T he hit man called himself Mr. Perfect. He had been given the list. He wanted the easiest one first. He’d also need a getaway car, a fake ID, and a place to drop the gun. The man who hired him went by Mero Wero. He said he would take …

Brenton Wood, the soul singer behind 1967 hit single “The Oogum Boogum Song” and who formed his own record label in the Seventies, has died at the age of 83. Wood’s death was confirmed by his manager and assistant, Manny Gallegos, who toldVariety that the artist died from natural causes …

When Katy Perry spoke to Rolling Stone in 2022, she said, “If it weren’t for drag queens, I probably wouldn’t have a career. I probably learned everything from them.” On Friday night, the pop star gave back to the drag community as she appeared as the guest judge of the …

Nicki Minaj is facing a new lawsuit from a former assistant who claims the “Super Bass” artist smacked him in the face at a concert venue in Detroit last April. In his 10-page complaint filed Friday in Los Angeles, plaintiff Brandon Jovan Garrett claims he was working for Minaj as …

It’s been months sinceKendrick Lamarignited a firestorm by taking aim at Drake and J. Colewith his verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s“Like That” in the spring of 2024. The feud saw the rappers sling vitriol in the form of several diss tracks —with Cole momentarily joining the mix with “7 …

The U.S. soldier found dead in a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside theTrump International Hotelin Las Vegas left a note suggesting the incident was a “stunt” meant as a “wakeup call” to the country, investigators said. During a new briefing on Friday afternoon, police said that they had found a …

A New York woman who claims Diplo shared sexually explicit videos of her without her consent must use her real name instead of a Jane Doe pseudonym if she wants to proceed with her “revenge porn” lawsuit filed against the famous DJ last June. In a ruling this week, U.S. …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Awards season is officially here, with the Golden Globes kicking off a three-month stint of ceremonies that lead up to the 97th Academy Awards in March. Now, Mattel …

A 22-year-old who pleaded guilty to stealing and selling unreleased music by artists like Coldplay and Shawn Mendes was sentenced to 21 months in prison, the BBC reports. Skylar Dalziel was accused of hacking cloud storage accounts linked to various artists and then selling the stolen tracks on the dark …

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta, whose platforms are already flooded with AI-generated content, recently floated an idea to make the problem even worse: letting users create bot characters in their AI Studio that would then become functional “users” of these sites themselves, appearing to have their own accounts that engage …