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UPDATED: Today Ben Crump, the lawyer best known for his representation of the family of George Floyd and Trayvon Martin, announced at a press conference that he and other attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of 90 people who attended Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival. Nine people have died as a result of injuries…

Canadian rapper Drake has spoken out for the first time since the tragic incident at the Astroworld festival in Houston that left eight people dead. The musician, who guested at the Travis Scott-run concert, took to Instagram to pen a first public reaction since events unfolded on November 5. "I've spent the past few…

In the first of what promises to be many lawsuits connected to the Astroworld Festival tragedy, a Texas man is suing festival backer Travis Scott, recording artist Drake, and show producer Live Nation. Kristian Paredes, 23, from Austin, Texas, filed the complaint, as reported by DailyMail.com Sunday. The suit accuses…

The 2021 Billboard Music Awards has announced performers and appearances for its Sunday show, to be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT on NBC. Recording artist, actor and current The Voice coach Nick Jonas is set to host P!NK will receive the ICON Award and perform. The ICON…

EXCLUSIVE: In what is sure to be one of the hotter packages on the market, Sources tell Deadline that Picturestart has come aboard to produce the psychological thriller Spiral, with Selena Gomez attached to star and Petra Collins directing. Drake is on board to exec produce with Matthew Budman & Sumaiya Kaveh…

Brooklyn-based sports startup Overtime has raised $80 million in Series C funding from investors including Bezos Expeditions (the personal investment company of Jeff Bezos), Drake and more than 25 current and former NBA stars including Trae Young, Devin Booker, Klay Thompson and Pau Gasol. In total, Overtime, which…

Barack Obama didn’t exactly say it was “God’s Plan” to have Drake portray him in a biopic. But he gave it his stamp of approval. The former president, speaking in an interview on Complex’s 360 With Speedy Morman, said he wouldn’t mind if Drake got the part in any future feature. “I will say this, Drake seems to be…

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Endeavor Content Partner Mark Ankner is leaving to become a partner at DreamCrew Entertainment, the production company of Drake and Adel "Future" Nur. In his role Ankner will oversee content development, production and financing opportunities for the company. Ankner's hire marks the continued…

EXCLUSIVE: AMC-owned RLJE Films is closing a North American deal near $2 million at the Sundance Film Festival for Spree, an edgy gonzo satire that stars Stranger Things‘ Joe Keery, Sasheer Zamata, David Arquette, Kyle Mooney, Mischa Barton and Josh Ovalle. Pic premiered last Friday at the MARC and several entities…

Juice WRLD, a young rapper from Chicago who was just starting to make his mark in the music industry, died Sunday at age 21. The hip-hop star, real name Jarad Anthony Higgins, had recently signed with Interscope Records. He released his album "Death Race for Love" in March 2019, which made it to No. 1 on the Billboard…

Uninterrupted, the athlete-focused entertainment brand created by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, is expanding outside the U.S. for the first time, teaming with Grammy-winning rapper, uber-sports fan and Toronto native Drake to launch Uninterrupted Canada. The new venture will be led by CEO Scott Moore, most…

Drake made good on his promise to release new music in celebration of his hometown Toronto Raptors' first NBA title, after the team beat Oakland’s Golden State Warriors. The tracks called "Omertà" and "Money in the Grave" dropped early Saturday morning. In "Omertà," an Italian code of silence, Drake raps about LeBron…