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Donald Trump granted Lil Wayne (Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.) a full presidential pardon on his last full day in office; Lil Wayne had pleaded guilty in December 2020 to possessing a firearm and ammuniti...
did run recruitment advertisements during 2025, a fact confirmed by multiple outlets and by Spotify itself, but the company says those specific ads stopped running at the end of 2025; Spotify has not ...
has publicly said the recruitment spots are no longer running because the campaign ended, but has not announced a change to its advertising policy; the company has repeatedly defended that the ads did...
Bruce Springsteen has used his recent European concerts to issue what multiple outlets call a stark warning about the state of American democracy, calling the U.S. government “corrupt, incompetent and...
Since the board—reconstituted under President Trump—moved to add his name to the Kennedy Center, evidence shows a split in philanthropic behavior: some long-standing donors and artists have signaled w...
Alicia Keys’ seventh studio album, titled Alicia (stylized ALICIA), was released by RCA Records on September 18, 2020 — a date confirmed repeatedly in music press and encyclopedia entries . The record...
, co‑founder and longtime frontman of the band , publicly admitted in August 2022 to years of "emotional, financial, verbal and physical" of his wife and younger children and announced his permanent r...
A search of the supplied reporting finds extensive coverage of farewell and “final” tours in 2026 from artists and music outlets, but none of the provided sources contains a clear press release from a...
Spotify confirmed in early January 2026 that ICE recruitment advertisements are no longer running on its platform, saying the federal campaign that funded the spots concluded at the end of 2025 . The ...
Several Western and regional musicians have released songs or compilations explicitly supporting Palestine since October 2023, combining protest art with fundraising; notable examples include Macklemo...
Scott Kelly, co‑founder and longtime frontman of the experimental metal band Neurosis, publicly admitted in 2022 to "emotional, financial, verbal and physical abuse" of his wife and younger children a...