Young Scooter, the prolific Atlanta rapper known for his collaborations with Future, Gucci Mane, and Young Thug, has died at the age of 39. The rapper born Kenneth Bailey died from injuries he sustained while fleeing a house in Atlanta after police were called to the residence on a report …
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Shock value is nowhere near a revolutionary idea. In 2025, it’s easier to get away with bad behaviors so long as it falls within a certain anti-woke perspective — racists and and Nazis flourish on X while pro-Palestine protestors can be arrested and deported. It’s what’s so exasperating about Kanye …
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Miami’s Ultra Music Festival witnessed pop music history Friday night as David Guetta, Afrojack, and Sia appeared onstage to perform their 2011 hit “Titanium” live together for the first time. Toward the end Afrojack’s headlining set Friday at the EDM fest — which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year …
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Guster performed Friday night at the Kennedy Center, with the band using their show to stage a protest of sorts amid the Trump administration’s sweeping changes at the historic Washington, D.C. venue. During the concert, Guster brought out the cast of Finn — an LGBTQ+ musical with trans themes whose …
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Gaby Moreno‘s new short film for “Lamento” is a powerful look at memory. Rolling Stone can premiere the Guatemalan musician‘s 10-minute film companion of the song, shot at the ruins of an abandoned beach resort swallowed by the sea in her native country. “This is a story of longing and …
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Earlier this week, A24 announced that the highly-anticipated Ronnie Spector biopic, starring Zendaya, will be directed by Barry Jenkins. The film, titled Be My Baby (of course), is based on Spector’s 1990 memoir Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or, My Life as a Fabulous Ronette. …
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Isabel Olive is fully embracing who she is. On Friday, Olive’s band Half Gringa released its third album Cosmovisión, in which she pays tribute to her Venezuelan identity while looking inward. “One of the themes of this record is perspective, and I wanted to show that through lyrical phrasing,” Olive …
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Combine the accordions of música mexicana with the steel guitars of country music, and you’ve got magic. On Friday, Cody Johnson released “She Hurts Like Tequila,” a collaboration with Carin Leon that combines the classic elements of the country star’s sound, but with a Mexican flair. “No puedo negar que …
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The National Football League has outlawed the “nose wipe” as a celebration. On March 26, ESPN NFL analyst Ben Solak made an X post revealing, “According to the full rules report sent to NFL teams this week, the ‘nose wipe’ celebration is now a 15-yard penalty for being a ‘violent …
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Chase Icon is reveling in the excitement of her new album, Icon Baby — and delivering an equally effervescent video. The dance-pop star premieres the “perfectly unhinged” video for her single “Bands on Me,” starring trans porn star Brittney Kade and internet personality Elena Genevinne, with Rolling Stone. Sam Fine, …
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