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Amaarae has nothing but praise for her Black Star collaborator PinkPantheress. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the Ghanaian American star — who featured PinkPantheress on “Kiss Me Thru the Phone Pt. 2” — opened up about their love for UK garage music and why she connected with her …

At 34 years old and with 12 years in the rap industry, JID finds himself matriculating from a student of the game to a leader. As he does so, the title of his fourth album, God Does Like Ugly, suggests he’s looking to the ultimate one. Despite the enormous successes …

Zach Bryan teams up with Kings of Leon, the opening act at his recent shows, for the new song “Bowery.” The singer paired the track with a video of Bryan and the Followill clan recording “Bowery” in the studio. Bryan sings on the opening verse and first chorus, with Caleb …

Gracie Abrams took a moment from her show to play a song that isn’t hers, but that her fans definitely know: “All Too Well (10 Minute Version).” During her show at the Kia Forum on Thursday, the musician played the Taylor Swift favorite. “It just is not lost on me …

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Gunna drops his final release with YSL records, Lucy Dacus unearths intimate Forever Is a Feeling B-sides, and Ethel Cain delivers a quietly haunting LP. Plus, new …

Earlier this week, a tweet from a Young Thug parody account clowned Gunna’s new album, The Last Wun, by proclaiming, “Nobody wunna hear that shit.” The message went viral as sundry accounts spread disinformation that it was from Thugger himself. It served as a reminder that no matter how much …

Don’t expect to hear about Pusha T and Kanye West reconnecting anytime soon. In a new Clipse interview with The Guardian on Thursday, Pusha was asked directly if he’d ever consider working with West again. His answer was clear. “Yeah, that’s in the past,” Pusha told the publication. “That’s definitely …

Michael Lydon, a veteran music journalist who served as the original assistant editor of Rolling Stone when it ran out of a tiny San Francisco loft by a skeleton staff overseen by co-founder Jann Wenner, died on July 30. He was 82. Lydon’s wife, Ellen Mandel, confirmed his death to …

Gunna‘s latest album, The Last Wun, is set to be his last project under longtime record label YSL. The record is the Atlanta rapper’s second project since being released from jail in 2022 as part of a plea deal in the sprawling YSL RICO case that also ensnared Gunna’s YSL …

The double murder case of YNW Melly has been delayed yet again. About a month before the trial was set to begin, Broward State Attorney’s Office confirmed to Rolling Stone that the rapper — real name Jamell Demons — will not face his trial until January 2027, nearly eight years …