Near the end of what’s purported to be Wu-Tang Clan’s final Madison Square Garden set, Raekwon gave the crowd an affirmation about the legendary group: “One of one!” The most derivative rappers in the world will tell you they are too; the Clan actually embody the term. At times, mainstream …
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Last month, Dev Hynes returned as Blood Orange for the first time in three years with “The Field,” a Caroline Polachek-assisted single about grief and escapism. As it turns out, the musician has been thinking a lot about these themes in the six years since his most recent studio album. …
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Connie Francis, the pop singer who released a string of hit singles across the late Fifties and early Sixties including “Where the Boys Are” and “Who’s Sorry Now?,” died on Wednesday at the age of 87. Francis’ death was confirmed on Thursday by Ron Roberts, her friend and president of …
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A 15-year-oldDestroy Lonelyfan was hospitalized in intensive care after the rapper urged him to jump off the stage during a performance at a rapfestivalin Costinesti, Romania, on July 11. The Romanian news platform Observator spoke to the teen, only identified by his first name, Nicolas, from his hospital bed. Nicolas …
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Readers of the British tabloids may have read recently about a sensationalistic documentary on Oasis that was supposedly flagged by a British film board for its “strong language” and footage of the band drinking and smoking. Piqued by the news, plenty of Oasis fans probably can’t wait to see it, …
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Ariana Grande isn’t forfeiting her position in the upper echelons of the pop pantheon, no matter how many people believe that she no longer has an interest in being there. “Very silly of you all to assume that just because i have my hands full with many things that i …
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The only AI program SZA is interested in using is the one she naturally has: “Actual Imagination.” In a series of recent Instagram interactions, the singer criticized the damaging use of artificial intelligence programs thatconsume vital resourcesto function, such as ChatGPT and Elon Musk’s chatbot, Grok. “Ai is killing and …
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Robin Kaye, a longtime music supervisor for American Idol, and her husband, Thomas Deluca, were shot and killed at their Encino home and were found dead Monday afternoon, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) confirmed today with Rolling Stone. In a press release shared today, LAPD confirmed that Kaye and …
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Tomorrowland will go ahead as planned, even after the main stage caught today, one day before the massively popular EDM festival in Belgium was set to begin. In a statement shared on Instagram, organizers wrote, “Due to a serious incident and fire on the Tomorrowland Mainstage, our beloved Mainstage has …
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Clipse stopped by The Tonight Show to perform their recent song “The Birds Don’t Sing.” The evocative track is the opening number on the rap group’s latest LP, Let God Sort Em Out, which dropped July 11. The performance featured Pusha T stepping forward to intone the opening verses before …
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