Donald Trump is calling his top allies in Congress to push for details on their plans for impeaching President Joe Biden and top administration officials, two sources with knowledge of the conversations tell Rolling Stone. Specifically, Trump in recent months has repeatedly asked “how many” times Republicans plan to impeach …
Read More »Trump 'Apologizes' to Matt Gaetz on Behalf of America. America Rolls Its Eyes
In his second rally of the weekend, Donald Trump spewed his typical racism and election lies, but he also issued an apology “on behalf of the country.” The apology was to Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, who for many months was under investigation for alleged sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl, …
Read More »Watch Drake and 21 Savage Stage Fake 'SNL' Performance With Help From Michael B. Jordan
Drake and 21 Savage continued the troll-happy viral press run for their collaborative LP Her Loss Saturday with a faux SNL performance for “On BS,” complete with an introduction from actor Michael B. Jordan. “Ladies and gentlemen, your musical guests this evening, Drake and 21 Savage, performing a song off …
Read More »'This is The Black Caviar of Hip-Hop:' Rick Ross Turns Up With an All Black Orchestra
For Maestro Jason Ikeem Rodgers, the founder and musical director of Orchestra Noir in Atlanta, collaborating with Rick Ross for Red Bull’s global Symphonic series seemed like destiny. The project pairs contemporary musicians with classically trained orchestras, and Rodgers says he grew up on the rapper. When he was younger, …
Read More »'Her Loss' Is A Misfire That Drake Will Hopefully Learn From
In 2006, a 36-year-old Jay-Z made his highly anticipated return to rap music after a brief yet celebrated “retirement.” On Kingdom Come, the self-proclaimed best rapper alive attempted to strike a balance between club anthems and mature reflections. Critical opinion was divided, and rap fans took aim at its closing …
Read More »Meet Quentin Tarantino: Film Critic
Before he was a superstar auteur, a Royale-with-Cheese rock star, the divisive and worshiped motormouth who launched a thousand dissertations and 10 times as many Film Twitter flame wars, Quentin Tarantino was a movie fanatic. It pays to remember this fact — not that the raconteur would ever let you …
Read More »Kanye, Kyrie, and Me
Ronnie Lee refused to eat pork. “Swine,” he said, “was unclean.” My oldest cousin was never particularly religious. In fact, the only time I ever recall Ronnie Lee in the pews of a church was for various family funerals and weddings, where he often came dressed to the nines with …
Read More »Congressman Tells Fox News Viewers: Trumpism 'Parallels' Nazism
Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) went on Fox News and stood behind his comments pointing out the historic “parallels” he sees between the Nazi party in the 1930s and the cult of Donald Trump now. “You’ve repeatedly made comments about Hitler, about Nazism, about Germany in the 1930s in recent years,” …
Read More »Inside the Left's Last Push to Save Itself
When Summer Lee survived her Democratic primary for an open Pittsburgh-area House seat in May, her allies breathed a sigh of relief. Progressive candidates had been struggling to win Democratic primaries as the pro-Israel lobby bombarded them with millions of dollars’ worth of attack ads, eager to punish left-flank candidates …
Read More »Low's Mimi Parker, Whose Otherworldly Vocals Helped Define Slowcore, Dead at 55 After Cancer Battle
Mimi Parker, whose lush soprano vocals and minimalist drumming helped define the “slowcore” band Low, has died following a battle with ovarian cancer. Her husband, Low frontman Alan Sparhawk, confirmed the news on Twitter, “Friends, it’s hard to put the universe into language and into a short message, but… She …
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