The story of Tupac Shakur has been told many times since his tragic death at just 25 following a drive-by shooting in 1996. Yet a life so big and complicated is always ripe for further exploration. Jeff Pearlman’s new biography, Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac …
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Saturday Night Live has its performance lineup ready for November. On Friday, the NBC comedy sketch show announced that Brandi Carlile, Sombr, and Olivia Dean will be joining the show as the upcoming musical guests. The Nov. 1 show will be hosted by Miles Teller, who returns to SNL after …
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F orty-two years ago, Cyndi Lauper told the world that “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” on her debut single. And right now, she’s sitting in a north Brooklyn studio with Gracie Abrams and doing just that. They’re bopping their heads to Rickie Lee Jones’ “The Last Chance Texaco” and …
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It’s early in October, and the members of Los Bukis are looking as sharp as ever in coordinated wine-colored suits and sleek black shirts, accessorized with matching gold necklaces and flashy belts that recall their glory days dominating radio in the Eighties and Nineties. Their agenda today? Announcing two more …
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Thomas Rhett has righted a honky-tonk wrong with Niall Horan by enlisting him to sing on a new version of “Old Tricks.” “Old Tricks” was originally a duet with Blake Shelton recorded for the deluxe edition of Rhett’s 2024 album, About a Woman (out today, Oct. 17). Rhett happened to …
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Last March, Sam Westhoff, who performs under the moniker Haffway, stood beneath a lone spotlight onstage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and delivered a song about struggling to slow down. The performance, an opening slot on Bear Rinehart’s Wilder Woods Tour, was as bare-bones as the way Westhoff was …
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In case Bad Bunny headlining the 2026 Super Bowl wasn’t indication enough, Latin music continues to grow at an exponential rate in the United States. On Friday, the Recording Industry Association of America revealed that Latin music generated $490.3 million in revenue during the first half of 2025 — marking …
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T.I. and Tiny’s ongoing defamation battle with influencer Sabrina Peterson took another turn Friday when a Los Angeles judge refused to reinstate the original lawsuit Peterson filed against the married musicians in 2021. In court filings leading up to the Friday morning hearing, Peterson claimed her complaint was unfairly dismissed …
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“This is, like, our 15th time in New York,” MJ Lenderman told the crowd at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre on Thursday night. That’s only a slight exaggeration. This time last year, the North Carolina guitarist kicked off three nights at the 650-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg in support of his breakthrough …
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Mike McCready is mourning the loss of Kiss‘s Ace Frehley after news of his death on Thursday, Oct. 16. In a social media post shared by both Pearl Jam and McCready, the musician reflected on how Frehley forever changed his life and inspired him to pick up a guitar. McCready …
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