Music

When Wizkid: Long Live Lagos premiered at Tribeca Film Festival this month, the documentary on one of Afrobeats’ foremost superstars marked a milestone for the genre in itself. While Tribeca is flush with music documentaries, this one – a primer on a face of and the state of African pop …

The 2025 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has canceled the remainder of its weekend. The Manchester, Tennessee, event kicked off on Thursday on schedule, but heavy rains on Friday postponed the day’s events and ultimately led to the cancellation of the remainder of the fest. “We are beyond gutted, but …

All over America today, it’s No Kings Day, as the people rise up to make the kind of protests none of us thought we’d ever need to make in our lifetimes. It’s a day for defiance, for solidarity, as we watch the whole idea of a constitutional republic get dismantled …

Sly Stone’s journey highlights the difficulty of showing emotions,something that is even more difficult for Black people in the U.S. Expressing feelings at times felt dangerous for us. You could get laughed at, ridiculed, teased, ostracized, punched, or killed. To protect themselves, black people adopted a “cool” exterior — acting …

Eric Benét and I might be cousins. In any case, there’s a possibility our ancestors once walked on the same plantation — at least, that’s what the star, full name Eric Benét Jordan, half-jokingly tells me when we meet in the lounge of a New York hotel in late April. …

Mike Love paid tribute to his cousin and Beach Boys co-founder, Brian Wilson, who died Wednesday, at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York on Thursday. “I especially must thank my cousin Brian Wilson,” Love said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “My first cousin by blood but …

If anyone needed further evidence that Kendrick Lamar eviscerated Drake in their feud, look no further than the response Lamar received while performing in Drake’s hometown of Toronto this week. He and SZA brought their Grand National Tour to Rogers Centre on Thursday night for the first of two shows …

A new box set will examine Elvis Presley‘s third act, collecting rare highlights from his L.A. recording sessions between 1970 and 1975. Sunset Boulevard, out Aug. 1, includes 89 rarities, more than half of which have never come out officially in the U.S., across five discs. A preview of what …

Chicago house pioneer Vince Lawrence recalls witnessing Disco Demolition Night as a teenager, and later recognizing the racist undertones of the infamous incident, in a new clip from the fascinating documentary, Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, premiering on Rolling Stone. Directed by Elegance Bratton, Move Ya Body digs …

Drake appears on OVO Sound signee Smiley’s new song “2 Mazza.” The two Canadian artists’ track comes in the middle of Drake’s foe Kendrick Lamar taking over Toronto’s Rogers Centre this week on his Grand National Tour with SZA. “2 Mazza” is heavy on the Toronto slang and locale shoutouts, …