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Tekashi 6ix9ine is making the most of his home confinement. The Brooklyn rapper, 24, is expected to drop a new song Friday, a towering billboard spotted in Times Square confirms. He is also expected to make an appearance on Instagram Live at 3 p.m., he told fans. The “Gummo” rapper-turned-snitch — whose real name is …

It’s official. Ariana Grande made her relationship public by appearing with new boyfriend Dalton Gomez in a music video for her song with Justin Bieber, “Stuck with U.” The sweet music video is filled with short clips of couples, friends, family dancing, and singing along to the song while in quarantine. Short clips show Bieber …

Bob Dylan will release his first album of original songs in eight years, “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” on June 19th. Early Friday morning, Dylan dropped a third song from the album, the swaggering, guitar-heavy “False Prophet,” which follows “Murder Most Foul” and “I Contain Multitudes.”  “I ain’t no false prophet,” Dylan growls over a slinky …

Here’s further proof that Cher is strong enough to outlive — and out-fabulous — us all. In March, the 73-year-old diva of all divas was forced to cut short her “Here We Go Again” tour due to the coronavirus pandemic. But not only did she survive unscathed — she kept working during her home quarantine …

Mercury Prize-nominated UK rapper Ty has lost his battle with the coronavirus, the Guardian reports. He was 47. The hip-hop star, born Ben Chijioke, had been in declining health since at least early April, when he was “admitted into the hospital with medical complications related to COVID-19,” according to a fundraiser launched in his name. …

Brian Howe, singer for English rock group Bad Company, has died from cardiac arrest. He was 66. A family member tells TMZ that the supergroup frontman passed away Wednesday at his Florida home. The vocalist, who replaced Paul Rodgers as the band’s lead singer in 1986, was known to have heart issues and had suffered …

Jillian Hervey, one-half of Lion Babe, prefers her drinks on the rocks when it comes to getting ready for a performance. “To be honest, it goes all the way back to when I first started touring. When you’re on tour, for me, I don’t want to have beer, I don’t want to drink wine because …

Florian Schneider, a pop music pioneer who co-founded the German electronic group Kraftwerk, died following a short battle with cancer. He was 73. The sad news was confirmed in a statement from the band to Rolling Stone: “Kraftwerk co-founder and electro pioneer Ralf Hütter has sent us the very sad news that his friend and …

Broadway actor Nick Cordero, who has been battling the coronavirus since March, had a “rocky night” Monday, his wife Amanda Kloots said. In an Instagram story on Tuesday, Kloots, 38, said that her husband’s oxygen level dropped and doctors were called to help clear away some of the infection in the actor’s lungs. “Hey everybody, …

When audiences finally return to Broadway, it appears frontline workers will be first in line for tickets. Popular ticket site TodayTix has unveiled an initiative to provide first responders to the COVID-19 pandemic with free tickets to Broadway shows once theaters reopen, according to Variety. The initiative, called Save a Seat Fund, launched Tuesday when CEO …