It took Bella Poarch and Grimes five days before they were ready — really, 100% ready — to slap the shit out of each other. (Well, at least on camera.) “I was scared of getting hit in the face,” says Poarch, the social media queen and rising pop star. Then …

Paul Ryder, the founding bassist of the “Madchester” band Happy Mondays, died at the age of 58. Paul’s brother Shaun Ryder, the group’s lead singer, announced the bassist’s death Friday on social media. No cause of death was provided. “The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened …

President Joe Biden greeted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a fist bump at the entrance to Al Salam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The two leaders are beginning a series of meetings through which the Biden administration hopes to improve relations between the two countries, particularly in …

William “Poogie” Hart, the lead singer and songwriter for the celebrated Philadelphia soul outfit the Delfonics, has died. He was 77. Hart’s son, Hadi, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, saying the singer died from complications during surgery on Thursday, July 14. “His music touched millions, continues to touch millions,” …

Gemini Rights feels like the product of a grand jam session, and is, in fact, Steve Lacy’s most collaborative solo effort to date. Lacy is, as a guitarist and producer, one of the driving forces behind R&B outfit the Internet. He’s also a highly sought-after musical thought partner to several …

Brittney Griner’s lawyers told a Russian court that the WNBA star was prescribed medical cannabis at the latest hearing for Griner’s drug possession trial on Friday. Griner wasdetained at a Moscow-area airport for having vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage, resulting in the drug smuggling charges. However, during …

Jamaican artist Skillibeng is looking to breathe new life into dancehall. He recently caught the attention of Nicki Minaj, who remixed his song “Crocodile Teeth” on her recent reissue of Beam Me Up Scotty. Now, the 25-year-old joins Rolling Stone for an episode of On Your Radar. “By the beat …

Eminem’s daughter, Hailie Jade Mathers, is launching a new podcast, and she gives a not-so-subtle nod to her father in the show’s title, Just a Little Shady. Mathers announced the new show earlier this week, and the first episode is set to drop today, July 15, at 3 p.m. ET …

Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, appears to have paid the far-right platform Gab for followers. An investigation by Huffpost found that new accounts on the website automatically follow Doug Mastriano, exponentially increasing his follower count since he paid $5,000 in “consulting” fees to the platform in …

More than a decade after actress Jenny Slate’s one-eyed, talking seashell became a YouTube sensation, the beloved character is back, this time on the big screen. Slate joined Rolling Stone on Twitch to discuss Marcel the Shell With Shoes On. Marcel is voiced by Slate in the Dean Fleischer-Camp directed …