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In celebration of 50 years of hip-hop, Mass Appeal is preparing to kick off The Soundtrack, a series of 10 EPs comprised of new music from some of the genre’s defining producers.The first entry, a five-track EP titled DJ Premier: Hip Hop 50 Volume 1, will drop July 15 and include new Premier songs featuring Lil Wayne, Nas, Run the Jewels, Joey Badass, Remy Ma, Rapsody, and Slick Rick.“It’s an honor to kick off this iconic Hip Hop 50 music program. Hip-Hop continues to inspire fans across the globe and it’s incredible to…

DJ Premier took to Twitter this week to tease a forthcoming release with his frequent collaborator Nas.Premo posted a video featuring a brand new snippet of Nas rapping over a beat from the legendary producer. The clip begins with Premier giving viewers a glimpse of the plaque he earned from his work on Nas’ debut Illmatic, which is hanging on the wall at the producer’s home turf of Kaufman Astoria Studios in Long Island City, before panning over to “Control Room B.”DJ Premier captioned the post, “7/15 @Nas,” hinting at a…

Walt Disney Co. DIS -2.17% will pay $3 billion to retain the right to broadcast cricket’s popular Indian Premier League on its Star India television network, although it lost streaming rights to rival Viacom18, the Board for Control of Cricket in India, the competition’s regulatory body, said Tuesday. The closely watched, multiday auction generated $6.2 billion for the league’s organizers, nearly three times the price that rights last sold for at auction in 2017. The…

Viacom18 has won streaming rights to cricket’s Indian Premier League, according to people familiar with the situation, taking a valuable property away from Walt Disney Co. DIS -3.71% as competition in sports-streaming rights intensifies.The winning bid from Viacom18, a joint venture between Paramount Global, PARA -8.12% Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd.…

Image Source : MPL MPL Mobile Premier League, a gaming unicorn recently got the eyes when India's largest vernacular gaming platform named WinZo filed a lawsuit against MPL over alleged copyright violation in Delhi High Court . WinZo said in a statement on Saturday that the matter is now listed for further proceedings on July 4. The platform said that in March, it discovered that MPL copied its proprietary game 'World War' with a similar product, in an identical format with the identical name. When this was brought…

Online gaming platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) is laying off 100 employees and exiting the Indonesia market over poor growth.The current business metrics "do not justify further investments into this unit", according to an internal email sent by MPL co-founders Sai Srinivas and Shubh Malhotra.Founded in 2018, MPL hosts hundreds of millions of tournaments a month and is trusted by over 90 million registered users across India, Indonesia, Europe, and the US."We have made the decision to wind down our Indonesia…

Article content Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is staying in his job for now. United Conservative caucus chair Nathan Neudorf says the party has affirmed that Kenney should stay on until a new leader is chosen. Kenney announced yesterday that he would be stepping down for the good of the party. He received 51 per cent support in a leadership review. More coming. Article content Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is staying in his job for now. United Conservative caucus chair Nathan Neudorf says the party has…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Canada Brian Jean and another former Wildrose leader, Danielle Smith, have already announced they will run to replace him Author of the article: The Canadian Press Dean Bennett and Colette Derworiz Alberta Wildrose leader Brian Jean and Alberta PC leader Jason Kenney shake hands after announcing a unity deal between the two parties in Edmonton on May 18, 2017. Photo by JASON FRANSON /THE CANADIAN PRESS Article content Jason Kenney’s main caucus critic says the…

Article content Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has received 51.4 per cent support from the United Conservative Party — enough to keep his job as leader, but leaving questions on how many members will continue to follow him. Article content The results were announced online after a month-long mail-in vote on his leadership. If Kenney had received less than 50 per cent plus one, he would have had to quit as per party rules and a leadership contest would have been called. The leadership review took on heightened…

Article content EDMONTON — Albertans are to learn Wednesday whether Premier Jason Kenney has enough support from his party to keep his job — but political observers say whatever the outcome, it won’t end the rancorous political melodrama. Article content “It’s going to be chaotic no matter what the result is,” political scientist Duane Bratt said in an interview Tuesday. “(Kenney) has drawn a line in the sand that says as long as he wins (dissenters) get in line. Well, that’s going to lead to a purge in the party,…