Over 70 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experiencewere quietly removed from Spotify on Friday, adding yet another development in the ongoing debate over whether the streaming giant is responsible for monitoring misinformation and harmful content posted to its platform. Among the episodes removed include interviews with Amy Schumer, Marc Maron, …
Read More »Bill Cosby Won't Have to Answer Possibly 'Incriminating' Questions in Sex Assault Suit
UPDATE (2/11/2022): A Los Angeles judge has granted Bill Cosby the right to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege and refuse to answer probing deposition questions posed by Judy Huth, the woman suing the comedian with claims he sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974 when she was 15 …
Read More »New Emails Suggest Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Was Communicating With Ron DeSantis — For Some Strange Reason
Emails obtained by government watchdog group American Oversight suggest that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been in regular contact with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The June 2021 emails, reported by Politico on Friday, were sent by conservative activist Ginni Thomas to someone in the DeSantis administration requesting that the …
Read More »Fox News Is Short-Circuiting Over … Americans Getting Jobs
Fox News‘ drive to cast President Biden as a job-killing socialist took a hit on Friday when the January jobs report revealed the economy has added 467,000 jobs since the start of the year, despite Covid-19 cases spiking as the Omicron variant continues to spread. “We created 467,000 jobs in …
Read More »Kanye West Is Big Mad That Kim Kardashian, North West Are Posting TikToks Against His Will
UPDATE: Kanye West fired back at Kim Kardashian as the estranged couple continued to spar online over a TikTok video featuring their daughter, North. “What do you mean by main provider?” West wrote on Instagram, questioning Kardashian’s claim in her note that she was serving as the “main provider and …
Read More »'Jeen-Yuhs': Netflix Shares New Trailer for Very Humble Kanye West Doc Trilogy
Two weeks before the streaming premiere of Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, Netflix has shared the latest trailer for the in-depth, decades-spanning documentary about the rapper. “Act 1” of the three-part series arrives Feb. 16, and the two-minute preview covers much of the ground that will feature in the debut episode, …
Read More »Listen: Megan Thee Stallion Promotes Hot Cheetos With New Song 'Flamin' Hottie'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Megan Thee Stallion is a “bag of Flamin’ Hot chips” in her latest song, ‘Flamin’ Hottie’ — yes, that’s a reference to Frito-Lay’s products. The new track, promoting …
Read More »The Trap Becomes a Retirement Home for 2 Chainz on 'Dope Don't Sell Itself'
Ten years ago, Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz made it big with mainstream trap production, luxurious rhymes about champagne on airplanes, and non-sequitur punchlines. Chainz was a rapper who could out-rap legends, but his music wasn’t necessarily expansive: There wasn’t the flurry of topics, motifs, sequences, or tics you’d get from …
Read More »Jennifer Lopez and Maluma Have Real Musical Chemistry on the 'Marry Me' Soundtrack
Marry Me is a fun, gaudy rom-com with a fun, gaudy soundtrack, successfully tapping the distinct musical styles of the film’s co-stars, Jennifer Lopez and Maluma, who perform together and solo throughout the LP. As Lopez put it to Billboard, “You can’t have a movie about two pop stars who …
Read More »Caroline Spence and Matt Berninger Are Brooding, Intimate on New Collab 'I Know You Know Me'
Nashville singer-songwriter Caroline Spence offers a meditation on intimacy with the National’s Matt Berninger in “I Know You Know Me.” The new collaboration follows Spence’s 2019 album Mint Condition. Built around a set of thick acoustic guitar chords, “I Know You Know Me” is heavy on atmosphere and gradually brings …
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