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Franklin Jonas was just a teenager when his dad was being treated for cancer. To cheer him up, he’d sit by his bedside, playing songs for him. “I would make just the worst trap beats for him,” Jonas recalls over Zoom. “And he liked them for some reason.” Back then, …

After spending the first weeks of 2023 torridly releasing singles, Skrillex has revealed that his new album, Quest for Fire, is arriving very soon. The producer/DJ made the surprise announcement Saturday night on Instagram, adding that the LP will be released this Friday, Feb. 17, and sharing himself performing a …

On the eve of the 65th Grammy Awards, Nashville-based Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands was in Atlanta to compete at the HBCU All-Star Battle of the Bands against schools like North Carolina A&T, Alabama State, and Bethune-Cookman. The student musicians took the field at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for their turn …

Like Harry Styles, Charli XCX criticized the Brit Awards’ voting body for failing to nominate any female artists for one of the event’s most prestigious awards. When asked by the BBC about the snub of female artists in the British Artist of the Year category, Charli XCX responded, “I was …

David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur, one-third of the iconic rap triumvirate De La Soul, has died, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The news was first reported by AllHipHop. He was 54. The cause of death has not been disclosed. Trugoy, who had recently been going by the name Dave, and was …

Adele and Lizzo know how to have a good damn time. On Friday, the Special singer joined Elvis Duran on his morning show to talk about getting “so drunk” with Adele as they celebrated their recent albums at the 2023 Grammys. “I was legitimately so drunk. Me and Adele were …

Macklemore is opening up about his 2020 relapse. In an interview for The Kelly Clarkson Show, the rapper opened up about the “intense time,” and how it became a “catalyst for art” in his upcoming album, Ben. “I’m used to a certain schedule of touring, of being gone, of being …

Rapper AKA, born Kiernan Forbes, was shot and killed Friday in Durban, South Africa, the Times (South Africa) reported. He was 35. The parents of AKA, Tony and Lynn Forbes, confirmed his death in a statement sent to Rolling Stone. “It is with extreme sadness that we acknowledge the passing …

Lil Yachty‘s ambitious new album, Let’s Start Here, is an out-of-nowhere dive into psychedelic rock from an artist who formerly described his genre of choice as “bubblegum trap.” Say what you will about the project — critical reaction has ranged from marveling at his boldly realized transformation to umbrage over …

Covid has hit E Street as Bruce Springsteen was forced to play Dallas Friday night without some key band members due to coronavirus. On just the sixth show of Springsteen’s 2023 North American tour, the E Street Band were without guitarist Steven Van Zandt and violinist/singer Soozie Tyrell (missing her …