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Mystikal pleaded not guilty to charges of rape, domestic abuse, false imprisonment, and more at an arraignment hearing outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana Monday, Sept. 19, The Associated Press reports. The rapper — real name Michael Tyler — is facing numerous charges in relation to an incident where he allegedly sexually …

Continuing to amplify the fallout of his rocky business partnerships with Gap and Adidas, Kanye West posted what seemed to be a draft document of moves he is forbidden to make in the fashion world without them to Instagram late Sunday night. Earlier this month, West told Bloomberg he was …

Gayle is canceling her U.S. Avoiding College tour later this fall to focus on getting used to her new life as a pop star. But to be clear: “I’m still definitely not going to college,” she stated on social media. Gayle assured fans via Instagram that those who bought tickets …

T he August sun knows no bounds one sweltering afternoon in Las Vegas as it beats down over the slick, steaming asphalt roads of the Strip. At 6 p.m., it’s still a merciless 102 degrees outside, and there’s little hope that nightfall will cool down the neon-lit city. Yet outside …

The Laurel Canyon songwriting circles of the Sixties and Seventies may be a thing of the past, but Los Angeles remains as connected as ever to its musical roots, with homegrown artists like Billie Eilish, Haim, and Kendrick Lamar carrying the torch for smart, poignant, and progressive music that crosses …

Life Is Beautiful feels like Las Vegas … actual Las Vegas, not the touristy Strip about four miles south. While many festivals take place in unremarkable parking lots, dirt fields, or parks, Life Is Beautiful is baked into downtown Vegas. It may be the only large-scale festival where people actually …

System of a Down’s Serj Tankian will release his next solo project through an augmented reality app. On Monday, Sept. 19, the musician announced a five-track EP, Perplex Cities, which will arrive on Oct. 21. But before the full EP hits the usual streaming services, Tankian will trickle out tracks …

Long live Montero! Over the weekend, as fans waited to enter the MGM Music Hall ahead of Lil Nas X‘s tour stop, a group of religious protesters gathered across the street, asking his stans to “repent and believe” with massive signs. In true Lil Nas X fashion, he took that …

Attendees of Vancouver’s Breakout Festival wreaked havoc on the festival grounds after Lil Baby unexpectedly canceled his headlining set Sunday, Sept. 18. According to the CBC, Lil Baby’s cancellation was announced at around 9:30 p.m. local time, about 30 minutes before the event was scheduled to end — and the …

After a summer where many music festivals felt anticlimactic and unfulfilling (Was standing on dirt or gravel for hours on end ever fun?), AmericanaFest 2022 delivered one of its most satisfying and diverse weeks in the history of the Nashville event. While the festival suffered a major blow with the …