Random Music News for Monday, August 1, 2016

If you’re in Canada, you’re enjoying a holiday with different names in different provinces. Maybe. This is one of those stats when a lot of people still have to work. And now, the music news…

1. Beenie Man has become the first musician to be sidelined from playing a gig because he’s got Zika AND dengue.
2. Kanye West has come for Apple’s Tim Cook. He wants Apple to cut a deal with Tidal.
3. This iPhone case could make you a Pokemon ninja.
4. It used to be that a certain type of woman went gold digging for rock stars. Not anymore.
5. At last count, there are six potential heirs to Prince’s fortune.
6. Concert violinist gets her stolen instrument back after thief tries to pawn it at Cash Converters.
7. How Pixar uses music to ramp up emotion in their films.
8. Snoop Dogg is going to executive produce a new comedy. It’s about weed, of course.
9. An interesting look at the future of radio in the car.
10. Amazon has patented noise-cancelling headphones that know your name. Wait–what?