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Soulja Boy was released from custody Tuesday after California prosecutors declined to file charges following his arrest over the weekend on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm. “A case was declined due to insufficient evidence,” a spokesman with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office wrote …

Justin Bieber ditches the city streets he cruises down in “Yukon” for a coastal vacation in the grayscale video for the Swag single. Directed by Cole Bennett, the visual finds the singer lounging on an expansive yacht with his wife,Hailey Bieber,and their one-year-old son, Jack Blues Bieber. Bieber suggests that …

A TikTok clip of a two-year-old Tiny Desk performance has revived Samia‘s “Pool.” On Tuesday, the indie star released a stripped-down version of the favorite, following the resurgence of the emotional performance of the song from November 2023. “Pool” originally appeared on Samia’s 2020 debut album The Baby. But a …

The Jesus Lizard has called off their upcoming 2025 tour, citing “a serious health incident affecting one of the band members.” The Austin noise-rock band was scheduled to perform in New Zealand, Australia, and Japan in October, followed by a North American run in November. “Upon the advice of medical …

Shakira welcomed Black Eyed Peas onstage in Los Angeles on Tuesday night to perform their joint single “Girl Like Me” as part of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour. The singer also took the opportunity to showcase She Wolf deep cut “Men in This Town” for the first …

Hayley Williams leaves her mark in the music video for “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party,” one of her 17 new songs released last week. “I still believe in Nashville,” she etches onto a wall in black ink during one scene. The Zachary Gray-directed video takes place in the city, …

Netflix‘s The Twits is moving classic Roald Dahl book characters from the page to the screen. The vibrant animation of the upcoming film, out Oct. 17, will bring the complexities of Jim and Credenza Twit and their unruly amusement park, Twitlandia, to life. So will its soundtrack of original music …

To paraphrase a certain pioneering rock band, there’s been a whole lotta Labi in the culture over the last few years. Long a cult figure best known for cover versions of his songs by the way-different likes of Kenny Rogers and Madness, Labi Siffre has lately undergone a Nick Drake-like …

Two weeks after Ozzy Osbourne‘s death, the Black Sabbath frontman’s cause of death has been revealed. According to a death certificate obtained by The New York Times, Osbourne died of a heart attack “out of hospital” and suffered from coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease. The certificate, filed by his …

The nominations for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards are here, with Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, and Sabrina Carpenter among this year’s most-nominated artists. Gaga led all contenders with an impressive 12 nominations, thanks largely to her collaboration with Bruno Mars, “Die With a Smile,” which is up for Video …