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A few weeks back, Flint rapper BFB Da Packman dropped Forget Me Not, his first album in three years. Before the release, he heightened fan anticipation when he revealed a Drake collaboration on “Olympic Shit Talkin,” a song that also features a verse from the currently incarcerated Rio Da Yung …

Taylor Swift is dropping her new album, The Tortured Poets Department on April 19, which is 13 days from now, and also incidentally a number, which carries a lot of significance for her. She detailed the reason the number has been a lucky one for her back in 2009 when …

Singer-songwriter Raye opened her maiden Saturday Night Live appearance with a performance of “Escapism,” from last year’s My 21st Century Blues, her debut studio album. The scene on stage was similar to when Raye recorded a live version of her album at London’s Royal Albert Hall last fall. For that …

I t’s midday at the dawn of the 21st century — Wednesday, June 18, 2003 — in New York City’s Flatiron District, the gateway between uptown wealth and downtown cool. We’re on the west side of Madison Square, and 33-year-old Shawn Carter is busy. Several hours from now, he’ll host …

Noah Kahan has spent the past few weeks popping up as a surprise guest at other artists’ concerts, and on Saturday the situation was flipped at Kahan’s Toronto gig as the singer welcomed Shawn Mendes onstage to join him on “Stick Season.” “I’ve been watching this young man’s career for …

On Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé mixes R&B, country, and some hard-hitting guitars, among many other elements, and as the artist herself is well aware, there used to be a name for that kind of American melange: rock & roll. She slyly acknowledges that fact with two Chuck Berry moments on the …

C.J. Snare, founding singer of the long-running hair metal band FireHouse, has died at the age of 64. The group — which scored Hot 100 hits in the early Nineties with the singles “Love of a Lifetime” and “When I Look Into Your Eyes” — revealed Snare’s death Sunday on …

Beyoncé has made history with Cowboy Carter as she’s become the first Black woman to ever top Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Cowboy Carter also debuted as the Number One album — her eighth to top the Billboard 200 — in the country overall, Billboard announced on Sunday. Beyoncé dethroned …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. On the heels of their CMT Music Awards collaboration, Little Big Town and Sugarland have announced the “Take Me Home” Tour. Titled after the song they performed on …

As she gears up for the release of The Tortured Poets Department later this month, Taylor Swift has shared five new playlists on Apple Music comprised of her old songs, angled around the five stages of grief and heartbreak: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Swift shared brief audio messages …