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Muni Long and Former Managers Trade Lawsuits Alleging Unpaid Commissions and Mishandled Health Crisis

Muni Long and Former Managers Trade Lawsuits Alleging Unpaid Commissions and Mishandled Health Crisis

Muni Long is pushing back against her former management team with a new countersuit that includes serious allegations about how they handled her health. The Grammy‑winning R&B singer, whose real name is Priscilla Renea Hamilton, was already being sued by ex‑managers Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon’s firm Ebony Son Entertainment, which claims she owes more than $600,000 in unpaid commissions tied to her Revenge album era and touring. In a detailed report, Billboard lays out the legal back‑and‑forth in


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“TikTok, not AI, has transformed music industry” - Will.i.am
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“TikTok, not AI, has transformed music industry” - Will.i.am

Singer-songwriter Will.i.am has said that the video platform TikTok has transformed the music industry. The 50-year-old musician, who is best known as the frontman of the ‘Black Eyed Peas’, believes the video-sharing app has had a much bigger impact on the music business than AI, reports ‘Female First UK’. Speaking to Sky News, he explained, "I don't think anything can water down our industry any more than TikTok has”. As per ‘Female First UK’, the record producer observed that TikTok has cha


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UK Artists Absent from Global Top 10 Albums and Singles Chart for First Time Since 2003
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UK Artists Absent from Global Top 10 Albums and Singles Chart for First Time Since 2003

British pop stars have failed to reach the worldwide annual charts of the year’s Top 10 biggest singles and albums for the first time in more than two decades. In 2022, UK acts such as Harry Styles and Glass Animals made up seven of the 20 entries in the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) list. This year, the leading UK act was producer and singer Artemas, for I Like the Way You Kiss Me. British stars such as Charli xcx – arguably the most conversation-dominating UK a


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