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Janelle Monáeand the Wondaland Arts Society are bringing back her month-long, city-spanning Halloween bash to Los Angeles. Wondaween 2025 kicked off earlier this month with Cinespia, which took place at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Oct. 11, and will continue with Monáe Manor at the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride. Monáe …

Before the release of Lauryn Hill’s masterful solo debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, the singer met with D’Angelo to record one of the album’s most captivating tracks, “Nothing Even Matters.” The duet would play a part in expanding and nurturing soul’s rebirth in the Nineties, while both artists as …

Cardi B is making it clear that her family is her top priority. Weeks following the Grammy-winning rapper’s heated social media feud with Nicki Minaj, Cardi spoke with Paper and appeared to address the controversy. “This week I showed the world that I will get the most nasty about mine,” …

Though Jordan Ward’s debut album Forward won critics over with its earnest and optimistic hodgepodge of the background-dancer-turned-foreground-artists dreams, roots, and quirks, in the two years since, Ward tells Rolling Stone the darker sides of striving have helped him deliver his equally ambitious sophomore album, Backward. Speaking exclusively with Rolling …

To many rap fans forged in the blog era, Wale’s cultural footprint is as well known as the admitted challenges he confronts on the new single “Mirroronnabenz.” With a backdrop where Afrobeat meets hip-hop soul, feeling both characteristic of and evolutionary for the Nigerian-American rapper, “Mirroronnabenz” finds Wale and producer …

Back in 2016, Kylie Jenner starred in an elaborate Kylie Cosmetics campaign launch for a new line of lip glosses. In the commercial, she played the getaway driver waiting outside while her friends grabbed the cash. The clip was set to “3 Strikes,” the debut single from a mysterious pop …

Wet Leg have dropped their self-directed video for “Mangetout,” which features Rhian Teasdale dancing in a giant wig and drenched in a red, blood-like substance. The single appears on their recent Moisturizer album. The new clip follows Teasdale in a massive blonde-and-black wig that completely covers her face as she …

iHeartRadio‘s ALTer Ego festival will return to Los Angeles on Jan. 17 with performances from Green Day, Twenty One Pilots, and Cage the Elephant. The annual music event will be hosted at the Kia Forum and broadcast across the media conglomerate’s alternative and rock stations. Sublime, Good Charlotte, Myles Smith, …

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were widely acclaimed as masterful works of art, died on Tuesday. He was 51. “The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life … After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are …

John Summit’s music taste is much more far-reaching than what you might think. In an interview with Rolling Stone Recommends, the DJ star shared his love for several of his favorite artists, including a recent deep dive into the Sixties and also Lady Gaga. “I’ve been listening to a lot …