If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. One answer to energy shortages was above us all along, and now solar panels have become commonplace and affordable enough for everyone to have one either in their …

Too $hort performed for NPR’s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” series, showcasing seven tracks from his catalogue. The performance, part of Tiny Desk’s Black History Month celebration, opened with the Oakland rapper’s 1990 single, “The Ghetto.” Watch the set here. “How many artists you know that got relevant records in five …

UPDATE (2/18/2022): DaBaby says the bowling alley battery lawsuit filed against him by DaniLeigh’s brother shows he was set up and should not face criminal charges. The rapper’s lawyer, Drew Findling, says in a statement to Rolling Stone that Brandon Bills, the plaintiff in the civil action, had a history …

Lil Peep’s mom scored a legal victory Wednesday when a judge upheld her negligence and wrongful death claims against her son’s record label and the tour manager who was traveling with the emo rapper when he overdosed and died on a bus in Arizona four years ago. At a court …

An internal watchdog for the Interior Department released a report Wednesday revealing repeated lapses of ethical behavior by Ryan Zinke, the department’s former secretary under Donald Trump. Zinke broke federal ethics rules on more than one occasion by participating in real estate negotiations with developers, as well as with the …

Exclusive releases from Taylor Swift, Foo Fighters, U2, Kacey Musgraves, and the Rolling Stones headline this year’s Record Store Day, invading independent shops nationwide on April 23. Swift — who serves as this year’s Record Store Day Global Ambassador — has a pair of releases planned: In addition to her …

NBA commissioner Adam Silver criticized the New York City mandate that prevents unvaccinated athletes on area teams — specifically the Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving — from playing in home games, yet allows unvaccinated players on visiting teams to take the court at the city’s arenas. “This law in New York, …

Tomberlin goes full cottagecore in the video for “Happy Accident,” the first taste of her upcoming album ‘I Don’t Know Who Needs to Hear This…’ The black-and-white clip opens in the woods, while a message about magic once ruling the forest scrolls across the screen. Sarah Beth Tomberlin enters behind …

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in a Wordle world. Ever since the popular spelling game came through in October 2021 and crushed the buildings, everyone’s suddenly more obsessed with taking over blocks than The Wire kingpin Avon Barksdale. It’s a quick rise that makes particular sense for the …

Figure skater Kamila Valieva controversially took the ice Tuesday for the women’s single short program at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, despite the 15-year-old Russian’s positive test for a banned substance days earlier. Valieva’s presence in the event drew the ire of NBC commentators and former figure skaters Tara Lipinski and …