The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that race-based affirmative action in college admissions is unconstitutional. The decision is a crippling blow to higher-learning institutions looking to combat systemic racism and cultivate a diverse student body. Michelle Obama released a powerful response in which she recounted her own experience as a …

UPDATE: A grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against Scott and others. Read more here. A grand jury in Texas is weighing possible criminal charges against Travis Scott and others over the crowd crush at the Astroworld Fest in Nov. 2021 that left 10 people dead and thousands injured. …

Still crying over your cans of Bud Light? Well, that’s too bad, because TikTok star and trans actress Dylan Mulvaney wants the right-wing media —and Bud Light — to know that no amount of backlash will stop her from fighting for her community. Best known for her viral TikTok series …

A new album from J Hus will arrive in just a couple of weeks. On Thursday, the British rap star revealed that he’ll drop his 19-track LP Beautiful and Brutal Yard on July 14, featuring collabs with Jorja Smith and Burna Boy, among others. The upcoming project is set to …

In the span of less than a week, the bluegrass community was rocked to its core: Jesse McReynolds and Bobby Osborne, two pioneering voices and musicians of the “high, lonesome sound,” died within mere days of each other. McReynolds died June 23 at 93, while four days later, Osborne died …

Peso Pluma is bringing his tuba-backed corrido hits on the road this summer. Three months after revealing the dates of his first-ever tour across the U.S. to Rolling Stone, the Música Mexican rising star announced new shows and larger venues for his time on the road after several stops sold …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. So you’ve thought long and hard (or not) about your next (or first!) tattoo design and found a pro artist to get the job done — now it’s …

Young Thug’s new album Business is Business dropped last week, and, as usual with an A-list rap release, the music isn’t the only thing making headlines. Thug’s third studio album, which debuted at number 2 on the charts, is his first full-length release while incarcerated and awaiting trial on the …

Madonna‘s famous friends (and fans) are thinking of her! On Wednesday, the singer’s manager Guy Oseary announced that the singer was in recovery after suffering from a “serious bacterial infection” that required her to stay in the ICU. By Thursday afternoon, a source told Rolling Stone that the singer was …

Timothée Chalamet‘s Paul Atreides seeds a revolution and, more importantly, rides the worm in the latest trailer for Dune: Part Two, director Denis Villeneuve’s epic take on the classic sci-fi novel. While the second installment’s first trailer in May gave brief glimpses of the film’s cast additions — including Florence …