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In addition to performances of Oscar-nominated songs, the 2022 Academy Awards will have another musical treat underlining the telecast: an all-star band featuring pianist Robert Glasper along with headline-making drummer Travis Barker, legendary lead singer Sheila E., and musical director Adam Blackstone. You may know Travis from Blink-182 fame and Sheila E. is best known from her work with Prince, but we’re here to break down five things about a Robert, a supremely talented musician set to add his bit of spice to the show.

Travis Barker, Sheila E., and Robert Glasper will appear alongside Adam Blackstone as part of an all-star band at the 94th Academy Awards this year.Show producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan announced on Friday (March 18) that the four musical performers will join under the name the All-Star Band at the show.The supergroup will likely feature Sheila E. on vocals, Glasper on piano/keys, and Blink-182‘s Barker on drums, with Blackstone joining as the show’s music director.

Kourtney Kardashian could well find her way into this year's Oscars ceremony.It was announced on Friday that Kourtney's beau Travis Scott will be one of a few special musical guests performing at the 94th Academy Awards next Sunday.While there is no confirmation yet on whether Kourtney will attend, it certainly would not be a surprise to see Travis bring along his fiancée as his red carpet plus one. Is Kourtney Kardashian going to the OSCARS? Reality TV star's beau Travis Barker announced as special musical performer at 94th Academy Awards (Pictured above in September last year)Producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan announced the news on Friday, revealing that the Blink-182 drummer will be part of an all-star band including Sheila E, pianist Robert Glasper, and musical director Adam Blackstone.

Travis Barker, Sheila E and DJ D-Nice are set to hit the stage at the 2022 Oscars!

The Oscars on Friday set some of the musicians who will perform on the live ABC ceremony on March 27 from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Academy Awards producers announced the first slate of performers for the upcoming 2022 Oscars ceremony on Friday, which will include an all-star band featuring drummer Travis Barker, iconic percussionist and singer Sheila E. and prolific pianist Robert Glasper.The awards show's music director, Adam Blackstone, will lead the group in performances during the show as well as with an in-house orchestra, returning to the Oscars stage this year after last year's modified ceremony. The Samples, a vocal group led by Jason White, also will appear on the show.Also performing at this year's Oscars, as well as at the post-show Governors Ball, will be DJ D-Nice, who will bring the unifying fun of his Club Quarantine livestreams to the Academy stage. Additionally, D-Nice will host the official Oscars Club Quarantine pre-party, with special guests, via Instagram Live (@dnice and @theacademy) on Friday, March 18, from 6:30-8 p.m.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Oscars will feature an unusual all-star band starring Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, legendary singer-percussionist Sheila E. and iconic jazz pianist Robert Glasper along with musical director Adam Blackstone, show producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan announced. The Oscars air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at 8 p.m.

Denzel Curry has shared a new single that features Slowthai – listen to ‘Zatoichi’ below.The song is the second release from his upcoming album ‘Melt My Eyez See Your Future’, which Curry announced earlier this month with a teaser video, revealing the record would feature contributions from T-Pain, Slowthai, Rico Nasty, Kenny Beats, JPEGMAFIA, Thundercat, Robert Glasper and more. A release date is yet to be confirmed.The latest song has been produced by Powers Pleasant and features Slowthai on the song’s chorus.The video for the song was filmed on location in Peru, ‘Zatoichi’ and follows on from the Sci-Fi Western visuals seen in the recently-released single ‘Walkin’.Watch the video here:Speaking about his upcoming album, Curry said: “I like traditional hip hop, I like drum and bass, I like trap, I like poetry, so a lot of that is going to be interwoven in this album including jazz and a lot of genres that I came up on as a kid and just being in my parents’ house.”The follow up to 2019’s ‘Zuu’, he added: “This album is made up of everything that I couldn’t give you on TA13OO or Imperial because I was going through depression anger issues.”Curry also announced details of North American, UK and European tour dates for 2022.

Will Smith‘s longtime musical accomplice DJ Jazzy Jeff has lavished praise on the new Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air reboot, calling the show “mind-blowing”.Bel-Air sees newcomer Jabari Banks take on the role of Will as his life changes up following the move from West Philadelphia to Bel-Air in Los Angeles.Speaking in a recent interview with HipHopDX, Jeff spoke highly of Smith’s work as executive producer on the show.He said: “I wasn’t involved in the making [of the show], but I am one of the hosts of the official Bel-Air podcast that’s coming out. I am super-duper excited because, without giving any spoilers, if someone was to take The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air in the ’90s and move it to ’20 to ’22 and put a dramatic spin on it, I don’t think they could have done a better job.“I think more people are going to be talking about Bel-Air than the Super Bowl.

Denzel Curry has shared a new single, ‘Walkin’, the first to be lifted from his forthcoming album ‘Melt My Eyez See Your Future’.The new cut sees the Florida-raised rapper deliver a powerhouse vocal performance, spitting rapid-fire bars above an atmospheric, Kal Banx-produced beat.‘Walkin’ arrives alongside a sci-fi and western-themed video directed by Adrian Villagomez, in which Curry journeys across a desolate desert planet before a final confrontation with John Wayne. Watch that below:Curry announced ‘Melt My Eyez See Your Future’ earlier this month with a teaser video, revealing the album would feature contributions from T-Pain, Slowthai, Rico Nasty, Kenny Beats, JPEGMAFIA, Thundercat, Robert Glasper and more.

The Soul Rebels have been bridging the New Orleans brass band tradition with hip-hop from the city and beyond for the better part of the new millennium. They've played with Nas, Talib Kweli, Dave East, fellow fusionist Robert Glasper, and countless others, becoming one of the few New Orleans brass acts to gain popularity outside Louisiana and the niche European and Japanese markets that still support the artform.

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It’s been five years since Kendrick Lamar released his seminal third album, To Pimp a Butterfly. To mark the anniversary, XXL just took a trip down memory lane by compiling behind-the-scenes tales—and one of the TPAB collaborators, jazz pianist Robert Glasper, walked away with a greater appreciation for the Compton rapper’s vocal dexterity.

ESSENCE’s The Playlist being one of them—and I want to salute everyone who has been reading this page and playing the music with a new idea I have.Dinner Party, a new supergroup featuring Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington and 9th Wonder, has been in my rotation before their single “Freeze Tag” hit DSPs all over the World Wide Web. To add some extra flavor to this week’s edition, the fellas and I are co-curating The Playlist under the theme of “art and good music as soul food.”“Soul food is eternal,” producer 9th Wonder says.

In light of the ongoing protests demanding racial justice across the nation, Leon Bridges stopped by The Late Late Show With James Corden on Thursday night (June 18) to perform his timely track "Sweeter" with Terrace Martin and Robert Glasper.

John Legend and Alicia Keys are staging a piano-off as part of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s latest Verzus battle on Friday (June 19, 2020).After a series of rap battles and reggae stand-offs between hitmakers in recent weeks, Beatz’s wife Alicia and Legend are going head to head as part of the live stream initiative.The show starts at 5 pm ET and fans can tune in on John and Alicia’s Instagram pages.Meanwhile, Common, and his August Greene bandmates, Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins, will lead a host of stars performing a Juneteenth livestream gig.Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Special marks the 155th anniversary of the day slavery was abolished in America.Hosted by radio presenter Charlamagne tha God, the show begins at 8 pm ET on