TMZ — Angie Stone says Bruno Mars has a lot of growing up to do, but ain't hard to read between the lines ... she wants him to pay up. We got the R&B singer Thursday in the ATL and asked her about her rap group, The Sequence,… more info

NME — Singer says she's "so sorry" to cancel the performances Dua Lipa performing in 2017 Dua Lipa has been forced to cancel a series of shows supporting Bruno Mars in order to undergo immediate dental surgery. …Continue reading » The post Dua Li... more info

Topix — The 'Finesse' star came under fire as part of a online roundtable discussion, which saw writer Seren Sensei hit out at Mars for appropriating black music. The video quickly ent viral, racking up over 3 million views. more info

Topix — The debate about whether Mars, a non-black artist, actively appropriates black culture is beyond tired-and misses the larger point about institutional racism in music. The conversation about whether Bruno Mars is guilty of "cultural appropriation" be... more info

NME — Many cultural critics leapt to the singer's defence Bruno Mars live Bruno Mars was the subject of heated Twitter discourse this weekend, after he was accused of cultural appropriation. The ‘Finesse’ …Continue reading » The post Bruno Mar... more info

Guardian Music — A growing army of fans for both US stars and UK acts has seen the genre go from corny to cool as 80,000 people attend the C2C festivalKitted out in thrift shop western shirts and Wrangler jeans, with flowing 1970s-style locks and Tom Selleck-style mo... more info

Perez Hilton — Bruno Mars was at the center of controversy this week when he was accused of cultural appropriation for performing music genres some commenters felt didn't belong to his race. A huge number of fans hit back at the notion with some very strong points,... more info

Perez Hilton — ***WARNING: OFFENSIVE CONTENT*** We can't believe we're still hearing about this in 2018. Parents and people everywhere: Do better. Earlier this week, a video circulated around Twitter after two young women — identified by fellow Twitter users as C... more info

Perez Hilton — You may have heard Bruno Mars was accused of cultural appropriation yesterday. No, it wasn't for something he chose to wear or say this week; it was for, well, being Bruno Mars. In a conversation on YouTube show The Grapevine, the 24K Magic singer wa... more info

Guardian Music — As drag queens assemble to stage a Ray of Light cabaret, why does Madonna’s 1998 album inspire such love? A combination of millennial angst and human emotion – that was then destroyed by Britney Spears and Christina AguileraThe year is ... more info