Category: World News

Madonna pledges up to $100,000 for Detroit Prep charter school

In 2014, Madonna made international headlines by turning her attention back to Detroit and the roots she once left behind as she headed off for fame. Four years later she is announcing a $100,000 matching-grant challenge for the Detroit Prep charter school as it seeks to move into an abandoned public school building on the city’s east side. Read More

Quavo Huncho

Champagne Rosé

Quavo from American hip hop trio Migos has just released a solo album filled with feat. guests, including 21 Savage, Drake, Kid Cudi, Lil Baby, Normani & DaVido, Offset, Saweetie, Takeoff, Travis Scott and Migos’ members Offset and Takeoff.

Quite fittingly, the guest star on Champagne Rosé – track 9 of Quavo Huncho – is no other than the Queen of Rosé herself, Madonna, featuring together with Cardi B. Read More

Nile Rodgers

“Who’s that girl? Who’s that girl?”

26 years after the release of the band’s last studio album, Entertainment Weekly talked to Nile Rodgers, the 65-year-old songwriter, guitarist, and superproducer behind Madonna‘s Like a Virgin album, seminal albums from icons of the ’80s and the ‘ 90s and his very own Chic Organization project. Read More

VMAs 2018

“And just to clarify”

In her latest Instagram post Madonna explains how she was asked by MTV to share any anecdotes she had in her career connected to the late Aretha Franklin, and that is why she shared part of her journey and thanked Aretha for inspiring her along the way in last night’s speech. Read More

VMAs 2018

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Madonna brought her Berber Queen self to the Radio City Music Hall in New York City last night, presented Camila Cabello with the Video of the Year award, paied R-E-S-P-E-C-T to the late Aretha Franklin, explaining how covering the Queen of Soul led to her big break and thanking her for empowering all of us, and had some fun backstage with old and new friends. Read More

Apologize

The under-appreciated genius of Madonna

As we celebrate Madonna turning 60 this week, The Guardian remembers that this is a woman who has no interest in nostalgia. In her recent interview with Vogue Italia, she said she would talk only about the present, which is the key aspect of who Madonna is: resolutely forward-driving. This is why she is so able to manage to a global, decade-spanning career. Read More

Madonna with Seymour Stein

Seymour Stein leaves WMG, heading for the next chapter in his career

Music industry icon Seymour Stein, co-founder of Sire Records, the man who signed and released albums by Madonna, the Ramones, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, the Smiths, the Pretenders, and many others – will be leaving Warner Music Group after four decades with the company.

The announcement was made by WMG  together with the news that Stein was honored with the Recording Academy’s Trustees Award last Saturday in Los Angeles. Read More

MAXDONNA

The incredible work of Parisian fashion photographer Vincent Flouret and his beloved dog Max spread quickly all over the internet from the posts of their @max_et_vincent profile on Instagram, eventually landing on the timeline of Madonna herself.

Now their brilliant work, with Max embodying imageries and artworks from iconic Madonna covers and videos is on display in Arles, France. Read More