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Noah Schnapp is opening up about his coming-out story. The Stranger Things actor spoke to Variety (pre-strike) about his decision to share his sexuality with the world earlier this year — and how his character Will Byers helped him come to terms with his own sexuality. “Once I did fully …

Lately, it’s felt like R&B has been rejuvenated by young artists and audiences hungry for fun, love, sex, and soul. This summer has been particularly potent for this renaissance in R&B and its offshoots, with Usher’s explosive Las Vegas residency; releases from Janelle Monaé, Victoria Monét, and Summer Walker; SZA …

Ed Sheeran doesn’t plan on asking ChatGPT for help anytime soon. The singer sat down with Audacy Live before a live performance to share his feelings about artificial intelligence and how he’d rather it not exist. At all. “What I don’t understand about AI is like… For the last 60 …

If you really want to understand where Jason Aldean‘s “Try That in a Small Town” comes from, you have to go all the way back to Richard Nixon —and before that, George Wallace. Wallace, a former Alabama governor and segregationist independent candidate for president in 1968, got significant support from …

The members of Blackpink celebrated seven years together, with Rosé, Jennie, Jisoo, and Lisa all sharing messages on social media commemorating the occasion. Rosé delivered a heartfelt tribute to the band, and their fans, calling Blackpink “such a blessing in my life.” She continued: “I have really been able to …

Parenting and gender identity are more complex topics than Ne-Yo treated them during his recent interview with Gloria Velez for VladTV. During their conversation, uploaded on Saturday, the musician questioned parents who allow their children to have a say in how they identify, asking: “When did it become a good …

Normani has a new management team and music on the way. Rolling Stone has learned that the former Fifth Harmony member is now being managed by Brandon Creed (Charli XCX, Troye Sivan) and Lydia Asrat (Coco Jones, others) after parting ways from S10 Entertainment’s Brandon Silverstein in May. “With new …

HIP-HOP WAS BORNINTHEBronx in the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary,“Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists throughout this year. IT’S THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER when RZA hops on Zoom one afternoon, but the Wu-Tang architect and Hollywood maven isn’t …

Travis Scott’s ambitious live premiere of his newest album Utopia, originally set to take place at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, took place in Italy on Monday at the historic Circus Maximus, an event stadium and park in Rome that was at one point the home of chariot races. …

Charles Curle, a video editor and high schooler from North Carolina, duped millions of people online into thinking that he sold his house to finance a trip to Travis Scott‘s now-cancelled Utopia concert in Egypt. The 17-year-old says it all started with a meme. Following Scott’s announcement that he’d be …