Music

Billie Eilish, Peter Gabriel, Bootsy Collins, Sheryl Crow, and many other musicians have united to raise awareness of gun control via a new initiative called Artist for Action to Prevent Gun Violence. The goal, in Eilish’s words, is to “end the gun violence epidemic.” Those artists — as well as …

Moneybagg Yo has joined forces with up-and-comer Sexyy Red on new single “Big Dawg.” The raucous track comes off upcoming compilation album Gangsta Art 2, out Sept. 29 via CMG The Label. The song sees the two rappers trading verses, with Moneybagg Yo namedropping his favorite brands (“Prada, Balenciaga, Louis …

The fundamental element of becoming a successful internet troll is being able to maintain the highest possible threshold for what it takes to tap out. It’s a game of getting the other person to hit the block button first. But that would never be Doja Cat, because frankly she could …

Lizzo was honored with theBlack Music Action Coalition’s Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award on Thursday night. The singer, who is facing a series of accusations and lawsuits about her off-stage behavior, was pointedly joined by Lizzo’s Big Grrls onstage as she accepted the award. “Black Music Action Coalition, y’all really are …

The Voice is back for its 24th season next week, and to get in the mood, the coaches are warming up their pipes — and putting the friendly competition aside — for a cover of the Eagles’ “Take It Easy.” The clip, premiering exclusively on Rolling Stone, finds Niall Horan, …

Ali Zafar has always dreamt of crossing cultural borders with his music. On Friday, the Pakistani star and Danny Zee joined Mykko Montana for what they say is the first-ever Punjabi-trap collab, “Sushi// Woofer Paar De.” “I got that baddest bitch in town and she rich yeah/Slip n slide in …

Mike Henderson, a founding member of the bluegrass band the SteelDrivers and a frequent co-writer of Chris Stapleton’s, died Friday. He was 70. Henderson’s former bandmates in the SteelDrivers confirmed his death in a Facebook post. “All the SteelDrivers, past and present, are in shock today as we have lost …

Kelly Clarkson enlisted her daughter River Rose for a special familial collaboration, “You Don’t Make Me Cry,” from the new deluxe edition of Clarkson’s latest album, Chemistry, out today, Sept. 22. River opens the track with a heavily auto-tuned vocal run, giving the song an early-2010s pop vibe that continues …

F LO MILLI SHOWS UP at Rolling Stone’s New York office one August afternoon and holds court for an hour. After a spirited discussion about Raising Cane’s chicken — Flo has a hack that involves mixing tenders with sauce in a cup — the 23-year-old Alabama rapper lets us in …

For her latest rock cover, Dolly Parton takes a deep breath and gets real high on a cover of 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” She even gets a little help from the song’s writer and original singer, Linda Perry. In Parton’s hands, the tune has a country swing to the …