Goyo is not letting anything stop her from reaching the crown. On Friday, the Colombian musician released her empwering, rock-leaning single “Insomnia,” along with its fiery music video. “It’s a powerful track featuring strong guitar sounds and beats that will resonate with listeners on a deep level,” Goyo tells Rolling …
Read More »Carolyn Crawford Is the Best Motown Singer You've Never Heard Of
On a bright Saturday morning in the summer of 1963, 13-year-old Carolyn Crawford walked onto the stage of Detroit’s Fox Theatre and sat behind a piano. She had to bring her A game to this performance, the finals of the Tip-Top Talent Contest, hosted by a local gospel and R&B …
Read More »Bebe Rexha Attacker May Have Charges Dismissed After Completing 40 Days Community Service
The man who struck Bebe Rexha in the face with his flying phone at a New York concert last summer may get away with only facing 40 days of community service for the attack. During a recent court hearing, Nicholas Malvagna accepted an offer from the court to have his …
Read More »Peso Pluma Cancels Latin American Concerts and Festival Appearance Due to 'Personal Reasons'
Peso Pluma has canceled three scheduled performances in Latin America. The musician planned to make stops in Perú, Paraguay, and Chile over the next week but has backed out of those appearances, citing “personal reasons.” Two headlining performances — at Parque Olímpico in Asunción, Paraguay, on Feb. 24 and Estadio …
Read More »Residente on Starting a New Chapter, Transitioning Into Film, and Supporting Palestine
Shortly after his friend Valentina Gasparini passed away, Residente began seeing the number “313” everywhere. He’d been in a hotel, listening to one of Gasparini’s old voicemails, when a piano started playing a haunting melody below him. He looked up at the clock: 3:13. Then he began clicking through audio …
Read More »RaiNao Is on Her Way to Superstardom. What Better Time Than Now?
It started with a failed math course. “I failed the same class three times,” RaiNao says over Zoom. “The third time, I said, ‘No, this is not for me.’” So, around 2014, the singer-songwriter born Naomi Ramirez quit her biology major at the University of Puerto Rico and gave up …
Read More »Is Hip-Hop Bringing Back the Lost Art of the WTF Album?
When it comes to truth in advertising, few albums this year are going to top Lil Jon’s just-released Total Meditation. Not remotely hip hop, the music is instead a soothing sonic bath akin to what one would hear in a massage-therapy room at a spa. As those tracks wash over …
Read More »London Museum Seeks Taylor Swift Superfan to Help Curators at Unspecified Hourly Wage
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is seeking the help of a dedicated Swiftie — on a rather vague contractual basis, it must be said —to serve as a “Superfan Advisor” on all things Taylor Swift. The most pertinent details about the role are admittedly a little dire for …
Read More »RaiNao Is Owning Her Pleasure In 'Roadhead' Video
RaiNao is entering a new era at full speed with the sultry single “Roadhead.” In a video premiering exclusively on Rolling Stone, the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter takes the driver seat with her sexuality and desires. Set in the hazy cloud of an afterparty, the explicit clip finds RaiNao ready for …
Read More »YSL Rapper Strick and James Blake on Their Young Thug Collab 'Kisses Make Sure'
Young Stoner Life Records rapper Strick is premiering a new music video for his song “Kisses Make Sure” with Rolling Stone. It features Young Thug, who encouraged Strick to step in the spotlight when he was just a songwriter, and James Blake. It is Thug and Blake’s first collaboration ever, …
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