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Lil Baby named ASCAP songwriter of the year for second time

June 21, 2022 by WDNY Radio

After adding “Grammy winner” to his title earlier this year, Lil Baby is continuing his winning streak with a new accolade. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced the 27-year-old rapper as the ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Awards Songwriter of the Year on Tuesday.

This year marks the second consecutive win for Lil Baby, who’ll be recognized at the 35th annual show, which is set to air Tuesday, June 21 through Friday, June 24 on ASCAP’s Instagram and Twitter and ASCAPUrban’s Instagram page.

“Congratulations to one of the greatest in the game,” the organization said in an announcement tweet.

Lil Baby has written and contributed to some of the most popular and successful hip-hop songs, including “Girls Want Girls” by Drake, “Every Chance I Get” by DJ Khaled and his own record, “On Me.” His long-awaited third studio album is expected this summer.

The award for R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap Song of the Year is presented to ASCAP songwriters Orville “Buggs Can Can“ Hall and Phillip Triggerman Price aka The Showboys, Dion “Devious“ Norman, Trè Samuels and Dave Welcome for their work on “Go Crazy,” performed by Chris Brown and Young Thug.

“Speak to Me,” performed by Koryn Hawthorne and written by Johntá Austin and Jeremy “TryBishop“ Hicks, is recognized as the Gospel Song of the Year. The 2020 hit song earned Hawthorne her second number-one single on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart.

The award for Rhythm & Soul Publisher of the Year goes to Sony Music Publishing, making the company’s third win at an ASCAP event this year.

On June 24 at 3 p.m. ET, the show will wrap up with “Deconstructed: Ashanti Breaks Down Her Hits,” a conversation with multiplatinum singer-songwriter Ashanti and VIBE Editor-in-Chief, Datwon Thomas.

I Prevail announces US headlining tour in support of upcoming ’True Power’ album

June 21, 2022 by WDNY Radio

I Prevail has announced a U.S. headlining tour in support of the band’s upcoming new album, True Power.

The two-legged outing, which will also feature Pierce The Veil and Fit for a King on the bill, will first run from September 9 in Asbury Park, New Jersey to October 9 in Chicago, Illinois, and then from October 24 in Los Angeles, California to November 22 in Detroit, Michigan.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 24 at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit IPrevailBand.com.

True Power, the follow-up to 2019’s Grammy-nominated Trauma, drops August 19. The lead single, “Body Bag,” premiered last week.

Peta Murgatroyd opens up about fertility struggles after three miscarriages

June 21, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd are opening up about their experience with fertility struggles.

In a new interview with People, Murgatroyd revealed she has suffered three miscarriages in the last few years, including one in October 2021 when Chmerkovskiy was in Ukraine working as a judge on the country’s version of Dancing with the Stars.

The pro dancer and her husband are parents to five-year-old son Shai and said they have wanted to give their son a sibling for years.

Murgatroyd said she suffered her first miscarriage in 2020 in a Whole Foods bathroom. She said she felt “completely embarrassed” and “ultimately ashamed” at the time.

“I definitely wanted to keep my miscarriages a deep dark secret for the rest of my life,” Murgatroyd said.

“I’m somebody who prides herself on health wellness,” she said. “I exercise every single day. But as I came to realize, that doesn’t really go hand-in-hand with the reproductive system.”

Despite the stigma surrounding pregnancy loss and the shame many say they feel after experiencing one, miscarriages are not uncommon. A 2021 study in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet found that an estimated 23 million miscarriages occur every year worldwide. “Psychological consequences” of pregnancy loss can include “increases in the risk of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and suicide,” according to the study.

Murgatroyd told People that she has since been diagnosed with Polycystic ovary syndrome or PCOS — a common hormone abnormality that affects 6% to 12% of women of reproductive age in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The couple is now starting IVF, and Murgatroyd says she is in “a much happier place” because she finally “got answers.”

“For the first time in nearly two years, I feel excited,” she said.

Scotty McCreery and wife Gabi expecting first child: “We’ve got a little man on the way”

June 21, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Scotty McCreery is going to be a dad! He and his wife, Gabi, are expecting their first child this year.

The hit country singer says that after they wed in June 2018, the couple wanted to spend a few years traveling and experiencing life before welcoming children. Gabi is now pregnant with a baby boy that’s due in November.

“We got a little man on the way,” Scotty tells People. “We’ve gotten to live a lot of life and do some cool things, so seems like now’s a good time to settle down a little and expand the family.”

Gabi says it took her a few tries to inform her husband of the exciting news because her original plan of telling him on the car ride back home after picking him up from the airport didn’t pan out, as his flight was delayed. She ended up telling him the next morning after they’d attended a hockey game.

“I’m over there drinking beers, having a good time, and she’s like, ‘I think I’ll just lay low tonight,’ so I was like, ‘Okay.’ I didn’t think anything of it,” the singer recalls.

Gabi, who is a pediatric nurse in their home state of North Carolina, says that her job has helped prepare her for motherhood.

“Even just down to changing diapers multiple times in a day, and figuring out how to soothe the baby when they’re upset, for sure has helped,” she explains. “I definitely feel like it’s prepared me in many ways.”

After the baby arrives, Scotty does plan to equip his tour bus with a nursery so his son and wife can join him on the road. “[This is] uncharted waters for us, but we can’t wait to dive in and meet the little man,” Scotty shares.

New Freddie Mercury capsule collection featuring t-shirts and hoodies launched by BOSS brand

June 21, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Courtesy of Hugo Boss

A new capsule collection of t-shirts and hooded sweatshirts featuring images of and quotes by late Queen singer Freddie Mercury has been launched by the BOSS apparel brand as part of its BOSS Legends series.

According to a press release, the new collection, which arrived during Pride Month, celebrates “the attitude, vision and spirit” of Mercury, noting that shared philosophy of the singer and the brand “exemplifies the desire to defy convention, live life on your own terms, and be your own BOSS.”

The t-shirts are available in black, white and bright yellow, with the latter color a nod to the famous jacket Mercury wore during his final tour with Queen in 1986. The hoodie comes in black.

The shirts and the hoodie feature black-and-white photos of Freddie performing as well as Mercury’s autograph and a specially created design combining the BOSS logo and the autograph.

One of the t-shirts from the collection boasts a quote by Mercury declaring, “I’m not going to be a star. I’m going to be a legend!”

The Freddie Mercury BOSS Legends capsule collection is available now online and in BOSS stores around the world. A portion of proceeds from sales of the items will benefit the Mercury Phoenix Trust, the AIDS-related charity founded by Queen guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and manager Jim Beach in Mercury’s honor.

Kelly Clarkson cannot believe Maren Morris isn’t a fan of red wine

June 21, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Wine connoisseur Kelly Clarkson will not be standing for red wine slander — even if it’s from Maren Morris.

Kelly welcomed “The Middle” singer onto her daytime talk show Tuesday and confronted her about a 2018 tweet in which she said, “Guys, I hate to tell you this, but red wine is gross.”

The Grammy winner had fired back, “#Blasphemy …..I mean, maybe you haven’t had the right glass of Pinot Noir is all I’m saying. This calls for a winery tour! Seriously, we have to fix this.”

It’s been three years since that infamous exchange, and Kelly begged to know if Maren had a change of heart.

“I’m trying to get cooler with reds,” Maren admitted, adding she is still a “white [wine] girl.”

That wasn’t good enough for Kelly, so she wheeled out a full wine tasting to convert “The Bones” singer. Maren was handed a glass of Pinot Noir — as well as a complete description of what it was going to taste like.

Maren only had one question before taking a sip –“Will it get me drunk?”

“Yes!… I mean, people have told me,” Kelly joked. She was then vindicated when Maren said she not only liked the wine, she makes an exception for Pinot Noirs because they’re “not gritty.”

It shouldn’t shock fans that Kelly is a staunch supporter of red wines. She once had a web series titled Minute and a Glass of Wine and previously said she prefers drinking red wine to working out.

“This just in…. I still hate working out. I’m sweaty, red, and not any thinner,” she had tweeted. “People say it’s good for your heart…. but people also say red wine is good for your heart. I mean, I’m just stating facts here people. Who am I to ignore science?!”

Jack White expands Supply Chain Issues headlining tour

June 21, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Jack White‘s Supply Chain Issues Tour certainly doesn’t have a shortage of dates.

The White Stripes/Raconteurs/Dead Weather rocker has expanded his solo U.S. headlining outing with a new batch of shows, running from September 16 in Asheville, North Carolina to September 30 in Tuscon, Arizona. White’s also added another stop in his home state with a date in Flint, Michigan on August 20.

Tickets to the newly-added shows go on sale this Friday, June 24 at 10 a.m. local time. Members of White’s Third Man Records Vault will have access to a presale beginning Tuesday at noon local time.

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

The Supply Chain Issues Tour is supporting White’s two new solo albums of 2022: Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive. Fear of the Dawn dropped in April, while Entering Heaven Alive will arrive July 22.

Kid Cudi announces 2022 world tour

June 21, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Kid Cudi is gearing up to hit the road with his To the Moon World Tour, making stops in 27 cities across North America, Asia and Europe.

The “Day ‘n’ Night” rapper will be joined by Don Toliver and Strick on all dates of the North American leg and will receive additional support from Denzel Curry and 070 Shake on select dates.

The tour kicks off in Vancouver on August 16 and will include stops at The Kia Forum in Los Angeles, the FTX Arena in Miami, Barclays Center in Brooklyn and in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio for the inaugural Moon Man’s Landing festival on September 17. To the Moon will then travel to select cities in Japan, Germany, Belgium, France and more.

The tour announcement follows the release of Cudi’s latest single, “Do What I Want,” which dropped on June 10 and is the first single from his forthcoming album, Entergalactic. On September 30, the rapper’s Netflix animated music series, also titled Entergalactic, is set to debut. Earlier this month, he shared a preview of the series, calling it his “greatest achievement.”

“World… I have been waiting 3 long years for you all to see what I’ve been working on all this time,” he wrote on Instagram. “My greatest achievement. This project will move you, it will take your heart places and make you fall in love again.”

American Express Card members can purchase tickets for Kid Cudi’s To the Moon tour early on Tuesday, June 21, while general public tickets will be available for purchase on Friday, June 24.

For more information and the full tour lineup, visit kidcudi.com/tour.

New ‘Stranger Things’ trailer teases Vecna showdown

June 21, 2022 by WDNY Radio

We’ve got a new chills-inducing trailer for the final two episodes of Stranger Things 4: Vol. 2.

In the clip released Tuesday, soundtracked by a remix of the Kate Bush song “Running Up That Hill,” Netflix teases more of the epic showdown between the teens of Hawkins and the Upside Down villain Vecna.

The stakes are higher than ever as we see glimpses of Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven getting her powers back and hear Vecna’s menacing voiceover say, “It is over. Now I just want you to watch…Your friends have lost.”

Vol. 2 of the show’s fourth season debuts on Netflix July 1.

Miranda Lambert adds a “Cowboy” to her “farmily”

June 21, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Miranda Lambert is expanding her farmily!

The singer has welcomed a new horse named Cowboy to her Tennessee farm. When her friend Eric Masse, a producer and engineer in Nashville, reached out about a horse that needed to be re-homed, the benevolent singer couldn’t resist. She welcomed Cowboy to the farm family, which includes five other horses, cats, rabbits and Miranda’s many rescue dogs.

“Y’all welcome Cowboy to the Farmily! Our newest addition,” Miranda writes in an introductory Instagram post. “When my friend @hello_i_eric said a friend of his had a horse that needed to be re homed …. That’s never a no… It’s a hell yeah!”

The “Bluebird” singer announced the news with a series of photos that show her beaming as she holds the horse’s face and her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, posing alongside Cowboy. She concludes the gallery with a humorous photo of the horse wearing a merch hat from Little Big Town, displaying the phrase “Hell Yeah” in retro lettering to promote their new single of the same name. Miranda notes it’s her “new favorite hat” from her Bandwagon tour mates.

“Cutie!!!!” comments LBT’s Karen Fairchild, while her husband and bandmate Jimi Westbrook jokes, “Awww… amazing. He should be our new hat model,” with a winking face and heart emoji.

Miranda has a passion for helping displaced animals, something she’s done many times with her MuttNation Foundation, which promotes pet adoption and provides transportation assistance during natural disasters.

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