S pongebob Squarepants is many things to many people: a wildly popular cartoon character, an endlessly renewable source of memes, a sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea. To Ice Spice, he’s an icon of hard work and hustle. We’re sitting in a private room at a steakhouse …
Read More »Ice Spice Clears the Rap Girl Air: She's 'Definitely Good' With Nicki Minaj and Has 'No Issue' With Latto
Earlier this year, a collection of text messages Ice Spice sent to a once-close friend surfaced online. In them, the Bronx rapper vented about a frustrating process she was experiencing while negotiating contract details with Nicki Minaj. She called the rap veteran “ungrateful” and expressed needing to prioritize her mental …
Read More »Ms. Lauryn Hill, Ice Spice, Tyla Join 2024 BET Awards Performance Lineup
The 2024 BET Awards performance lineup has expanded to include additional performances from rapidly rising stars Ice Spice and Tyla, as well as the ultimate veteran Ms. Lauryn Hill, who will perform alongside YG Marley. Megan Thee Stallion, whose new album Megan arrives on Friday, will hit the stage first …
Read More »Latto Taps Megan Thee Stallion, Flo Milli for 'Sunday Service' Remix
Latto has dropped a remix of her single “Sunday Service” featuring Megan Thee Stallion and Flo Milli. The new version of the track arrived alongside a music video, which was seemingly shot backstage on tour and features some serious twerking. “This remix so mf hard,” Latto wrote on Instagram. “Like …
Read More »Lil Wayne, Summer Walker, Latto, Gucci Mane Come 'TwoGether' for Dallas Festival
ONE Musicfest and Live Nation Urban are heading to Dallas for TwoGether Land, an expansion of their partnership and a two-day festival on May 25 and 26. Lil Wayne, Summer Walker, Latto, and Gucci Mane will headline the event. Taking place at Fair Park, the inaugural festival will also see …
Read More »Usher Is the Smooth R&B Chameleon We Know and Love on 'Coming Home'
For over two decades, Usher had one of music’s most impressive release runs. While his Nineties and early Aughts R&B peers floundered as new generations of the genre came and went, the chameleonic crooner adapted, experimenting with dance music while maintaining his particularly seductive swagger. It’s been eight years since …
Read More »Latto Takes Skeptics to Church on New Single 'Sunday Service'
Latto threw on her Sunday best to hit the studio for her latest single “Sunday Service” — and she’s taking any skeptics who may have doubted her straight to church. “I don’t sing R&B but, bitch, I’m really her, fuck wrong with niggas?/How you let him cheat and take him …
Read More »Latto, Kacey Musgraves, Usher and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to our weeklyrundownof the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Latto delivers a playful rebuke o her haters, Kacey Musgraves returns with the introspective title track off her forthcoming Deeper Well, and a highlight from Usher‘s brand new ninth …
Read More »'SNL': Watch Jennifer Lopez Perform 'Can't Get Enough,' 'This Is Me…Now'
Jennifer Lopez returned to Saturday Night Live first with a performance of “Can’t Get Enough,” the lead single from her upcoming album, This Is Me…Now. Lopez, who last appeared on SNL in late 2019 as host and most recently performed music on the late night show back in 2010, was …
Read More »Lessons on Creativity from Snoop Dogg, Lil Yachty, and Gucci Mane
“One of my secrets,” Snoop Dogg tells Latto in their recent Musicians on Musicians conversation, “is that I remain the biggest kid in the room at all times.” The new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now includes highlights of that interview (moderated by Rolling Stone staff writer Andre Gee) along …
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