If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Beats has come a long way since being purchased by Apple in 2014, offering improved noise-canceling and sound quality that makes their headphones and earbuds competitive with their …

The Department of Homeland Security has moved to forcibly reassign a subset of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), threatening them with termination if they do not agree. According to an email obtained by The American Prospect, a “select” number of probationary employees at …

The U.S. Treasury Department has accused Mexican rapper El Makabelico of using his concert and streaming revenue to launder money for a cartel. On Wednesday, the government agency announced sanctions on the musician, born Ricardo Hernandez Medrano, for allegedly being a “prominent associate” of Cartel del Noreste. In a Wednesday …

The future of the BET Hip Hop Awards and Soul Train Music Awards is in limbo. In a recent interview with Billboard, BET CEO Scott Mills confirmed that the two staple awards ceremonies will not return for the foreseeable future as the company works to reconfigure its place amid changes …

Folks have been talking about the dissolution of the album format for years now, as streaming culls out singles and embeds them in appropriately themed playlists. The experience of listening to an LP in order has become kind of a novelty for some – the cohesion of each song bleeding …

Uber customers reported a significantly higher number of alleged sexual assaults or instances of sexual harassment than the company publicly disclosed for a recent six-year period, and executives at the ride-sharing app pulled back on plans for a women-matching safety program after Donald Trump’s election, according to a new report. …

The Department of Health and Human Services has announced that it will be ending its mRNA vaccine development program, and former Surgeon General Jerome Adams is warning that “this move is going to cost lives.” In a video released on Tuesday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Legacy watchmaker Bulova (famously worn by Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley) is paying tribute to another musical icon in a big way. The brand has just launched a …

Shane Tamura, the 27-year-old who died by suicide after shooting four people at a Manhattan office building last month, had a history of mental health issues, concussion-related symptoms, and run-ins with the police, according to a new batch of documents released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The documents …

Picture this: A relationship pulverizes your heart into such itty-bitty fragments, it honest-to-God feels like you’re never going to recover or have feelings for anyone ever again. But rather than wallow, you pour everything into a riotous, infectiously catchy song with a loud, careening chorus where you call your ex …