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Eminem and Kid Rock
MUSICAI IN MUSICNov 2

Eminem x Kid Rock: AI Did the Choir?

Kid Rock told Real Time with Bill Maher the choir on “Heal My Faith” is AI. He sang the hook himself, then prompted a Southern gospel choir to save time.

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The track features Eminem, on Kid Rock's album Halfway 2 Jesus (Oct 17) — the first Eminem x Kid Rock collaboration since “Fuck Off” in 1998.

No source says Eminem's vocal is AI. Eminem's line, per Men's Journal: “Not about choosing sides, just choosing to make music with my old friend.”

The debate now: tool in the bag, or line crossed? Music and AI framing only.

MUSIC AI IN MUSIC

N.O.R.E. and Sober Facts face to face
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N.O.R.E. Pulls Up on Sober Facts

Months of back-and-forth online turned face-to-face on the Lower East Side on Oct 31 — verbal only, no fight.

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N.O.R.E. confronted food reviewer Sober Facts (Jason Rodriguez) mid-shoot over his use of the N-word, saying nobody should say it — naming Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Ecuadorians, Nicaraguans, Ethiopians, and Black people.

Sober Facts defended it as New York culture and called the approach hypocritical. He later deleted his first response video and posted a new one saying he wants to squash it and doesn't want to use the word anymore.

No physical altercation and no legal fallout were reported. An allegation that the group was intoxicated was made without evidence and is treated as allegation only.

MUSIC DRINK CHAMPS

Snoop Dogg on stage
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Snoop & Kurupt: The Hollow

8 tracks, 22 minutes of that Death Row sound. Out now.

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Snoop Dogg and Kurupt dropped The Hollow on Friday, October 31, on Death Row Records.

Eight tracks, twenty-two minutes — the duo back in their bag together.

MUSIC DEATH ROW

Bad Bunny performing on stage
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Bad Bunny Is Alive — the Crash Claim Is False

Posts claiming Bad Bunny died in the Palm Beach Learjet crash are false. Officials have not named any of the 9 victims.

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No credible outlet links Bad Bunny to that flight. The identities of the 9 people aboard had not been publicly released.

Don't spread it. When officials confirm names, this page will carry them.

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Lil Baby
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Lil Baby: FRESH Drops Friday

17 tracks. “All My Partnas” with Future, Young Thug and Rylo Rodriguez. Pharrell-produced “Dead Fresh.”

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FRESH arrives Friday, November 6 — four days out.

On the Popcast, Lil Baby said he would be open to a Sabrina Carpenter collaboration. No song is planned and no communication was reported.

The same interview covered a period when he considered quitting while depressed. PVTV does not overstate diagnosis wording beyond what he said.

MUSIC NEW MUSIC

Megan Thee StallionThee Circus
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Megan Thee Stallion: Hottieween

“Thee Circus Is Coming” at Zouk — a custom Cirque du Soleil costume, 700+ hours, 23 artisans.

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Megan's Hottieween show ran Friday, October 30, at Zouk in Las Vegas: a giant origami pumpkin skirt that transformed in three stages, and a four-minute Cirque opening act.

She performed a new track, “Thin Ice,” for the first time. A portion of proceeds went to the Pete & Thomas Foundation, per pre-event reporting.

MUSIC HOTTIEWEEN

Usher and Chris Brown
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Usher & Chris Brown: $77.4M September

First co-headliners ever to top Billboard's monthly Top Tours chart. 423,000 tickets across 10 shows.

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September's $77.4M puts them No. 1 on the Billboard monthly Top Tours chart — a first for co-headliners since the chart began in 2019.

$284.7M and 1.5M+ tickets across the first 36 shows through October 3. The tour resumes in Atlanta on November 5, with $400M+ possible.

MUSIC BOXSCORE

TOB × Chief KeefShake That
MUSICNov 2

TOB: Keef Didn't Pull “Shake That”

TOB's Lil Chris says a false complaint got the record pulled from streaming — and Keef publicly supported it.

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“Shake That (I Just Wanna Dance)” went viral through the Nucci's Front Porch and Queen Peachifi TikTok dance.

Lil Chris told 93.9 WKYS that Chief Keef and his team did not cause the removal, and alleged a false complaint did it. Keef publicly supported the record.

Chris premiered a new studio version on WKYS, plans to restore it to streaming, and has more TOB originals planned for 2027.

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Wu-Tang Clan
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Wu-Tang Takes Thanksgiving

Wu-Tang Clan headline the Lions' Thanksgiving halftime show, Nov 26 at Ford Field. Eminem and Paul Rosenberg executive-produce.

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The Thanksgiving Day Classic airs at 1 PM ET on CBS, powered by Verizon, against the Chicago Bears.

It lands during the farewell tour, Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber, and the group's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2026 class.

Full coverage, lineup and countdown on the Winter Fest page.

MUSIC THANKSGIVING

Ye performing
MUSICNov 1

Ye's Houston Show: 80,210 Fans

A U.S. stadium rap-concert attendance record, per venue and Chronicle reporting — beating Ye's own SoFi run.

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The October 31 show at Reliant Stadium drew a reported 80,210 fans, with Playboi Carti as special guest and North West appearing.

Reports that Drake and Travis Scott attended rest on a single fan clip and are not confirmed — PVTV does not state their attendance as fact.

MUSIC

Day26
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Day26 Is Back

A 30+ city “The Legacy Continues” tour, a holiday single November 6, and a reunion album on the way.

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Day26's holiday single “All Year” lands November 6, ahead of a Jive / Bryan-Michael Cox album.

R&B groups from that era don't just reunite — they have to prove it. Day26 is setting up to do exactly that.

MUSIC R&B

B2K performing
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Nov 6 / Nov 13: The R&B Calendar

Friday, Nov 6: B2K's ECLIPSE, Day26's holiday single, Lil Baby's FRESH. Friday, Nov 13: Snoh Aalegra's first album in five years.

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B2K — Omarion, J-Boog, Raz-B, Lil Fizz — release the reunion album ECLIPSE on November 6.

November 13 brings Snoh Aalegra's Legendary Love — her first album in five years, with Babyface, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Raphael Saadiq among the contributors. “Just Friends” is out now.

MUSIC R&B