Billie Eilish recalled frantically learning the proper etiquette for meeting the Royal Family last year, only to watch all that hard work be for nothing, during an interview with Fitzy and Wippa on Australia’s Nova radio station. Eilish got to meet then-Prince (now-King) Charles, as well as prince William and …
Read More »Wizkid's 'Bad to Me' is Good for Grooving — and Getting Some Folks Heated
Made in Lagos — the great and Grammy-nominated fourth album from Afrobeats leader Wizkid — could make you forget the slick singer is good for getting the party started with intense, uptempo songs. While most of Made in Lagos is made for slow whines and cooling out, Wizkid’s got dance …
Read More »Watch Ellie Goulding Bring New Single 'Easy Lover' to 'Fallon'
Ellie Goulding appeared on The Tonight Show to perform her latest song “Easy Lover” — “one of my favorites,” host Jimmy Fallon said — on Tuesday night. The track — which is not a cover of the Phil Collins & Philip Bailey classic of the same name — is the …
Read More »'I Buried It': Spice Girls' Melanie C Reveals Sexual Assault Before Group's Debut Concert
Spice Girls singer Melanie Chisholm (known in the group as Sporty Spice) said she was sexually assaulted by a masseur before the girl group’s first-ever performance. Chisholm writes about the incident in her new memoir, Who I Am, while she also spoke about it on an episode of the How …
Read More »'It's So Common': PnB Rock Discussed Robbers Targeting Rappers Weeks Before Shooting Death
Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock discussed how frequently rappers are targeted for robberies in an interview recorded several weeks before he was shot and killed during a robbery in Los Angeles. PnB Rock discussed the matter on an episode of DJ Akademiks’ Off the Record podcast, which was first released on …
Read More »Rina Sawayama Says Pop Music Became a 'Way to Fit in' at School as a Japanese Immigrant
Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, and Gwen Stefani helped bona fide pop star Rina Sawayama connect — and fit in — with her white classmates after her family immigrated to London from Japan. In a new interview with Them, the “Hold the Girl” star shared how the music allowed her to …
Read More »How Jackson, Mississippi Became a Hotbed for Southern Hip-Hop
[Jackson, Mississippi, is still recovering from a water crisis that left approximately 150,000 people without safe drinking water, a cruel reminder of decades-long structural issues facing a predominantly Black city. Interviews for this story were conducted in the spring.] Talk to scene makers in Jackson, Mississippi, like Brad “Kamikaze” Franklin …
Read More »Eminem Reflects on the Most Harrowing Moments of His Battle With Drug Addiction
Eminem opened up about the way his struggle with drug addiction was a constant, if unseen, presence throughout much of his early career in a new as-told-to in XXL. In the piece, Em explained that drugs really only became a part of his life after the release of his 1999 …
Read More »Ashley McBryde's 'Lindeville' Album to Feature Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark
Ashley McBryde’s known for making rich character studies out of her songs, but she’ll lean all the way in on the new album Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, due out via Warner Music Nashville on Sept. 30. Among the guests on the multi-artist project are Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark, and Aaron …
Read More »R. Kelly Convicted of Six Counts in Federal Child Pornography Trial
CHICAGO, IL — Sometimes justice never comes, sometimes it takes more than 20 years. For several women whom R. Kelly sexually assaulted when they were underage, their decades-long fight ends in some vindication. R. Kelly was found guilty on six of the 13 counts — including creating child pornography and …
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