In August 2020, Instagram influencer Aliza Jane appeared on No Jumper, the massively popular podcast whose content bounces from hip-hop to current events to, more recently, the odd appearance by alt-right polemicists. During her episode, Jane discussed alleged sexual encounters with multiple members of the Phoenix Suns basketball team, and …
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Entrepreneur and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has sued the spirits giant Diageo, accusing the company of failing to invest resources into his Ciroc vodka and DeLeon tequila brands — treating them as “urban” products. In a suit filed Wednesday and obtained by Rolling Stone, lawyers for Combs claim Diageo …
Read More »Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan Throws First Pitch at New York Mets Game
Yo La Tengo experienced a full circle career moment on Thursday when Ira Kaplan took the mount at Citi Field to throw the first pitch at a New York Mets game. The group’s name comes from a decades-old story from the team’s 1962 inaugural season when center fielder Richie Ashburn …
Read More »'Vivan Los Corridos': Bizarrap Taps Peso Pluma for Explosive 'Music Sessions Vol. 55'
Bizarrap found the perfect collaborator for his newest BZRP Music Session. On Wednesday, the Argentinian producer released BZRP “Music Sessions Vol. 55” featuring none other than rising Música Mexican star Peso Pluma. In the lyrics, Peso Pluma sings to an ex who left him behind, promising he’s moving on with …
Read More »Bad Bunny Used to Make 'Playlists on CDs' for His Family: 'So Many Memories'
Nostalgia kicks in during the summertime for Bad Bunny. In a new interview with People, the Puerto Rican star reminisced about his youth and how he’d often make playlists on CDs for his parents to listen to on road trips. “I was always such a freak that made playlists… When …
Read More »Watch Paramore Bring Out Lil Uzi Vert to Perform 'Misery Business'
Paramore fans were surprised by a guest appearance fromLil Uzi Vert during the band’s second night at Madison Square Garden as Hayley Williams invited the rapper onstage to perform “Misery Business.” Each night, the band plucks select fans to join them for the hit song. Not always going for the …
Read More »Joanna Sternberg Went Through Hell To Make Their Triumphant New Album
Joanna Sternberg can still remember the time they were almost beaten up over the band Maroon 5. It was a middle-school birthday party, and Sternberg’s classmates had found out that Sternberg didn’t share their taste for songs like “Moves Like Jagger.” “I was like, ‘Oh, God, turn it off,’ and …
Read More »Cedric Bixler-Zavala Reacts to Danny Masterson's Rape Conviction
The Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala, whose wife was among the four women who accused Danny Masterson of sexual assault, reacted to the That 70’s Show actor’s conviction Wednesday on two counts of rape in a series of social media posts. Bixler-Zavala and his wife Chrissie Carnell-Bixler — both former Scientologists …
Read More »Long-Lost John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Set From 1961 Unearthed for Release
A long-lost live recording featuring one of John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy’s 1961 sets at New York’s Village Gate has been unearthed for release this summer. Evenings at the Village Gate, out July 14 via Impulse! Records, was recorded in the summer before Coltrane’s legendary slate of Nov. 1961 dates …
Read More »Blackpink's Jennie Serenades Tokyo Fashion Show With 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'
The Chanel 2022-23 Métiers d’art collection arrived in Tokyo, Japan on June 1 in a special showcase highlighting the fashion selection that originally debuted in Dakar last December. While the works were the same, the Japan showcase had something that Dakar didn’t: a special live performance from Blackpink member and …
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