If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Jon George and several members of the Rüfüs Du Solteam are camped out in a suite of the Hotel El Ganzo in San José del Cabo, Mexico, in …
Read More »Jason Aldean Alludes to Boston Marathon Bombing While Defending 'Try That in a Small Town'
Jason Aldean brought his “Try That in Small Town” to another big city Saturday — this time, Boston, Massachusetts — with the singer using a three-minute diatribe prior to the song’s performance to try and thread a needle between his controversial song and the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. “I was …
Read More »Trump Lawyer: He Could've Deleted Mar-a-Lago Tapes If He Really Wanted To
Former President Donald Trump has been charged with obstructing Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago documents investigation by allegedly trying to get security footage deleted after authorities requested it. Yet according to Trump lawyer and spokesperson Alina Habba, there was no obstruction because it’s “common sense” that Trump could’ve easily had …
Read More »Twitter (or X) Restores Kanye West's (or Ye's) Account After 8-Month Ban
Eight months after Kanye West was banished from Twitter, the rapper’s now-X account was quietly reactivated this weekend. “Something special coming soon,” Musk tweeted (xeeted?) Saturday, without elaboration. In what may be a coincidence or indeed that special something, Ye’s account was reactivated hours later. Most of the offending Dec. …
Read More »Ramaswamy Dismisses Trump's Alleged Obstruction as Just a 'Process Crime'
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Sunday reacted to the new charges brought against Donald Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith in the Mar-a-Lago documents case by insisting that the “process crimes” Trump is accused of aren’t serious enough to warrant a conviction. On CNN State of the Union, Ramaswamy …
Read More »Turnpike Troubadours' Evan Felker Singing With Jason Isbell Is the Collab You Need to See
Okemah, Oklahoma, native Evan Felker plus Jason Isbell’s “King of Oklahoma” equals an only-at-Newport moment. On Saturday, the Turnpike Troubadours leader joined Isbell and the 400 Unit onstage during their Newport Folk Festival main-stage set to sing lead on both verses of “King of Oklahoma,” a highlight of Isbell’s latest …
Read More »See Eminem Serve as Terence Crawford's Hype Man Ahead of Title Fight
For the second time this month, Eminem made a surprise appearance at a packed arena that wasn’t one of his own concerts. Two weeks after popping up onstage at Ed Sheeran’s concert at Detroit’s Ford Field, Slim Shady was in Las Vegas to walk boxer Terence Crawford to the ring …
Read More »Weight Watchers Is Pivoting to Ozempic. Influencers Aren't Following
Since Ozempic first went from drug newcomer to viral superstar, the semaglutide injectable has been hailed as an advancement for pharmaceutical brands, wellness treatments, telehealth companies, endocrinologist plans, bariatric therapy, and most major health-related enterprises. Now, the weight loss industry wants in. In March, popular weight loss program WeightWatchers acquired …
Read More »Building a Hip-Hop Canon: Author Kiana Fitzgerald on Her New Book
Recognition of hip-hop‘s 50th anniversary has been in full force throughout 2023, but writer Kiana Fitzgerald’s celebration started almost a year early, in February 2022. That’swhen she began crafting Ode to Hip-Hop, out now on Running Press. Her debut book chronicles “50 albums that define 50 years of trailblazing music,” …
Read More »They Sold Porn Star Bathwater and Just Made the Year's Scariest Movie
There have been quite a few horror movies of late that center around influencers and YouTubers, and, with some exceptions, they mostly suck. Maybe it’s because the protagonist is always yelling in that trademark “YouTube” voice. Maybe it’s that the found footage oeuvre could use a serious overhaul. Or maybe …
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