Beyoncé hasn’t released a straightforward pop album, really ever, but generally since 2008. Since then, she changed how music is released with Beyoncé, created a cultural opus on Lemonade, secured her rap crown with Everything Is Love, danced all night on Renaissance, and rode off into the sunset on Cowboy …
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The CMA Awards lit a fire in Beyoncé in 2016. At that year’s ceremony, she took the stage with the Chicks to perform “Daddy Lessons,” the country cut from Lemonade. There was bristling within the audience, the first spark of contention. Online, scandalized viewers torched the appearance. They spewed their …
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They’re never going to be friends — ever. The White Stripes rocker Jack White followed through with his recent promise to sue Donald Trump, filing a copyright infringement lawsuit Monday along with bandmate Meg White over Trump’s unauthorized use of the duo’s classic rock anthem “Seven Nation Army” in a …
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When the original lineup of the legendary R&B band Tony! Toni! Toné! reunited for a tour last year, co-founder and key creative force Raphael Saadiq had high hopes of recording what would have been the band’s first new album since 1996. But now that the tour is over, Saadiq says …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. “I like my whisky with a bite,” Beyoncé says in a new clip she posted online to celebrate her first American whisky debut, SirDavis, which fans can now …
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Kamala Harris accepted the Democrats’ nomination for president last night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, but not without some commentary from Republican nominee Donald Trump. Jon Stewart had some thoughts about all of it as he broadcast The Daily Show live from the DNC, ultimately concluding that Trump …
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Rumors have been swirling for the last several days that Beyoncé will stop by the Democratic National Convention — but no one seems to know if it will actually happen. Hours before Vice President Kamala Harris is set to accept the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, Rolling Stone has learned …
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Perhaps out of jealousy, or some weird attempt at spoof, or maybe just incapable of coming up with an original idea of his own, one of Donald Trump’s campaign spokespeople decided to use Beyoncé’s “Freedom” — a kind of unofficial Kamala Harris campaign track — in a recent social media …
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Beyoncé has threatened to send a cease-and-desist to the Trump campaign after the former president posted a clip of her “Freedom” — Kamala Harris’ unofficial campaign song — in a video posted on social media, Rolling Stone has learned. A source close to Beyoncé tells Rolling Stone that the Trump …
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Night one of the 2024 Democratic National Convention featured a couple of major music moments, but maybe the biggest was from an artist who wasn’t actually in attendance: Beyoncé. The evening kicked off with a new campaign ad for Vice President Kamala Harris and her running-mate, Minnesota governor Tim Walz, …
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