One of the things that I notice and learned going to the #makingoftheband try outs, is that kids are using auto tune so much,the understanding of being tone def is gone and people be singing in all kinda keys lol this is really a epidemic

— Jermaine Dupri (@jermainedupri) March 4, 2020

Is Jermaine Dupri right about the excessive use of autotune that’s making lots of new singers tone-deaf? 

Is Megan Thee Stallion’s record company 1501 Certified Entertainment jealous of her management deal with Roc Nation and trying to ruin her reputation? 

Now that SXSW has been canceled because of the coronavirus will Coachella do the same? 

[youtube id=”vJj7ZThcnxU”] Nas and the Large Professor took things back to their Main Source days and performed “Live At BBQ” on the Mass Appeal stage at SXSW.

John Ridley’s Jimi: All Is By My Side will screen for a second time at SXSW this year. The film focuses on Jimi Hendrix’s life between the years of 1966 and 1967. As usual the Hendrix estate denied usage of Hendrix’s music so Ridley used blues artists that inspired Hendrix and ’60’s rock. The film debuted at the Toronto Film Festival last Fall and received good reviews.

Kendrick Lamar is headlining Mass Appeal’s launch of their 52nd magazine at the Austin Music Hall in Texas during SXSW.He will be joined by Pusha T, Bun B, Danny Brown, A$AP Ferg, Joey Bada$$, Roc Marciano, Alexander Spit at the event on March 15th. Hosted by BBC Ice Cream, the launch event will feature a selection of exclusive content from Mass Appeal’s archives and a screening of Jason Goldwatch’s most recent Time Pieces, intimate mini-documentaries celebrating cultural creators. Doors open at 8pm on March 15, 2013. For complete artist lineup and event information, go to http://massappeal-icecream.splashthat.com/