Over 20 years after the death of George Harrison, his widow Olivia Harrison will publish a book of poems dedicated to the late Beatles legend. Came the Lightening, a collection of 20 poems Olivia penned for George following his 2001 death, is set for release on June 21 via Genesis …
Read More »Aimée Osbourne — A.K.A. ARO — Isn't Living in Ozzy's Shadow With 'Against Mine'
Aimée Osbourne, who records music as ARO, has an extensive library of songs she is mustering the courage to release. “Because I grew up in a known family the sense of protection around my privacy was maybe a little more heightened than had I grown up in a family that …
Read More »K-Pop's Seventeen Announces Fourth Album 'Face the Sun' After Dropping English Single
Seventeen stans, get ready. After releasing their first all-English single last week, the K-pop group announced on Thursday that their fourth album, Face the Sun, is coming May 27. The group teased the fourth album by releasing a poster with several images showing a more serious aesthetic: a cement set …
Read More »Don Omar Steals the Bride in New Video With Gente de Zona and Wisin
Reggaeton pioneer Don Omar has spent decades making some of the genre’s biggest hits, and he’s still finding ways to bring new energy to his music. For his latest release, “Soy Yo,” he teams up with his fellow Puerto Rican veteran Wisin and with Cuban duo Gente de Zona, who …
Read More »A$AP Rocky Arrested in L.A. in Connection With 2021 Shooting
A$AP Rocky was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon at Los Angeles International Airport in connection to a Nov. 2021 shooting, NBC News reports andRolling Stonecan confirm. The rapper — real name Rakim Mayers — was taken into custody after arriving at LAX on a private plane …
Read More »Pooh Shiesty Sentenced to Five Years in Florida Gun Case: 'We're Happy With the Decision'
Rapper Pooh Shiesty was sentenced to five years and three months in prison Wednesday for his gun conspiracy conviction linked to a confrontation outside a Florida hotel in October 2020 that ended with a man shot in the buttocks. The 22-year-old Memphis native, born Lontrell Williams, was “happy” with the …
Read More »Rico Nasty and Bktherula Are Ready and Raring for a Fight on 'Vaderz'
Rico Nasty has teamed up with buzzworthy Atlanta rapper Bktherula for “Vaderz,” the first single from the Maryland native’s upcoming mixtape, scheduled for release later this summer. (Rico previously teased a mixtape titled Rxon social media last year that has yet to surface.) Unabashedly aggressive and threatening, the Ben10k, Danes …
Read More »'Racism Wasn't a Feeling, It Was a Fact': Mike Shinoda on His Family's WWII Incarceration
“Have you ever had mochi ice cream?” Mike Shinoda asks with a grin. “Did you know it was invented in Los Angeles?” The Linkin Park rapper and multi-instrumentalist, 45, continues: “That’s a Japanese American creation. This thing people think of as Japanese, but actually is American. People don’t know that.” …
Read More »Bartees Strange Breaks Down His Indie-Rock Bona Fides on New Song 'Cosigns'
Bartees Strange offers a glimpse at his ever-expanding indie rock Rolodex on his new song, “Cosigns,” the second offering from his next album, Farm to Table, set to arrive June 17 via 4AD. “Cosigns” begins as a wholly unique bit of indie rap-rock, with Strange peeling off endlessly clever bars …
Read More »'The Universe Called My Bluff': The Brilliant Return of Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Van Etten is no stranger to drama. The L.A-via-Brooklyn indie-rock star has spent her career breaking hearts, turning grief and lust and pain into cathartic beauty. But even by her standards, life has been messy lately. She fell in love with her drummer and had a kid. She moved …
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