Nearly two years years after pulling his music from Spotify due to COVID vaccine misinformation on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Neil Young has decided to stop using X (formerly known as Twitter) because of Elon Musk’s recent antisemitic statements. “We are stopping all use of X that we can control,” Young …
Read More »Move Over Multiverse, Stray Kids Are Entering the 'Megaverse' in New Video
Welcome to the Stray Kids Hot Megaverse. The K-pop group have released the action-packed video for their rap-filled single “Megaverse” from their recently-released mini-album Rock-Star. The video opens with the group — comprising Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N — being watched by a security …
Read More »New York's Cannabis Dilemma
New York City has been the epicenter of East Coast cannabis, well before New York State legalized adult-use cannabis on March 31, 2021. The legacy cannabis community, composed of largely Black and Latino individuals, perfected their cultivation and sales strategies over many decades of cannabis prohibition. Legendary strains like NYC …
Read More »Everyone Mourned Snoop Dogg's Smoking Days for Nothing — And He's Laughing His Way to the Bank
And the award for most unserious person on the internet goes to none other than Snoop Dogg. Last week, the rapper sent social media users into a frenzy when he announced: “After much consideration & conversation with my family, I’ve decided to give up smoke,” effectively bringing his reign as …
Read More »How This Viral TikTok Trend Became Linked to a 'Sex Cult'
A marketing group behind one of the most successful TikTok ad campaigns of all time is drawing scrutiny for its alleged ties to NXIVM, the so-called “sex cult” once led by Keith Raniere in upstate New York. Geoffrey Goldberg and Evan Horowitz are the married co-founders of Movers+Shakers, a Brooklyn-based …
Read More »'Nothing Like This Has Been Attempted Before': Behind the Buena Vista Social Club Musical
Cuba is roughly 1,300 miles away, but in a rehearsal space in downtown Manhattan, it doesn’t feel all that far. Cradling their percussion instruments, horns, and guitars, a ten-piece band of musicians, some from Latin America, preparing to play a sinuous piece of son Cubano, as a theater crew — …
Read More »It's Time to Take 25% Off the Rolling Stone Shop As Part of Our Big Black Friday Sale
Rolling Stone’s big Black Friday sale is back, offering up some covet-worthy pieces from the magazine’s shop — all at discounted prices. The sale starts today, Nov. 20th, online at shop.rollingstone.com and gets you 25% off on Rolling Stone’s collection of branded apparel and accessories. You can take advantage of …
Read More »Dolly Parton Updates Her Classic 'Jolene' for Her Rock & Roll Era
Dolly Parton couldn’t wait more than a weekend to start expanding her new rock album, Rockstar, quipping on Instagram yesterday, “Surprise! Did you all think I was done?” As part of the “download exclusive version” of the album, Parton has tacked on two extra tracks: A new rendition of her …
Read More »André 3000's Flute Record is A Breath of Fresh Incense
There have been hundreds upon hundreds of ambient music albums released this year, but there’s only one released by an elite-tier rapper with a 13-times-Platinum record under his overalls. In the 16 years since the tectonic-shifting Outkast went on hiatus, fans of the duo’s André 3000 have been clamoring for …
Read More »'Scott Pilgrim Takes Off': Inside an Animated Spinoff for the Ages
This post contains spoilers for Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, which is currently streaming on Netflix. The first episode of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off seems designed to make even the most passionate fans of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic books — or the cult classic film Edgar Wright made from them — …
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