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Damon Dash founded Roc-A-Fella Records in 1995 with Jay-Z, and they’ve feuded since the label was sold in 2004. Now, after being praised by Hova during his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction speech on Saturday, Dash wants to finally squash their beef.

“Shout out to Dame,” the Roc Nation owner said during the ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Field House in Cleveland, “I know we don’t see eye to eye, but I can never erase your accomplishments. And I appreciate you and I thank you for that.”

“It was beautiful,” Dash told Page Six. “I’m glad he said it for the culture. We need to squash everything. So hopefully if that was an extended [olive branch], I’ll spin one back.”

“Congratulations to him and thank you [to him] for keep working so hard to where he got to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” Dash continued. “Anything he can do to make me great, so thank you for even continuing to strive. He keeps my name alive.”

In 2004, Roc-A-Fella Records was sold to Def Jam Recordings, and Jay-Z, born Shawn Carter, was named Def Jam President and CEO. Dash felt betrayed and formed his own label, Roc4Life. The feud intensified in 2005 when Jay bought out Dash’s share of their Rocawear fashion company.

When Dash recently attempted to sell Rock-A-Fella’s first release, Jay-Z’s 1997 debut solo album, Reasonable Doubt, as an NFT, Carter sued him.

“I have no beef with [him] if [he has] no beef with me,” Damon added. “Let’s get the lawyers out of it then. Let’s talk like men.”

Dash hopes that now the bitterness between him and Hova will end, declaring, “We should not be divided. We have accomplished too much to be beefing.”

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Dan + Shay have cancelled a pair of upcoming dates on The (Arena) Tour due to a member of their team contracting COVID-19. 

On Tuesday, the duo shared in a letter to their fans on socials sharing that they had “some good news + some bad news.”

The bad news is that a member of their touring crew has tested positive for the virus, and out of protection for fans and others members of the team they have to cancel shows in Orlando, Florida on November 4 and Atlanta on November 5.

Due to routing conflicts and their confirmed touring schedule in 2022, the duo’s unable to reschedule these shows, but offer hope in the fact that some of the tour stops on Kenny Chesney‘s 2022 Here and Now Tour, for which they’re opening acts, are near both cities.   

On the upside, the twosome says they have some “Christmas surprises” in the works, teasing that the first surprise will be revealed on Wednesday morning, and they’re “VERY excited” about it.  

“Thanks to the folks who were planning to attend the shows this week for understanding, we’ve been looking forward to them (for literally 2 years now lol), but promise we’ll make it up to you in a big way soon,” Dan + Shay conclude in the letter. 

The Grammy-winning duo is currently scheduled to be on the road until December 7.

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Wowee Zowee, Pavement is hitting the road.

The “Cut Your Hair” outfit has announced a U.S. tour for 2022, running from September 7 in San Diego to October 11 in Austin. Tickets go on sale beginning this Friday, November 5.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit PavementBand.com.

Along with the U.S. shows, Pavement will play a run of European dates in the summer and fall of next year. The tour marks Pavement’s first full live outing since their 2010 reunion, which came 11 years after the band initially broke up in 1999.

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Glamour announced Tuesday that Megan Thee Stallion and Amanda Gorman are being honored on the magazine’s Women of the Year list.

Megan Thee Stallion has won three Grammys, two MTV Video Music Awards, and one American Music Award. As her career continues to rise, she is about to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in heath administration from Texas Southern University.

“The bigger my platform gets, I start realizing that I’m not the only woman that goes through what I go through, and it doesn’t matter what scale it’s on,” she tells Glamour. “Mine is just public because I’m a public figure. I want to bring things to light so other women don’t feel like they have to continue to be silent.”

Beyond music, Megan’s becoming a powerful entrepreneur in fashion, as well as owner of a a Popeyes franchise.

“The sky not even the limit,” Megan says. “It can go past that.”

Writer and poet Amanda Gorman, 23, became an international figure when she read her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at President Joe Biden‘s inauguration in January. The next month, she performed at the Super Bowl, and was included on TIME magazine’s 100 Next list under the category of Phenoms.

“I see so many students who are reading me in the classroom, or dressing up as me, or amazing artists that are creating cello compositions or ice skating routines based on my poem,” Gorman says. “That just makes my heart swell.”

Gorman has become a global role model, and she advises young women to embrace their individuality. “We need new, diverse, different voices, and the world isn’t served if people imitate me,” Amanda says. “The more that we have people who are excellent at doing what they do, I think the brighter and bolder we’ll all be for it.”

 

 

 

 

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Screaming Trees frontman and frequent Queens of the Stone Age collaborator Mark Lanegan will recount his “terrifying” bout with COVID-19 in an upcoming memoir, Devil in a Coma.

According to the publisher’s description of the book, Lanegan awoke one morning in March 2021 “breathless, fatigued beyond belief, his body burdened with a gigantic dose of COVID-19.”

Lanegan was admitted to a hospital in Ireland, where he was living at the time, where he’d be “slipping in and out of a coma, unable to walk or function for several months and fearing for his life.”

“As his situation becomes more intolerable over the course of that bleakest of springs he is assaulted by nightmares, visions and regrets about a life lived on the edge of chaos and disorder,” the description reads.

That apparently inspired what would become Devil in a Coma, which uses “vignettes of prose and poetry” to tell a “terrifying account of illness and the remorse that comes with it.”

Devil in a Coma will be released December 14.

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Back in 2016, John Mayer partnered with the upscale laundry and fabric care company The Laundress to release a capsule collection of laundry detergent called Out West.  Now, he’s indulging his love for laundry once again with another Laundress capsule collection called Way Out West.

Today at 4 p.m. ET, you can chat with John live on Instagram and be among the first to shop the new collection live — just reserve a spot over at TheLaundress.com.

People reports that the new Way Out West collection, which officially launches Wednesday, includes a laundry detergent and a fabric spray, priced at $20 and $16, respectively.  In a statement via People, Jon says, “I first discovered The Laundress products over six years ago, and we aligned so organically on the philosophy that if you love fashion, you should be into fabric care.”

“I find something so meditative about the process, which makes laundry day a very soothing ritual for me,” he adds. “Way Out West is an extension and embodiment of that passion, and I am so proud to introduce everyone to the new collection.”

Way Out West, inspired by John’s current home in Montana, is designed to “smell like home,” no matter where your home is. It features notes of black pepper, neroli, amyris, cedar, sandalwood and musk. The bottles feature a pink and blue motif that matches one of John’s favorite articles of clothing, and all of the packaging is made of recycled plastic.

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Jimmie Allen meets a “Señorita” in a pulsing new song. 

The track is a diversion from the Delaware native’s country sound, leaning more into the pop and hip-hop realm that also infuses a flamenco vibe into the music, whisking the listener off to a tropical beach for romance with an island lover.

“I’m waiting patiently/But baby don’t you make me wait too long/I’ve got it bad/My fantasy/You’re everything wrapped up and I’ve been waiting on ya/So let’s say/My little señorita/My little sugar at the bottom of a margarita that I’m sipping on a beach,” Jimmie sings over a Spanish-influenced beat.

“Something Different,” Jimmie notes in the caption accompanying the song.

When not working on new music, Jimmie is competing on Dancing with the Stars, and made it through another elimination round Monday night. He’ll return next Monday night when Dancing with the Stars airs on ABC at 8 p.m. ET. 

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Thomas Rhett is dropping new music, but he can’t wait to share it with fans. 

On Tuesday, the superstar shared a snippet of a new track, “Slow Down Summer,” that will be released on Friday. Set in a small country town, the song captures a sweet summer love that the young couple at the forefront hopes doesn’t fade with the season. 

“Falling fast in a one lane town/Tangled up with your lips on mine/Never seen a brighter green than those eyes/And I put my jacket on your shoulder/Wishing the weather wasn’t getting colder/Letting you go/Holding onto each other/Closing our eyes sayin’/Slow down summer,” Thomas sings in the chorus, lip-syncing to the recording as he walks down a hallway.   

“New song dropping Friday. Anyone else wish they could Slow Down Summer?” Thomas ponders in the caption. 

“Omg I am so excited!!!!” writes one enthusiastic fan, with another calling it, “straight fire.” 

Recently, Thomas celebrated his 18th #1 hit with “Country Again,” the title track of his latest album, Country Again: Side A. He’s working on Side B, which is expected to be released later this year.

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