Killer Mike‘s sixth solo album, 2023’sMichael,represented a new type of prestige rap release. Released 24 years after a debut verse on an album no less auspicious than Outkast’s Stankonia, this was a veteran artist taking stock, vividly drawing the lines between the struggling kid and the grateful, repentant adult. Over …

It’s taken a year since it was announced, but Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’ adaptation of The Warriors is finally headed to Coney Island. But instead of stopping at Broadway — like you might expect from the Hamilton creator and Davis, who was a Pulitzer finalist for her play Bulrusher …

Wrongfully imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and two others have been released by Russian authorities in a multinational prisoner swap with President Joe Biden’s administration. The United States secured the freedom of Gershkovich, Whelan, Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, and U.S. resident Vladimir Kara-Muza. “The deal that …

Metro Boomin launched a grant program for single mother non-profit organizations this week, the superstar producer announced, kicking off in conjunction with the start of his We Trust You North America Tour with Future in Kansas City on Tuesday. The new program, called the Leslie Joanne Single Moms Are Superheroesgrant …

The judges slot that Katy Perry left vacant upon her departure from American Idol has been filled with a familiar face. Carrie Underwood, who won the fourth season of the series nearly two decades ago, will join Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan as a judge on the upcoming season premiering …

Five weeks after the three major record labels filed filed lawsuits against A.I. music startups Suno and Udio, accusing them of “trampling the rights of copyright owners,” Suno fired back Thursday in a legal filing, acknowledging that they trained their music-generating model on copyrighted music — while insisting that doing …

Soccer Mommy will ring in the fall season with the new album Evergreen, out Oct. 25 via Loma Vista Recordings. Sophie Allison previewed the record with the stunner “M.” Similar to her previous single “Lost,” the track shows Allison grappling with grief over stark chords and an uplifting, almost hopeful …

When we first meet Pip, the teenage heroine of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, her nose is buried in a copy of Jane Eyre while her friends try to buy booze at the local corner store using a fake ID. These are the activities that seem suitable for someone …

Donald Trump chose J.D. Vance as his running mate largely as a signal of confidence in his own ability to retake the White House, but in the days following the Republican National Convention, Vance’s record has acted as anvil for the campaign — and a magnifying glass for concerns about …

Snoop Dogg and Queen Elizabeth, BFF? In a recent interview with England’s Capital FM, held during afternoon tea at London’s Mandarin Oriental, the rapper reflected on his long-time connection to Queen Elizabeth II. “I’ll go by the palace, see if they let me in,”Snoop told interviewer Jordan North during the …