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Georgia rapper Quando Rondo was sentenced to more than two years in prison Wednesday after he struck a deal with prosecutors last summer and pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to possess and distribute marijuana.

U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker said the Savannah-bred artist, born Tyquian Bowman, must serve 33 months in federal custody followed by three years of supervised release, the Savannah Morning News reported. Bowman also must pay a $40,000 fine.

Under the plea deal, prosecutors dropped a more serious charge of conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine,...

Upon finding himself confronted by his rapidly ailing grandmother whose Alzheimer’s had been more or less covered up by her husband, filmmaker Raphaël Pettigrew decided to further explore the idea of losing oneself for the sake of others in the making of his NYU Tisch Undergraduate project I Remember (Je Me Souviens). There is no room to escape the grief pulsating through Pettigrew’s close, near suffocating camera work and single shots relentlessly honing in on his actors’ faces. I Remember is as close, personal and claustrophobic as they come with dual agonising family based storylines interweaving to amplify the intense thematic exploration of loss. We invited Pettigrew to speak to us about harnessing his own feelings of hopelessness and desperation through his grieving son protagonist, placing his trust in his actors as he found new meaning and engagement in their improvisation, and adopting a naturalistic cinema verite approach...

New York Film Festival parent Film at Lincoln Center has set the slate for its Currents strand at the 62nd edition – 12 features and 28 shorts meant to complement the Main Slate with an emphasis on new, innovative voices.

Currents’ Centerpiece selection is the world premiere of Jem Cohen’s Little, Big, and Far, a tale of catastrophes through the travels of an astronomer in search of a sky dark enough to study the stars.

Other portraits include Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, a fragmented recomposition of the Martiniquan writer and activist’s legacy; Pierre Creton and Vincent Barré’s 7 Walks With Mark Brown, following the path of a paleobotanist in search of native plants; Yashaddai Owens’s debut feature, Jimmy, which imagines a young James Baldwin as he arrives in Paris from New York; and Lilith Kraxner and Milena Czernovsky’s bluish (winner of the Grand Prix at...

Country star Zach Bryan recently invited a lucky fan to join him on stage for an unforgettable duet in front of a packed house. So, how did the fan do with the pressure on?

Zach Bryan On The Road With His Quitting’ Time Tour

Zach Bryan and company are putting it all on the line for audiences across the country. His Quitting’ Time Tour kicked off on March 5 at the United Center in Chicago, and he has been putting his blood, sweat, and tears into every show since.

There’s currently a gap in dates, but, the next round of shows will kick off on April 25 at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.

Zach Bryan/YouTube Concert Attendees Witnessed Something Special On Opening Night

So far, the Quittin’ Time Tour has been a big hit with fans. On opening night of the tour, Zach Bryan surprised everyone by...

Rapper Roddy Ricch is the victor in a legal battle that claimed his highest-charting megahit “The Box” infringed on the copyright of a 1975 soul song titled “Come on Down.” In a biting ruling, a Manhattan-based federal judge found that “no reasonable jury could find that the works are substantially similar.”

“The (plaintiff’s) musical composition is a soul song that contains a melodic tune, while ‘The Box’ is a hip-hop song delivered in a monotone rap,” U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres wrote in her eight-page ruling obtained by Rolling Stone.

R&b legends Keyshia Cole and Trey Songz will be going on tour this year for their Love Hard tour.

Joining them will be Grammy nominee Jaheim and “Can’t Raise A Man” singer K. Michelle.

“Been 10 years since I’ve done a tour!” Cole wrote in her announcement. “I owe this to Myself! And my fans to put on the best show of my career…this has been a goal of mine Forever…Thank U To Everyone Involved, I Appreciate you All. See u guys Soon… ”

The tour will have Cole, Trey Songz and Jaheim making 26 stops across the country. K. Michelle will be joining them on selected dates.

Major cities included in the stops are Atlanta, New York City and Las Vegas.

Though it’s been ten years since Cole has been on tour, her music has kept on going. In 2023, Cole released a new song, “No Love Lost,...

This Post Contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Fox’s The Masked Singer.

On The Masked Singer Season 10’s “Soundtrack to My Life” episode, Anteater, who added a raspy twang throughout the show, was revealed as Hall & Oates’ John Oates.

“In keeping with this episode, you were the soundtrack of my life,” panelist Ken Jeong said to Oates after the reveal. “I just grew up on you, man. I’m literally starstruck right now.”

After a head-to-head performance against Donut, Candelabra was the second masked contestant to be...

It’s been a long week in Austin, and many of the musicians and fans who flew into Texas had already split town by Saturday night — but those who were left made it a night to remember, with furiously loud punk noise, enormous Edm beats, and more. Here are the best things we saw on the final night of SXSW 2023 (you can find all our coverage from this week here).

Model/Actriz Send SXSW Off on a High Note of Absolute Madness

All week long, those who’d seen Model...