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The “Snowfall” spinoff pilot at FX has added three series regulars, Variety has learned exclusively.

Asante Blackk, Peyton Alex Smith, and Simmie Sims III have all joined the pilot alongside previously announced leads and original series alums Gail Bean and Isaiah John. Variety exclusively reported on the pilot order in March. While Bean and John will be reprising their roles from “Snowfall,” exact character details for the other three are being kept under wraps.

The official logline for the pilot states, “Set in 90s Los Angeles soon after the end of the original series, a recovering addict (Bean) strives to take West Coast rap mainstream despite potential infighting from a harrowing gang war.”

Blackk is best known for his role in the critically-acclaimed Ava DuVernay limited series “When They See Us” at Netflix, for which he earned an Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in a limited series or movie.

Pharrell Williams is launching a new podcast company, OTHERtoneMedia, and will spearhead the network’s first show, OTHERtonewith Pharrell, Scott, and Fam-Lay, which is set to premiere December 7th, with new episodes available every Monday.

OTHERtone is spun-off from Pharrell’s Beats 1 Radio show, which he co-hosted with Scott Vener — a music supervisor for shows like Ballers, Entourage, and How to Make It In America — who will follow Pharrell to the new series. Fam-Lay (born Nathaniel Johnson), the show’s third co-host, is an artist, manager, and media exec, whose...

In Rolling Stone‘s series At Work, we go behind the curtain with decision-makers across the fast-changing music business — exploring a range of responsibilities, burgeoning ideas, advice for industry newcomers, and more. Read earlier interviews here.

Jaime Zeluck-Hindlin had traversed the music industry, working for a major record label, talent agency, and high-profile film and TV music supervisor, before finally landing her dream gig as a music publishing A&r. But then, she had her most transformative experience — nearly dying, three years ago, while giving birth to her daughter Kate.

Apparently, Michael Jackson once totally pulled a Lisa Marie on Pharrell Williams! In comments made on Scott Vener's Apple Music's Beats 1 radio show OTHERtone, which airs this Sunday, the 42-year-old "Happy" singer-songwriter and The Voice coach talked about his first face-to-face meeting with the late King of Pop, who appeared to be rather busy with someone else at the time. "We get into the trailer. It's a two-story trailer. The trailer has stairs, Ok? The assistant comes in, like, 'You guys can have a seat.' So we sit down," Williams said. "He comes in, he's tall, he's standing there, two beautiful women walk in. He kisses...

The boys are back! Drama, Turtle, E, Ari and, of course, Vinnie Chase. And so is Scott Vener. While he may not be one of Vinnie’s entourage, he has set the tone for both the Entourage movie and the HBO series in his role as music supervisor. Entourage creator Doug Ellin, who also wrote, directed and produced the film, made sure that Vener was part of the team that took the TV series to the big screen. “Music has always been an integral part of Entourage and the...

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