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Will Chicago’s Smoking Ban on Parks Have a Reverse Effect for Music Fests?

BY DAN GARCIA

Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

The city of Chicago took a step towards public health and wellness Wednesday by banning smoking in public parks, a city where restaurants and bars have been smoke free for several years. Although this is the next step to making the citizens of Chicago curb their unhealthy smoking habits, will there be a negative health effect for music festival goers?

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Ariana Grande Announces First North American Headlining Tour; SNL Performance

BY TER STAFF

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In support of her #1 album My Everything, Ariana Grande has announced her upcoming tour produced and promoted exclusively by LiveNation, titled The Honeymoon Tour. Grande will hit stops in New York, Chicago, California, Canada and many other cities near you (check out the jump for dates and ticket info).

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Childish Gambino Responds to Spin’s Phillip Mlynar in Hot 97 Freestyle

BY TER STAFF

Photo by Dan Garcia/The Dan Garcia
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Dan Garcia

Raury wasn’t the only rapper from the Stone Mountain Georgia area to deliver a great freestyle this week. When speaking with Hot 97’s Pete Rosenberg, rapper Childish Gambino spit a great freestyle with a ton of quotables, touching on many subjects (including his response to Spin‘s negative review of Because the Internet). Check out the video and some of our favorite lines (and our best Rap Genius-ish annotations) from 4-minute freestyle.

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SBTRKT ft. Raury – “Higher”

BY TAYLOR POPE

SBTRKT has been teasing listeners  with tracks  from his upcoming studio album Wonder Where We Land. First came the Sampha featured “Temporary View,” followed by “New Dorp, New York” which features Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig. Now the UK producer has dropped “Higher,” which notably features the rising talent Raury.

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