The Puerto Rican rapper Ankhal started 2022 with unbeatable momentum. He’d burst onto the music scene just a few years before and had attracted fans at breakneck speed, becoming known across the industry for his dangerous, unapologetically explicit rhymes about street life, delivered in his distinct, throaty baritone. He’d collaborated …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. A lavish speakeasy tucked into the back of a pastrami shop in Barcelona has taken home the title of “The World’s Best Bar of 2022.” Paradiso, located in …

Conservatives last month were upset that the woke elite in Hollywood cast Halle Bailey, who is Black, to play Ariel in a live-action reboot of The Little Mermaid. They’re now upset that Velma, the Scooby Doo character long believed to be queer, is actually being portrayed as queer in the …

Pamela Anderson plans to retrace her steps from a “painful” youth to wild times at the Playboy mansion in a “raw and unfiltered” new memoir, the Baywatch star announced on Wednesday. ‘It feels like some kind of miracle,” Anderson wrote in an Instagram post. “I repainted scenes in detail if …

On Monday, Kanye West debuted the Yeezy Season 9 collection to an invite-only crowd of celebrities and insiders at Paris Fashion Week. During the show, he unveiled a t-shirt bearing a photo of Pope John Paul II on the front and, inexplicably, the phrase “White Lives Matter” on the back. …

Most bands wouldn’t dare give their new album the same name as a 2016 blockbuster starring Ryan Gosling, but Guided by Voices have never been most bands. “La La Land” was a phrase before Faye Dunaway mistakenly said the film won Best Picture at the 2017 Oscars, and Robert Pollard …

Lucero give a heavy dose of punk-rock attitude in the new song “One Last F.U.,” the Memphis band’s first offering from their new album. That project, Should’ve Learned by Now, is due Feb. 24 and follows the 2021 album When You Found Me. Kicking off with hard-rock riffs and copious …

Santa Claus may famously double-check his lengthy nice list, but no matter how many times he glances over it, he won’t find his own name. In the trailer for upcoming action-packed holiday flick Violent Night, David Harbour’s take on the beloved Christmas character is more combative than cheerful. Directed by …

Michelle Obama has recruited a star-studded collection of celebrity moderators to join her upcoming book tour in support of The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, set for release on Nov. 15. The 13-date tour (find tickets here) will feature appearances from varying guests for each Live Nation-produced event, …

Lizzo must be exhausted. Each week she’s the subject of a new uproar, and last week’s was truly one for the books. After years of establishing her flute skills, playing the instrument is one of her big party tricks. So of course the Library of Congress took the opportunity to …