Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage The jury selection in Sean Combs‘ sex trafficking and racketeering trial has been delayed until Monday, after prosecutors from the Southern District of New York and Combs’ high-powered criminal defense team spent the majority of this week quizzing potential jurors on their backgrounds …
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The 60th ACM Awards are officially underway in Frisco, Texas, at the Ford Center at the Star, and the Academy of Country Music has already announced some winners. Trad-country revivalist Zach Top was awarded the trophy for New Male Artist of the Year, Ella Langley —the top nominee —was named …
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“The song is all about finding my old phone,” Ed Sheeran says of his latest single, “Old Phone,” in the new music video for it. “I was finding text messages from people that aren’t even here anymore, and reading conversations with people that I wish that I could have conversations …
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The cameras, iPhones, assistants, and Mountain Valley Spring Water glass bottles orbit him like he’s Neptune with its 16 moons. It feels like a red carpet gala arrival — but Fuerza Regida frontman Jesús Ortiz Paz is just getting to his newly built Street Mob Records offices near San Bernardino. …
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Drake’s own label is roasting the rapper yet again, saying his second stab at the defamation lawsuit he filed over Kendrick Lamar’s song “Not Like Us” is so unfounded, it’s “astonishing.” In its new motion to dismiss Drake’s recently filed amended complaint, Universal Music Group (UMG) ridicules the rapper’s argument …
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The R&B musician Kehlani was scheduled to perform at Cornell University and New York’s SummerStage, but saw both performances cancelled in connection with her vocal support of Palestine. These repercussions, the loss of opportunity or performance income, are an example of why some musicians may be hesitant to speak out. …
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Smokey Robinson‘s attorney responded to allegations that the the singer sexually harassed and raped four former housekeepers, calling them “vile” and indicating that they will be seeking a dismissal of the lawsuit against the Motown icon. In a statement to Rolling Stone sent Wednesday, attorney Christopher Frost said that as …
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Ayra Starr and Wizkid have shared a new video for their sensual single “Gimme Dat” from April. In the dream-sequence short, Starr tantalizes a music lover while wearing a red dress that gives that emoji and rolls around on a life-sized vinyl. “Diallo, Diallo/If I give you my love, oh/Make …
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Jessica Pratt and Destroyer joined forces on last night’s episode of Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney. The musicians performed two songs, Destroyer’s recent number “Travel Light” and Pratt’s 2024 single “World on a String.” Destroyer, led by Dan Bejar, kicked things off with “Travel Light,” which appears on their latest …
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John Lydon addressed the controversy surrounding Kneecap during an appearance on Good Morning Britain, describing the Belfast trio as “my enemy from here on in for the rest of your mediocre existence.” Kneecap have been in the crossfires since their performance at Coachella in April that saw the band calling …
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