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The Starz series BMF has come to an end after four seasons, according to Variety and other industry outlets. Variety reports that sources say previously teased BMF spinoffs are still in the works.

The cancellation comes months after the show’s fourth season, and rumors that a rift had developed between star Lil Meech and executive producer 50 Cent.

50 had helped Lil Meech and his relatives when Big Meech was in prison, casting Lil Meech in BMF, the story about Big Meech’s Black Mafia Family gang. When Big Meech was released from prison and seen hanging out with his rival Rick Ross, HotNewHipHop reported 50 took to social media with a series of posts, one of which seemed to suggest the show was over. The post has since been deleted.

In response to the show’s cancellation, 50 posted a photo of Lil Meech holding a sign that reads “OUT OF WORK” with the caption, “What next season little [ninja emoji].” He then shut down rumors that he had anything to do with the show coming to an end.

“I am deeply concerned by the widespread assumption that I had any involvement in the recent cancellation of BMF,” 50 added. “I intend to thoroughly investigate this matter to understand exactly how and why it occurred Thank you.” 

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Queen’s iconic tune “Who Wants To Live Forever” is featured in the new trailer for the fifth and final season of Netflix’s Stranger Things.

The band acknowledged the track’s use in a post on Instagram by sharing a clip of the song’s video, which has frontman Freddie Mercury performing in front of an orchestra. The caption of the post reads, “And we can have forever, And we can love forever….”  along with #StrangerThings5.

“Who Wants To Live Forever,” written by Brian May, appeared on the soundtrack to the 1986 movie Highlander. It has Queen backed by an orchestra arranged by Michael Kamen. It also appeared on the band’s sixth studio album, 1986’s A Kind of Magic.

The first volume of the three-part drop of Stranger Things season 5 releases on Nov. 26. Volume II releases on Dec. 25, while the series finale debuts on Dec. 31.

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Billie Eilish was given the music innovator award at the WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards in New York Wednesday, and from the podium, she suggested that billionaires be a bit more generous.

In introducing Billie, Stephen Colbert noted that she raised more than $11.5 million in donations through her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour. That money will go to her Changemaker Program, which helps organizations fighting food insecurity and the climate crisis.

Accepting the award, Billie said, “My fans are the only reason I care about anything, and I want to thank them for their empathy and compassion.”

She noted, “We’re in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark, and people need empathy and help more than ever, especially in our country. And I’d say if you have money, it would be great to use it for good things and give it to some people that need it.”

“Love you all, but there’s a few people in here that have a lot more money than me,” she continued. “And if you are a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties.”

Billboard reported that among the people in the room during the speech was Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg, who’s worth an estimated $228 billion.

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The final Megadeth album will include a rerecorded version of the Metallica song “Ride the Lightning,” frontman Dave Mustaine confirms in an interview with Rolling Stone.

“It wasn’t really that I wanted to do my version,” Mustaine says. “I think that we all wanted it to turn out a certain way, and for me, this was about something so much more than how a song turns out. It was about respect.”

Mustaine received a writing credit for “Ride the Lightning,” the title track off Metallica’s 1984 sophomore album, since it uses riffs he had written while he was an early member of the future “Enter Sandman” metallers. However, Mustaine didn’t get to play “Ride the Lightning” on the record, since Metallica fired him in 1983 and replaced him with Kirk Hammett.

“Our intentions were pure,” Mustaine says of rerecording “Ride the Lightning.” “I didn’t have any reason I was going to say, ‘Oh, hey man, this thing that we’ve had for 40 years where you guys will never tour with me, me doing the song is going to change things.’ That wasn’t it at all. It was more about: This is my life going forward. I want to do things that are respectable.”

Mustaine adds that his former Metallica bandmates James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich didn’t know about the “Ride the Lighting” rerecord ahead of time, and they haven’t reached out since.

“I think the whole purpose of this was not to try and rekindle relationships or anything,” Mustaine says. “It was about showing respect to a man [Hetfield] that … I don’t believe he thinks I respect him and I wanted to make that clear.”

The final Megadeth album, which is self-titled, is due out Jan. 23, 2026. Lead single “Tipping Point” is out now.

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Carrie Underwood is now the bestselling female country artist in history, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. 

The “Jesus Take the Wheel” hitmaker has sold 95 million units, including 22.5 million albums and 72.5 million singles.

“Accomplishments like this are more than I would have ever dared to dream of when I was starting out,” Carrie says. “I owe everything to the fans, who have literally voted for me from the beginning of my career and have showed up and given me so much love for over 20 years. I feel truly blessed.”

Carrie released her first album, Some Hearts, after winning American Idol in 2005. It’s now nine-times Platinum. 

Among other highlights, “Before He Cheats” is 11-times Platinum and “Blown Away” is quintuple Platinum. “Cowboy Casanova” is quadruple Platinum, while both “All-American Girl” and “Church Bells” are triple Platinum.

Carrie’s most recent #1, “I’m Gonna Love You” with Cody Johnson, has just been certified Platinum. The original Christmas song “Favorite Time Of Year” from 2021’s My Gift (Special Edition) has just gone Gold. 

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A$AP Rocky is a man of many hats, and it’s because he’s thinking about legacy. In his cover story for Perfect Magazine, he shared that he makes moves based on creativity, not the desire to stay relevant.

“I don’t do all these different endeavours just because I got to be the first at the top of the mountain and plant the flag,” Rocky said. “Because it’s not really about who did it first. It’s about who did it the best.”

“Everything I do is based off building legacy. That’s why I’m not so eager to just drop, drop, drop. I don’t do things to just try and stay relevant, or keep my name in the conversation,” he continued. “I try to do natural things, creative, ambitious things that really satisfy me.”

One of Rocky’s titles is actor; he talked to the magazine about working with Spike Lee and Denzel Washington in Highest 2 Lowest.

“As a New Yorker, it was a dream come true to be between Denzel and Spike Lee. Their dynamic alone is just historical. So I’m honoured to be an honorary member of their legacy,” he said.

He also said Lee gave him creative freedom to develop his character, Yung Felon, because he felt “there were a few things the character needed to become more real.”

“They put me in the right environment that was familiar with a little nostalgia, and it allowed me to take the character to different places, and borrow stories from the people I was around growing up, and their circumstances,” Rocky said. “I appreciate that [Lee] was receptive to all my changes for my personal character.”

Highest 2 Lowest is available to stream on Apple TV and Prime Video.

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When Soundgarden is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the grunge icons are hoping to honor their hometown of Seattle.

“We wanted to keep it as Seattle-centric as possible and include some people that were there with us in the beginning,” drummer Matt Cameron tells The Seattle Times of Soundgarden’s plans for the ceremony.

The Seattle musicians taking part include Pearl Jam‘s Mike McCready, Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, Heart‘s Nancy Wilson and Brandi Carlile. Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless, a non-Seattleite but noted Soundgarden superfan, will also be involved.

“To have our peers, friends and creative collaborators from [Seattle] share that with us is very important,” says guitarist Kim Thayil. “It’s very important because it’s part of our identity.”

“We’re not simply ‘rock guys’ in this band Soundgarden,” he continues. “We’re rock guys in this band Soundgarden that helped establish the Seattle scene and the sound. The geography is very important to our identity. It’s where we are, it’s where we came from. It’s who we are.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Cameron and Thayil speak on the upcoming final Soundgarden album, which will include recordings frontman Chris Cornell left behind prior to his death in 2017.

“It’s a way to post tribute to our beloved brother,” Thayil says. “All of it just has that much more weight emotionally and creatively, and we don’t take that lightly.”

The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place Nov. 8 in Los Angeles and will stream live on Disney+. Other inductees include The White Stripes, Bad Company, Joe Cocker, Outkast, Cyndi Lauper and Chubby Checker.

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Pink isn’t just a stadium-filling pop star — she’s also a philanthropist and activist. At the annual Action Against Hunger Gala in New York City Tuesday, she was honored with the Humanitarian Award for her work supporting food security and health for children.

Speaking at the event, Pink said that to her, Action Against Hunger means “refusing to look away. Refusing to sit by. Refusing to believe that somebody else is going to jump at the chance and, refusing to believe that any child anywhere should go to bed hungry in a world that wastes so much.”

Pink attended the event with husband Carey Hart, son Jameson Hart and daughter Willow Hart.

The gala raised more than $2 million for the charity’s mission, including delivering assistance to the hardest-to-reach communities in conflict zones or those impacted by natural disasters.

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