Back in May, Kendrick Lamar was crowned the heavyweight champion of his long-brewing war of words with Drake. But even after releasing a barrage of diss tracks— “Euphoria,” “Meet the Grahams,” and summer anthem “Not Like Us” among them — Lamar wasn’t done yet. He celebrated his historic rap feud …
Read More »Shaboozey Celebrates 'A Bar Song' Going Number One: 'Indescribable'
Shaboozey‘s hit track “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has reached the Number One spot on the Billboard Hot 100 after spending weeks in the Top 10. “We did it yall. We no. 1. I love y’all,” he wrote, quote-tweeting an account that shared the news. “Happy ‘A Bar Song’ day. Take …
Read More »Are Bebe Rexha, Kylie Minogue, and Tove Lo About to Become Dance Pop's 'Charlie's Angels'?
Three pop queens are about to join forces for what appears to be a wild dance-pop collab. On Tuesday, Kylie Minogue, Bebe Rexha, and Tove Lo seemed to tease a new song together, as they shared videos of themselves picking up a phone call from “MOM” with the same ringtone. …
Read More »Lisa to Perform First Solo Festival Show at Global Citizen 2024
Lisa is bringing the “Rockstar” energy to Global Citizen 2024 in September. On Tuesday, the festival announced that Blackpink member Lisa will perform at the New York-hosted event as one of its headliners, joining the likes of Post Malone and Jelly Roll. “We are thrilled to join forces with Lisa …
Read More »Young Thug's Lawyers Blast 'Unethical' Judge, Say He 'Morphed' Into Prosecutor
Young Thug’s lawyers are calling for the rapper’s immediate release from jail, a mistrial, and the disqualification of the Georgia judge overseeing the now-notorious YSL racketeering conspiracy trial, claiming a recently unsealed transcript from a secret meeting with a sworn witness shows Judge Ural Glanville has “morphed into an essential …
Read More »Mark Lanegan's 'Bubblegum' Reissue to Include Beck Collaboration, Unreleased Hotel Room Demos
A 20th-anniversary reissue of Mark Lanegan‘s celebrated Bubblegum album — fittingly retitled Bubblegum XX — will include demos, outtakes, and previously unreleased recordings. The rarities include a recording with Beck, “Union Tombstone,” and a handful of songs he recorded in a hotel room with Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy …
Read More »Bob Dylan and the Band Announce Massive 27-Disc Box Set Chronicling 1974 Reunion Tour
Fifty years ago, Bob Dylan reunited with the Band for an arena tour where they performed 40 shows in just 42 days, often playing two gigs a night. The double live LP Before The Flood featured recordings from their concerts in New York and Los Angeles, but that represented just …
Read More »Taylor Swift and Post Malone Are Quietly Haunted on 'Fortnight' Acoustic Version
The halls of The Tortured Poets Department are quieter than usual as Taylor Swift and Post Malone strip back their collaborative single “Fortnight” for an acoustic version. The updated recording replaces the thudding percussion of the original with hollow piano melodies and the plucks of an acoustic guitar. It also …
Read More »'Sisters' Paris Hilton, Meghan Trainor to Drop a 'Truly Iconic' Collab
When Paris Hilton sat down with Rolling Stone for a profile last year, she revealed that friends Miley Cyrus and Meghan Trainor were among the artists to send her possible demos to record for her upcoming album. On Tuesday, Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that Hilton and Trainor will drop …
Read More »Joe Egan, 'Stuck in the Middle With You' Co-Writer in Stealers Wheel, Dead at 77
Joe Egan, the Scottish singer-songwriter who co-founded Stealers Wheel with Gerry Rafferty and co-wrote their 1973 hit “Stuck in the Middle With You,” died Saturday, July 6. He was 77. Egan’s death was confirmed Sunday, July 7, on the official Rafferty Facebook page, run by Rafferty’s daughter, Martha (Rafferty died …
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