ATLANTA — The rapper Yak Gotti got into a fight with another inmate in Fulton County jail on October 8, sheriff’s office officials confirmed Friday afternoon. Yak Gotti – real name Deamonte Kendrick – emerged from the fray relatively unscathed, his mother Tasha Kendrick said. “He beat that boy’s ass,” …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion Says She's 'Gotta Take a Break' After Her Home Is Broken Into: 'I'm So Tired'
Hotties need time off, too. Megan Thee Stallion is poised to experience a career highlight this weekend when she hosts (and performs on) Saturday Night Live, but she’s also dealing with some major material losses after her house was broken into Thursday night. On Friday, following a TMZ report that …
Read More »Maggie Rogers Is a 'Feral Joy' Ambassador
THIS SUMMER, A few hours before the release of her second album, Surrender, Maggie Rogers paused for a moment onstage at New York’s Webster Hall. She’d just performed the album’s loudest, angriest track, “Shatter,” when she proclaimed: “I need a shot.” She’s so real for that. The half-joke worked, as …
Read More »Beck Drops Off Arcade Fire's Tour Amid Win Butler Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Beck has dropped off the Arcade Fire’s upcoming North American tour, where the singer was to serve as opening act, amid accusations of sexual misconduct against the band’s frontman Win Butler. Ticket buyers were informed of the change via email Friday, “Beck is unfortunately no longer able to join Arcade …
Read More »Blackpink's Born Pink Tour Opens in Seoul With Surprise Performances, Unreleased Track
Global superstars Blackpink kicked off the Born Pink World Tour Saturday in the group’s home ground of Seoul, South Korea. The girls returned to the KSPO Dome, the same venue where they opened their first-ever tour “In Your Area.” That was four years ago, when the venue was still called …
Read More »UFOs, a Plane Crash, and Dick Jokes: The Return of Blink-182
When the three dudes of Blink-182 were running naked on MTV back in 1999, it wasn’t necessarily easy to predict that the just-reunited trio would end up as one of the most enduring and influential acts of their generation – or that they would have one of weirdest, most dramatic …
Read More »Madison Beer Defeats a Clandestine Poker Star in Video for New Single 'Showed Me'
If there’s one thing Madison Beer knows how to do, it’s slay. On Friday, the singer released her single “Showed Me (How I Fell in Love With You),” which flaunts the singer’s sexier, sultry side. vIn the track’s accompanying video, she puts that sultriness to work as she defeats an …
Read More »Crazy Diamond: Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett Focus of Upcoming Documentary
Syd Barrett, who walked Pink Floyd through the gates of dawn before mental illness forced his departure from the then-rising group, will be the focus of an upcoming documentary featuring new interviews with his former bandmates. Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd will …
Read More »Lil Baby Brings 'Russian Roulette' to 'Fallon' With a Message: 'Don't Compare Me to No Other Rapper'
Lil Baby wants you to know that he’s one of a kind. During his latest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the rapper debuted “Russian Roulette,” the closing track from his newly released studio album It’s Only Me. On the record, the Atlanta native delivers a message to …
Read More »Darlene Love Records First Christmas Song In Nearly 30 Years, Reveals She Won't Be in 'Lethal Weapon 5'
Darlene Love was scrolling through Facebook earlier this year when she came across an interview with 23-year-old Fifties pop throwback singer Chris Ruggiero citing her as one of his favorite vocalists. “Very few people his age talk about our music,” says Love, 81. “I found it just mind-blowing.” The Facebook …
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