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This story was originally published in the April 3, 2003, issue of “Rolling Stone.” JACK RUSSELL MIGHT have piled on a few pounds, but his blues-rock band Great White, twenty-five years old, was thriving in the winter of 2003. Guitarist Mark Kendall had quit drinking — which had nearly killed …

Rufus Wainwright has lent his voice to some timeless words over the years, from modern classics penned by Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell to the traditional songs on last year’s Folkocracy project. But he’s never before used those golden tones to sing about something quite as grand as The Lord …

On a newly released episode of the web series Mavericks with Mav Carter, Tyler, the Creator managed to stir up controversy from every corner of the rap internet. In a clip that’s circulated online all week, he tells host Maverick Carter that “There’s so many niggas out right now that …

Five years ago, Joseph Nevels received some advice that stuck with him. It came from a businessman, who told him to look at the full picture when it came to his career as an artist. “When you look at the front cover [of your album],’” the businessman said, “you want …

Mavi is always considerate. Our conversation in Rolling Stone’s Manhattan office begins with him asking a question. The 24-year-old Charlotte rapper is currently focused on promoting shadowbox, his third solo album, and a followup to Laughing So Hard, It Hurts, a project he’s seen mixed responses to. “Why is niggas …

Right up until his death in 2022, Bob Neuwirth was known to cognoscenti as a songwriter (“Mercedes Benz,” famously recorded by Janis Joplin), painter, recording artist, and onetime member of Bob Dylan’s inner hipster circle. The last thing he was known for was being famous, which his longtime partner, music …

There’s a kid outside the Drug Church show who looks like a character from one of their songs. Slumped on the curb outside a New Jersey dive called Salty’s Beach Bar, he has his shaggy head resting on his knees; by his feet is an empty can of Demolition Man …

When OutKast dropped “Ms. Jackson” in the fall of 2000, the world was stunned. Nobody had ever heard a hip-hop song that sounded anything like this. But there’s never been anybody like OutKast before. The Atlanta duo, made up of Andre 3000 and Big Boi, brought their innovative hip-hop style …

Thursday, Aug. 8, marked nine years since the untimely passing of Sean Price, a one-of-one MC whose presence still looms large in the rap landscape. Few artists possessed his combo of technical precision, unbridled aggression, and side-splitting humor displayed on projects like his Heltah Skeltah work, alongside Rockness Monstah, and …

Now that’s a legend. Missy Elliott blew the roof off Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Monday night in her historic Out of This World Tour — her first headlining tour ever. It was a celebration of her gold mind and its evolution through the years. But it was also a revelation …