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Ghostface Killah will release his memoir next year. According to Macmillan Publishers’ site, Rise of a Killah will be released on May 14, 2024, by St. Martin’s Press. The memoir is described as “both visual record and a real-feel narrative of a performer’s life.” It will trace the Wu-Tang Clan …

E-40 is in the midst of a busy New York City press junket. He’s in a private room at the restaurant Sei Less in Manhattan, calmly having a sip of red wine with his wife. The serial entrepreneur would like to be sipping on something from his own brand, Earl …

It’s six miles or so from Furman University to the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. But for Bear Rinehart, lead singer of rock act Needtobreathe, that journey took over two decades. “It’s way bigger than we really ever thought it actually would be,” Rinehart tells Rolling Stone. …

Bleachers is ready to tour their self-titled album in the new year. On Tuesday, the Jack Antonoff-fronted band announced that it will be heading on the From the Studio to the Stage tour in the new year. “Just wait till you see this shit,” Antonoff teased in a press release …

Shaky Knees in Atlanta is getting in early on the hype for next year’s festival season, announcing Foo Fighters, Weezer, and Noah Kahan as headliners for 2024. The three-day event will take place May 3 through 5 at Central Park in downtown Atlanta. The lineup leans heavily on rock and …

The defense of Young Thug began Tuesday with the rapper’s attorney, Brian Steel, explaining trap music to grandmothers. “He is not running a criminal enterprise on Cleveland Avenue to gather money and power,” Steel says, arguing that by 2014, the rapper, whose legal name is Jeffery Williams, was a superstar …

A judge awarded Aretha Franklin‘s sons the singer’s real estate after reviewing a handwritten 2014 will that was found between couch cushions, Associated Press reports. The new decision comes four months after a jury decided that the document was valid despite being hard to read. The will was signed with …

Jimbo Hart, one of the founding members of Jason Isbell’s backing band, the 400 Unit, has officially departed the group. Hart, the band’s bassist, shared the news in an online post on Monday morning. “I’m no longer a member of the 400 Unit. I’m grateful for all the years, all …

Fifty-six years and 49 albums into her music career, Dolly Parton has a new milestone to celebrate. The country legend’s album Rockstar recently became the singer’s highest-charting LP ever, debuting at Number Three on the Billboard 200 chart. “Wow, this is a big thrill!” Parton said in a statement. “I …

Gogol Bordello‘s Eugene Hütz is launching his new label, Casa Gogol Records, with a single benefitting Ukraine. Hütz recruited Bernard Sumner (New Order, Joy Division) for a cover of Angelic Upstarts’ “Solidarity.” The pair’s take on the punk song comes in two forms, remixed by each artist respectively. Both Gogol …