Over the weekend, Wiz Khalifa’s “Under the Influence of Music” tour rolled through Northern California. At Friday’s show at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, 38-year-old local Eric Johnson was shot backstage, dying from injuries the following morning. Since the incident, Young Jeezy has been arrested by local authorities with bail set at $1 million dollars.
Eminem took to his website and twitter today to reveal the details of his upcoming ShadyXV, now known to be a Shady Record double album set to be released on Black Friday this year.
Early today we wrote about Eminem’s upcoming album Shady XV, rumored to release this fall. Now we have the albums first single ‘Guts Over Fear’ featuring Australian singer Sia.
Set to the tune of The Sound of Music’s ‘These Are a Few of My Favorite Things”, Lauryn Hill surprised us with ‘Black Rage’, following a trend of musicians dedicating songs to the events in Ferguson, Missouri. Stream her new song and make sure to stay tuned as to the events in Missouri surrounding the killed of unarmed Michael Brown.
In the past week, a ton of musicians have stepped up to show their support in the fight against ALS. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord that causes pain and loss for too many families across the nation. We took the liberty of compiling a list of some of our favorite musicians showing their support.