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Public Enemy rapper is “grateful to bring an amicable close to this matter and appreciate everyone’s support as he continues his one-year journey of sobriety,” defense attorneys said in a statement.

The deliberations begin after a roughly one-week trial in which two brothers testified that Smollett recruited them to fake the attack near his home in downtown Chicago in January 2019.

Dave Rocco has been named chief creative officer at Republic Records, a newly-created role. His hire was announced today by label founders Monte Lipman and Avery Lipman. Based in New York, Rocco joins Republic (which recently topped Billboard’s year-end label rankings) from its parent company Universal Music Group, where he served as executive vp creative […]

It's the first post-COVID trek to cross the $100 million mark, following Harry Styles’ $95 million finish.