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Federal prosecutors want AI streaming fraudster Michael Smith sentenced to nearly four years for stealing more than $8 million in music royalties. Federal prosecutors want Michael Smith, the North Carolina man behind an AI-powered streaming operation that generated billions of fake plays, sentenced to nearly four years in prison. In a new filing ahead of his October 6 sentencing in Manhattan federal court, the government says Smith spent more than six years using fake accounts, automated software and a flood of computer-generated songs to pull more than $8 million from royalty pools meant for real artists, writers and rights holders.…

Spike Lee’s pregame dinner at Yankee Stadium became a viral spectacle Wednesday night when a fan filming the director brought up Palestine, prompting a tense exchange and intervention from people nearby. The footage circulated as the Yankees hosted the Boston Red Sox, showing Lee visibly agitated in the stadium’s dining area. Sports radio host Andy Slater, who shared the video, reported that the fan had recorded Lee eating and asked about Palestine, citing people seated closer to the encounter. The brief clip shows others stepping in as the situation escalates. No punches are visible in the footage. Additional reporting suggests…

Tennessee’s attempt to execute the first woman in 200 years, Christa Pike ended last night in a medical and legal emergency, with her attorneys reporting that she remained alive after receiving two lethal injections intended to kill her. She survived two lethal injection attempts and was reportedly awake during it all. What the actual F? Breaking: Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is still alive after she received two lethal injections. Her lawyer has just filed a motion to halt the execution and an ambulance was seen in front of the prison. pic.twitter.com/dEeAzB9Tkw— Power to the People ☭🕊 (@ProudSocialist) October…

Source: JC Olivera/WireImage / JC Olivera/WireImageMegan Thee Stallion is adding another major fashion moment to her résumé, and this time the Hot Girl Coach is getting her Victoria’s Secrets wings. As Complex reported, Megan has officially been announced as one of the musical performers for the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which is set to take over Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 18. The Houston rapper shared her excitement about the announcement with the Hotties, telling fans that appearing in the show had been a longtime goal.“Hotties, my dream has finally come true!” Megan said while announcing the news. “I’m…

The new EP “Homegrown” by singer-songwriter Nippa carries a dose of R&B drama, the rawness of rap that insists on asserting its character, and the delicacy of pop, capable of sweetening its stories. It all comes wrapped in nine songs, many of them brief, but all of them intense. The journey begins with “Talking To The Mirror,” a track where the guitar stands out. The performer’s smooth voice takes the listener by the hand, moving from moments of intense high notes to almost spoken passages in a reflective offering that is easy to relate to. “Homegrown,” featuring Blxst, opens with…

Drake FOMO is coming to streaming. The 6God is giving fans a date to circle after weeks of anticipation surrounding the music in the FOMO short film project that was released, then taken down only to be put back up again all on YouTube. Genius marketing per usual by Drizzy. DRAKEFOMO(STREAMING RELEASE)THURSDAY 🚨”All the songs you guys have been asking for… well, not all of them, but enough of them, are coming on Thursday.” pic.twitter.com/8WdqPz7qIF— Kurrco (@Kurrco) September 29, 2026 A selection of tracks from the visual project will arrive on streaming platforms Thursday, October 1, extending a year that has…

Lil Durk will have to wait nearly another year before facing a jury in his remaining federal case. The Grammy Award-winning Chicago rapper, whose real name is Durk Banks, has had his second federal trial postponed until August 2027, extending a legal battle that has already kept him behind bars for nearly two years. The trial had previously been scheduled to begin October 5, 2026, less than a month after Durk scored a major legal victory when a federal jury acquitted him of all charges in his highly publicized murder-for-hire trial in Los Angeles. According to court reporting, U.S. District…

The Philadelphia Phillies aren’t going home just yet. Facing elimination Wednesday afternoon at Truist Park, Philadelphia erased a late two-run deficit behind back-to-back home runs from Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper before Alec Bohm delivered the biggest swing of the afternoon, launching a go-ahead homer in the 10th inning to lift the Phillies to a dramatic 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves in Game 2 of their National League Wild Card Series. The win evened the best-of-three series at one game apiece and forced a winner-take-all Game 3 Thursday in Atlanta. And Philadelphia needed just about everything it had to…

Queensbridge legend Nas linked with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for a conversation about Hip Hop’s past, present and future, with both men emphasizing the importance of ensuring that the city that created the culture remains a place where it can continue to grow. The conversation was featured in a short documentary released Wednesday, September 30, highlighting New York City’s newly opened Bronx School of Hip-Hop and the larger question of how the birthplace of Hip Hop can preserve its cultural foundation for future generations. For Mamdani, simply celebrating what happened in the Bronx more than five decades ago…

Timbaland is opening up about just how close his battle with prescription drugs came to costing him his life. During a recent conversation with B High ATL, the legendary producer reflected on his past addiction to OxyContin and admitted that, although he never considered himself suicidal, he now realizes his daily drug use amounted to slowly killing himself. “I ain’t never think about suicide, but then I said, you know what? I was committing suicide every day,” Timbaland said. The Grammy-winning producer recalled his then-wife witnessing him stop breathing while he slept, one of the clearest indications that his addiction…