Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was found guilty of fraud charges Thursday, according to The Washington Post. Bankman-Fried was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, and violations of campaign finance law in December 2022. The 30-year-old allegedly defrauded millions of investors …
Read More »Don Omar Takes Reggaeton to Its OG Roots on 'Sandunga' With Wisin Y Yandel
By now, we’ve sen Don Omar do a little bit of everything: salsa, cumbia, kuduro, danzon. But he’s always at the top of his game when he brings fans back to his old-school reggaeton days and reminds them why he’s still the Don of the genre. His new song, “Sandunga” …
Read More »FBI Raids Eric Adams' Fundraising Chief Over Possible Illegal Donations From Turkey
Federal agents raided the home of New York City MayorEric Adams‘ chief fundraiser and campaign consultant, Brianna Suggs, according a search warrant obtained by the New York Times. Investigators focused on the possibility that the mayor’s campaign kicked back benefits to employees at a Brooklyn construction company with ties to …
Read More »'Below Deck' Star Out of BravoCon After Rolling Stone Exposé
On the heels of BravoCon in Las Vegas this weekend, Below Deck Sailing Yacht cast member Gary King posted a message on Instagram alluding to the sexual misconduct allegations against him published in a Rolling Stone investigation, saying he was “canceled because of a lie.” He also said in the …
Read More »Sofia Reyes Explains Why She's Embracing Love on 'Milamores'
Sofia Reyes is in bloom on the cover of her new album Milamores. After last year’s heartbreak LP Mal De Amores, the Mexican superstar is now filled with resilience and self-love. On her most kaleidoscopic project yet, she blends Latin pop with elements of bolero, cumbia, reggae, hyperpop, reggaeton, and …
Read More »He Wrote the First Nirvana Bio. 30 Years Later, He Has a Few Changes
For a music journalist in the Nineties, there could have been no better phone call. Not long after Michael Azerrad hung out with Kurt Cobain for Nirvana’s first Rolling Stone cover story, Courtney Love reached out to ask him if he wanted to write a book about Nirvana. He agreed, …
Read More »Quavo and Offset Remember Takeoff on Anniversary of Migos Rapper's Death
Quavo and Offset both paid tribute to their late bandmate Takeoff on the one-year anniversary of the Migos rapper’s unexpected death. “The times we spent is priceless what we built in this game they never wanted to give us our flowers we influenced the world,” Offset wrote on Instagram. “I …
Read More »Girl Power Will Dominate the Grammy Nominations for Best Pop Solo Performance
Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. If it is truly “the year of the girl” as many have claimed in light …
Read More »'Shut Up, Colonel Sanders': Republicans Can't Stop Attacking Each Other
House Republicans had a chaotic October — ousting Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, fighting bitterly about it for weeks, and then electing Mike Johnson to replace him, seemingly because no know knew him well enough to hate him. The GOP may have unanimously agreed to let a Christian nationalist election denier …
Read More »'White Lotus,' 'Last of Us,' and More HBO Shows Delayed Due to Hollywood Strikes
If you thought waiting week to week for new episodes of The White Lotus was hard work, you’re going to need a long vacation. The beloved HBO anthology series “likely” won’t return with its third season until 2025, according to HBO exec Casey Bloys via Deadline. The network is also …
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