MTV News is back in the form of Blonde Records Music News, powered by your friends at Left Bank Magazine.

In this week’s episode we go global with rising hip hop artist from Mumbai, Lil Malai. We guarantee you will fall in love with this volcano of art. Entertainment lawyer, Mike Lawrence is back to tell us about the Liberty Media acquisition of iHeart, Sam Sumpter from Bands Do BK gives us her quick picks for the week, which include some real summer bops like Jon the Guilt’s ‘Caroline’ and Tropic’s ‘Secret’.

We’re also obsessed with Adeline, Forever Honey, and Jelly Kelly’s new music video! M the Myth does a Real Housewives level of drama-worthy shout out segment for our favorite News community members, and the show is dedicated to our hero, John Lewis, who said something all indie artists can take to heart, “Be bold. Be brave. Be courageous. Go for it.”

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