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Taylor Swift announced the outcome of a six-year long struggle with Shamrock Capital and Scooter Braun over her master ...

R&B singer JoJo and rapper Álvaro Díaz will join LL COOL J and Jazmine Sullivan on the Wawa Welcome America stage for the July 4th Philly concert.

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Grammy-nominated prolific rapper Wale released the latest single off of his highly anticipated eighth studio album, set to ...