This year, J. Cole gave rap fans the opportunity to wade into nostalgia. His new podcast series, Inevitable, recollects the first chapter of his career, and he’s spent the past few weeks re-releasing his early mixtapes to DSPs. Later this month, he’ll take the stage at Madison Square Garden for …

Outside of playing in Guns N’ Roses, lead guitarist Slash and bassist-vocalist Duff McKagan have long championed mental health organizations. For Giving Tuesday, they’ve teamed with Cesar Gueikian, CEO of instrument maker Gibson, for a new single, “I Can Breathe,” which will raise money for the National Alliance on Mental …

As we approach 2025, I’ve been reflecting on my personal goals and the areas I want to improve. Setting meaningful goals for the new year is like crafting a roadmap for the life we envision. For me, the focus falls into three key areas: health and fitness, career and personal …

Eminem’s mother, Debbie Nelson, with whom the rapper had a complicated, often contentious relationship, has died. She was 69. Dennis Dennehy, Eminem’s longtime representative, confirmed Nelson’s death to Rolling Stone. A cause of death was not immediately available. Nelson gave birth to Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers), her eldest son, …

Republican senators don’t seem too worried about all of the damning reporting emerging about Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth. “They’re throwing disparaging remarks at someone who has earned a great deal of credibility. Are soldiers sometimes wild childs? Yeah, that can happen,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) told NBC News …

Six weeks after Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug pleaded out of his gang and racketeering conspiracy case in Atlanta, his two remaining co-defendants were acquitted of murder charges Tuesday, ending the longest-running criminal trial in Georgia state history. Deamonte “Yak Gotti” Kendrick was found not guilty of all six charges he …

Kendrick Lamar and SZA will hit the road together next year, playing stadiums across North America on their Grand National Tour. The trek will kick off April 19 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, continue through May, and wrap June 18 at Northwest Stadium in Washington, D.C. Along the way, …

Goo Goo Dolls have postponed their shows in South Africa after singer John Rzeznik was hospitalized with pneumonia. Reznik announced the news in a video from his hospital bed, apologizing for the sudden change in plans. “I’m truly sorry that I cannot be there, but I wound up going to …

Donald Trump’s decision to appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department is an alarming choice, given Kennedy’s fringe medical views and history of making misleading and often incorrect statements about health matters. Making things worse, the president-elect has opted to surround RFK Jr. with …

Hannah Kobayashi was declared a “voluntary missing person” after a video emerged of her crossing the U.S. border into Mexico on foot several weeks ago. The Los Angeles Police Department announced the reclassification and development at a news conference on Monday, Dec. 2 (via the Los Angeles Times). “We reviewed …