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  Jessica Simpson and the Erasure of the Dumb Blonde Era

  February 25 at 4 a.m.

  According to the Chinese zodiac, 2020 is the Year of the Rat, a time of wealth and abundance. It’s also shaping up to be a time of redemption and retrospection for North Texas megastar Jessica Simpson, who joins power blondes Taylor Swift and Paris Hilton in setting their demure (dare...

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  ‘Brave’ Local Singer-Songwriter Comes Out as Genre-Fluid *

  February 25 at 4 a.m.

  In a move many critics are referring to as daring and cavalier, local singer-songwriter Connor Overton announced that he is genre-fluid. “I don’t adhere to the genre binary,” he declared Monday night at a Garland Central Library open mic event. “People like to pigeonhole me into either folk or rock,...

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  Erykah Badu Celebrated Her Birthday with 4,300 of Her Closest Friends

  February 24 at 4:58 a.m.

  This past Saturday night, Erykah Badu was scheduled to perform as part of her annual birthday celebration. And the legendary singer is usually so legendarily late, that she made a post on social media the day of the show warning those who expected a late entrance that she wouldn't be...

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  Which Hip-Hop Acts Will Play This Year’s JMBLYA Festival? Here Are Our Predictions

  February 24 at 4 a.m.

  Since its inception in 2013, Texas hip-hop festival JMBLYA (pronounced “jambalaya”) has hosted a wide array of heavy-hitters and A-listers, such as Travis Scott, J. Cole, Chance the Rapper, Post Malone, Migos, G-Eazy, Tyler, the Creator, Lil Wayne and others. The festival has become notorious for its star-studded and cutting-edge...

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  The 10 Best Concerts of the Week: Eagles, Marc Anthony, LOAFERS and More

  February 24 at 4 a.m.

  If you stay in too much this week, you're going to miss some badass shows. Like most Mondays, The Funky Knuckles will be taking over Three Links. Then, at Eastbound and Down Icehouse, LOAFERS will share a bill with The Go Go Rillas. But if you're in Deep Ellum that night, you...

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  Music News: Primus, John Cusack and Korn Highlight This Week’s Concert Announcements

  February 21 at 4 a.m.

  This week's batch of local concert announcements finds another solid collection of performers coming this way. There's a top-notch tribute performance, a tastefully curated collection of country-folk artists huddled in Grand Prairie and a couple of acts returning to the road after lengthy hiatuses. Read on for the details. Primus...