nominees on January 23.

Zedd will celebrate the 10th anniversary of his album Clarity with a special live performance at the Dolby Theatre on October 9, where he’ll be accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra. The event will stream exclusively on the Moment platform, and tickets are on sale now.

Meghan Trainor has a special, bright pink vinyl edition of her new album, Takin’ It Back, for sale. The color is described as “candy fleece” and it’s a 2-side LP. You can preorder the vinyl now. The album comes out October 21.

Charlie Puth released the music video for Calvin Harris‘ “Obsessed.” He stars alongside collaborator Shenseea, whom he pines for in the beach-vibed video.

Avril Lavigne has been changing up her look for each new album, but says her Love Sux era is “a little bit of all of my styles over the years.” She told Billboard she loves that looks from the early 2000s are back in style and raved, “It’s more sexy now … Everything used to be so baggy and low, and now, the new versions are high waisted with a crop top.”

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