YOUR SIZZLING SUMMERTIME PHOTO GALLERY

It's already hot as blazes in much of the land, and these scorching shots of top execs and artists (including Island's Majid and Eshak, Chappell Roan, Kendrick, Dre, Teams iHeart and UTA, Reneé Rapp, Luke Combs, Chris Kappy, Bruce Resnikoff and more) won't help bring the temperature down. We recommend pouring a cold beverage before perusing.

Just What The Dr. Ordered: West Coast royalty Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre duet at Lamar's The Pop Out Juneteenth celebration. Drake couldn't be reached for comment.


"Good Luck" Babes: Island bosses Imran Majid and Justin Eshak pose with fast-rising pop breakout Chappell Roan and her enchanted snout.


Island Boys pt. 2: HITS losers Todd Hensley and Lenny Beer hit the links on a beautiful island somewhere. The tan lines they acquired were not so beautiful.


It's 5 o'clock somewhere: ADA President Cat Kreidich and SVP, Business Operations Samantha Moore work the room at ADA's happy hour during A2IM's annual Indie Week gathering in NYC.


Mesh Shirt Weather: UTA President David Kramer, iHeart Chairman/CEO Bob Pittman, Lenny Kravitz, UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer and iHeart COO/CFO Rich Bressler at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc for the Cannes Lions festival. Later, Bressler played a Stratocaster with his teeth.


El Kappy-tan: Make Wake captain Chris Kappy and Luke Combs put more points on the board.
Later, greeting cards were exchanged.


Soul Mates: UMe boss Bruce Resnikoff with Motown Legends The Temptations at Hitsville U.S.A.
Later, everyone admitted they had no idea what "Detroit-style pizza" actually was.


Buddy Check: radio-friendly friends Bob Catania and Marc Ratner fondly recall the times copies of HITS came in handy—particularly if a table had a wobbly leg.


Live From New York
: Interscope multi-hyphenate Reneé Rapp on the set of SNL with manager Adam Mersel.
Later, they fought off three sketch writers to access the deli tray.

THE HITS LIST TURKEY TROT
...with all the trimmings (11/22a)
AN AWARD-WINNING CMA GALLERY
Cowboy hats and funny caps (11/21a)
NEAR TRUTHS: WITCHING HOUR
It's not easy being green. (11/21a)
NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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