Trombone Shorty brought his 10-piece group Orleans Avenue to Austin City Limits for an hour of Big Easy funk. The episode will premiere on PBS on January 5th. Cyril Neville, dressed in a flashy white jacket and hat, joined the group for a funky rendition of the Neville Brothers‘ “Fiyo …
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Gucci Mane and Kevin Gates performed their boastful single “I’m Not Goin’” on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. The rappers exchanged verses on an unadorned stage, pacing back and forth as they fired off lines about wealth, status and fighting off their naysayers. “They told me, ‘Stop buying all these fancy …
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Blood Orange unveiled a compelling new video for his Negro Swan cut “Dagenham Dream” featuring skateboarder Caleb Barnett. Jack Greer directed the clip, which follows Barnett over the course of a day as he jokes with roommates, rides around New York City, goes to the barber and gets a stick-and-poke …
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