Lil Yachty thinks his fans will be surprised not just by his upcoming collaborative album with James Blake but that he even knows James Blake to begin with. “I think James has worked with a quite substantial amount of hip-hop artists, but this project is just like … It’s so …
Read More »Lil Yachty Weathers Heartbreak and Raps Across Five Screens in 'A Cold Sunday' Video
The Sunday scaries hit a few days early for Lil Yachty. The rapper has shared his latest single, “A Cold Sunday,” a rumination on weathering heartbreak and the fluctuating value of material possessions. The record arrives alongside an AMD Visuals-directed music video that captures Lil Yachty in five different frames …
Read More »Usher, Lil Yachty, The Last Dinner Party, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to ourweekly rundownof the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Usher delivers a smooth break-up ballad, Lil Yachty laments his Sunday scaries, and the Last Dinner Party offer a ferocious take on generational trauma. Plus, new music from Billy …
Read More »Kodak Black Demands Drug Case Dismissal After Lab Tests Prove No Cocaine
Kodak Black is asking a judge to dismiss his pending drug charges in Florida after lab tests proved the white substance collected during his recent arrest was the prescription painkiller oxycodone, not cocaine. In a sworn motion filed Monday in Broward County, defense lawyer Brad Cohen says the multiplatinum-selling rapper …
Read More »Faye Webster Enlists Lil Yachty For Whimsical 'Lego Ring'
Faye Webster and Lil Yachty have teamed up for “Lego Ring,” a whimsical new track from Webster’s upcoming album Underdressed at the Symphony. The video below features the Atlanta musicians — who have been friends since middle school — sitting on a couch and debating which of Webster’s songs to …
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 …
Read More »Best Music of 2023: Staff Picks
Ask anyone who works at Rolling Stone what they’ve been listening to lately, and you’re guaranteed to get an interesting answer. In the final weeks of the year, more than 30 colleagues from across the departments that make RS submitted their personal picks for the 10 best albums of 2023. …
Read More »Kai Cenat, Twitch, and 'Rizz': How the Rap Internet Ruled 2023
What language do teenagers speak? Parents, as always, seem to be at a loss. Last month, The New York Times published a helpful guide to the slang terms growing in popularity online. Words like “sigma” (a stoic guy), “gyat” (a nice butt), and “rizz,” (basically “charisma”) topped the list, and …
Read More »Musicians on Musicians First Live Event Taps Tierra Whack & Lil Yachty and Jon Batiste & Gucci Mane
Musicians on Musicians, the Rolling Stone franchise that pairs artists from across genres and regions for in-depth conversations about life, music and everything in between, is moving from the page to the stage. On Nov. 10, the first-ever Musicians on Musicians live event will take place at New York’s St. …
Read More »Why Is Teezo Touchdown Everywhere?
When Teezo Touchdown popped up on two songs on Drake‘s For All the Dogs —“Amen” and the wild falsetto outro of “7969 Santa” —they were just the latest in a series of high-profile, attention-grabbing guest spots for the Texas-born singer/rapper. That’s him crooning in a cartoonish British accent on “Modern …
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