UPDATE (6/22): Slipknot’s Corey Taylor has added an additional run of shows to his CMFTour later this summer. The leg will kick off August 6th at the House of Blues in Las Vegas and wrap August 19th at Sculpture Park in Denver. The Cherry Bombs will provide support throughout the …
Read More »Lorde Announces New Album 'Solar Power,' Details World Tour
Lorde will release her long-awaited third album, Solar Power, on August 20th via Republic Records. The album announcement arrives a couple of weeks after Lorde released the album’s title track, which marked her first new music since the arrival of her last record, 2017’s Melodrama. Lorde co-wrote and produced “Solar …
Read More »Mark Ronson Says Therapy Helped Him Deal With Being a Workaholic
Mark Ronson appeared on podcast “Out of Office with Rick Kleinman” to discuss his career, as well how “a lot of therapy” has helped him to have healthier relationships and work less. Ronson sat down with host Rich Kleiman, Co-Founder of ThirtyFive Ventures alongside Kevin Durant (and Ronson’s former business …
Read More »See Busta Rhymes' Reflective 'Deep Thought' Video
Busta Rhymes has shared the reflective new video for “Deep Thought,” the latest single from 2020’s Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God, the rapper’s first LP in over 11 years. Set in a dimly lit penthouse apartment overlooking New York City, Rhymes ruminates on his career and his …
Read More »'Space Jam: A New Legacy' Soundtrack Wants To Be as Iconic as the Original
When director Malcolm D. Lee thinks of the soundtrack to the original Space Jam, he sees a cultural turning point. “It came at a time when soundtracks for movies were just exploding, particularly when it came to African-American music — hip-hop and R&B,” he says. “So I would say that …
Read More »Rick James Outfunks His Rivals in First Clip From New Doc 'Bitchin”
A new documentary, Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James, will explore the lows, highs, and very highs of the funk icon’s life story. A clip from the film, which premiered during the Tribeca Film Fest and will get a wide release on an unspecified date via Showtime, focuses …
Read More »WondaGurl, a.k.a. Ebony Oshunrinde — Future 25
This story appears in Rolling Stone‘s 2021 Future of Music issue, a special project delving into the next era of the multibillion-dollar hitmaking business. Read the other stories here. At 24 years old, Canadian producer Ebony Oshunrinde — better known as WondaGurl — has built a career most music-business veterans …
Read More »Mexican Police Find Thousands of Bone Fragments at Suspected Serial Killer's Home
Mexican authorities may have stumbled upon a particularly gruesome serial killer, after he allegedly chose a police officer’s spouse as his latest victim. On May 15th, according to the Associated Press, a police commander in Mexico City went looking for his wife after she failed to come home from a …
Read More »Trump DOJ Sought WH Counsel's Records in Same Time Period It Went After Democrats' Data, Report Says
Former White House counsel Don McGahn was informed by Apple that in 2018, before he left the administration, the Justice Department sought digital records belonging to both him and his wife. According to CNN, the DOJ “appears to have accessed” the couple’s records during the same month data from the …
Read More »How North Carolina Rapper Mavi Is Charting His Own Path to Enlightenment
At his leisure, the musician Mavi plays with space and time. The 21-year-old rapper from Charlotte, North Carolina sees storytelling as a way to speak his truth while he’s alive. His latest EP End of the Earth was released to critical praise and marked a significant step towards what could …
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