“Here, hold him,” says Lucius’ Jess Wolfe, plopping her 6-month-old son Leo in my lap. I have never held a child during an interview before, but it feels appropriate: There are babies everywhere at the East Nashville home where the band is stationed for the day, also including Mia, the …
Read More »Some Trump Officials Now Fear Elon's 'Burn Book'
It’s been less than a week since the explosive, extremely public breakdown in relations between Donald Trump, the most powerful person on the planet, and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man. Trump and his team have weighed various forms of vengeance against the billionaire for turning on the president and …
Read More »Masked ICE Agents Detain 9-Month-Pregnant U.S. Citizen in L.A. Crackdown
A U.S. citizen in her ninth month of pregnancy was hospitalized with sharp stomach pains after being arrested — and later released — by ICE agents who accused her of obstructing the arrest of her undocumented husband. In an incident that was captured on video, 23-year-old Cary Lopez, her husband, …
Read More »Joan Baez on America Under Trump: 'It Feels Like Torn Fabric'
P ull into the tree-cloaked driveway of Joan Baez’s home south of San Francisco and roam around her house and the first thing you’ll notice are oversize portraits she’s painted of Volodymyr Zelensky, Martin Luther King Jr., Anthony Fauci, Gandhi, and the late congressman John Lewis. For years, Baez would …
Read More »'How to Train Your Dragon': Dorks & Dragons, but Make It Real(ish)
What, you thought Disney had a lock on recycling their old animated films as live-action romps, in the name of milking back-catalog properties and nostalgia-driven fandom? The animation division of the former entertainment-bigwig supergroup known as DreamWorks may not have the deep bench that the Mouse House does, but they’re …
Read More »5 Things We Learned from 'Titan: The OceanGate Disaster'
Stockton Rush, the late CEO of OceanGate who died along with four others when his Titan submersible imploded in June 2023, admired what he called the “big swingin’ dick” energy of fellow businessmen Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. He was obsessed with the Titanic. He had a habit of firing …
Read More »Calum Hood Unseals the Cathartic Confessions of 'Order Chaos Order'
Every few weeks, Calum Hood pulls out his tarot deck and checks in with himself. He prefers the malleability of the cards to any kind of all-seeing clairvoyant. “I had this rant the other day,” the musician tells Rolling Stone over Zoom from Los Angeles. “I’m not big into psychics, …
Read More »It Makes Pitbull 'Very, Very Happy' to See Fans Wearing Bald Caps at His Concerts
Won’t the real Pitbull please stand up? In recent months, fans of Mr. Worldwide have taken to donning bald caps, designer shades, and black suits — just like the 44-year-old rapper himself — while attending Pitbull concerts. Well, the Miami-born rapper has noticed the viral trend, especially on his U.K. …
Read More »'No Kings': Millions to Protest Trump's 'Dictator-Style Birthday Parade'
Even before Donald Trump militarized his crackdown on pro-immigrant protesters in Los Angeles, a massive, nationwide demonstration was in the works for Saturday. The “No Kings” protests on June 14 have been imagined as a peaceful uprising to counter President Trump throwing himself a military parade on his birthday (which …
Read More »Killer Mike Named Atlanta Celebrity Ambassador for 2026 FIFA World Cup
The 2026 World Cup is exactly one year away — and the tournament is kicking off the 365-day countdown in a killer way. On Wednesday, FIFA began to roll out the names of the celebrity ambassadors for each city hosting matches, and Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that Killer Mike …
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