Drake‘s label, Universal Music Group, is blasting the rapper as a bitter loser who wants his rap battles one-sided. In a new motion to dismiss Drake’s defamation lawsuit against his own label, UMG says the Canadian-born rapper levied his own “vitriolic and incendiary” diss tracks against nemesis Kendrick Lamar before …

If the engagement ring Benny Blanco slipped onto Selena Gomez’s finger in December has sealed his fate as a stay-at-home husband, he considers it to be a pretty good deal. “That’s what I’m praying for,” the producer and songwriter, 37, says over Zoom from their Los Angeles residence. “I like …

Reports of SXSW’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Despite headlines circulating online on Monday suggesting that the music component of the annual festival in Austin, Texas, is all but dead for 2026, organizers tell Rolling Stone that live music will be well-represented next year. “We will be programming music across …

Jenna Ortega, who plays the morbid, death-obsessed student in Wednesday, teased there will be more ghoulish occurrences in the supernatural high school series in a recent interview with Collider. “Visually, I can saywe have some of the most fun we’ve ever had,” Ortega told Collider.“It’s crazy to talk about one …

The Dropkick Murphys spent the weekend leading into St. Patrick’s Day hosting three consecutive shows at MGM Music Hall at Fenway Park in Boston. And in true Irish fashion, the weekend concluded with frontman Ken Casey slamming an attendee who spent the duration of Saturday’s concert holding up the all-black …

Plies officially dropped his copyright lawsuit against Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla, Cardi B, and Soulja Boy on Friday. The rapper had sued the four rappers over Glo’s song “Wanna Be” Monday after accusing them of using a sample of his song “Me and My Goons” on the tracks. Plies voluntarily …

At 30 tracks that span an hour and 16 minutes, Music is the long-awaited banquet of fresh – or, at the very least, reheated – Playboi Carti material that fans have clamored for. The Atlanta rapper’s prior album, 2020’s Whole Lotta Red, currently stands as a foundational text for dozens …

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has postponed three events on his book tour — including one in Washington, D.C. — amid widespread backlash to his capitulation to Republicans during last week’s spending negotiations. According to multiple outlets, scheduled events in Baltimore, New York City, and Washington, D.C., surrounding the …

After much speculation, country singer Orville Peck confirmed that he will not wear his mask when he makes his Broadway debut in Cabaret later this month. The singer-songwriter has never been seen without his signature mask since dropping his breakthrough debut, Pony, 2019. And he was even wearing it during …

A Rolling Stone investigation into the former Olympic snowboarder who allegedly became a drug lord and FBI fugitive will serve as the basis for a new docuseries, Snow King: From Olympian to Narco. Published in January, journalist Jesse Hyde dove into the remarkable story of Ryan Wedding, a snowboarding prodigy …