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Luxury Lifestyle Company Places.co Launches Exclusive ‘Miami Unlocked’ Art Basel Experience and Partners with DJ Khaled’s We The Best Foundation

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Places.co Founder and CEO Simone Sestito announced today that his luxury travel technology company has made a substantial donation to DJ Khaled’s We The Best Foundation in celebration of the launch of the Places.co inaugural Art Basel “Miami Unlocked” experience. In addition to partnering with the multi-Grammy Award winning super producer, Places.co will provide a curated lineup of exclusive events during the world’s leading contemporary art celebration. From mega-yachts to luxury estates, Places.co will collaborate with premium brands Haute Living and Hublot, icons Eva Longoria and Ricky Martin, multi-platinum recording artist Fat Joe, and visual artists Skylar…

POWERBASE MUSIC joins forces with Empire Distribution to Release ‘Cedric the Entertainer & Silas White Present: A Powerbase Christmas’

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POWERBASE MUSIC  Records, Management and Publishing Inc (marketed as POWERBASE MUSIC) is an American record label founded in 2017 by music industry vet Silas White(Justin Timberlake/Wayne Brady). POWERBASE is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. POWERBASE promotes both developing and veteran stars, across Pop, R&B, Hip Hop, Jazz & Country. This Christmas album, comprised of Powerbase artists and friends, is due to drop Friday, December 6, 2019. With classic covers from Cedric the Entertainer & Sonna, and the help of superstar Jazz saxophonist Dave Koz featuring vocal powerhouse Shelea, an original song by MAJOR. and an…

A$AP Rocky testifies in Sweden, says he tried to avoid fight

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STOCKHOLM (AP) — American rapper A$AP Rocky testified Thursday at his assault trial in Sweden that he did everything possible to avoid a confrontation with two men he said were persistently following his entourage in Stockholm, but one of those men picked a fight with one of his bodyguards. The recording artist, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is accused along with two other men believed to be members of his entourage of beating a 19-year-old man, Mustafa Jafari, in Stockholm on June 30. The rapper, 30, pleaded not guilty…

Jury deliberates over dollars in Katy Perry case

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a trial over Katy Perry’s hit “Dark Horse” and the rapper who says it was stolen from him.: Jurors are deciding how much Katy Perry, her collaborators and her record label owe the writers of a Christian rap song over her hit “Dark Horse. The jury has already found that “Dark Horse” improperly copied from Marcus Gray’s song “Joyful Noise.” They’re now just deliberating over the amount. In closing arguments Thursday, lawyers for Gray and his two co-writers told the jury they should…

Music Sales Platform Bandcamp opens Store in Oakland

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Popular online DIY music platform, Bandcamp just announced it’s opened a physical store and performance space in Oakland, CA. The Space is located at 1901 Broadway in Oakland, California (right by the 19th Street BART station), and open Monday-Friday from 12pm-7pm. The space features a selection of records that showcase the diversity and design of the more than five million albums available on Bandcamp, and we host free, all-ages shows and events (we’re launching a video series around those performances a little later this year). If you’re heading their way…