Magoo, the Virginia rapper best known for his work in the late-Nineties and early-2000s with longtime friend/super-producer Timbaland, has died. He was 50. The Office for the Chief Medical Examiner for Virginia’s Tidewater District confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, though noted a cause of death was still pending. His …
Read More »Caroline Polachek Gives Lorde the 'Green Light' During Surprise Festival Appearance
Lorde‘s Melodrama single “Green Light” is made to be screamed — particularly alongside tens of thousands of people who will come get their things, but can’t let go. The singer ramped up her performance of the track at this year’s Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary with a special guest appearance …
Read More »A Little-Known Trump Ally Is in Major Trouble for Plotting Coup
Ken Chesebro’s name hasn’t been in as many headlines as some of Donald Trump’s other coup-plotting allies, but it may soon be listed next to several of them on a criminal indictment. The Justice Department indicted Donald Trump last month for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, listing …
Read More »Trump's 'Co-Conspirators' Are Already Starting to Turn on Each Other
Jack Smith’s latest indictment of Donald Trump isn’t yet two weeks old, but the alleged “co-conspirators” it identifies are already beginning to turn on each other —and some of them aren’t even being subtle about it. A number of the ex-president’s chief lieutenants and alleged co-conspirators in the plot to …
Read More »'Scouts Honor': Netflix Reveals the Boy Scouts' Child Sexual Abuse Cover-Up
On Sept. 6, Netflix will debut Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America, a documentary about how one of the largest youth organizations in the U.S. — with over 700,000 members — tried to cover up one of the most widespread child sexual abuse scandals in …
Read More »Clarence Avant, Influential Music Exec Known as 'The Black Godfather,' Dead at 92
Clarence Avant, the veteran music and entertainment executive known as the “Black Godfather” who was hailed for his influence and guidance by Quincy Jones, Pharrell Williams, Snoop Dogg, Whitney Houston, and others, died at home in Los Angeles on Sunday. He was 92. Avant’s death was announced Monday through a …
Read More »Netflix's 'Depp v. Heard' Casts the Trial of the Decade in a New Light
On August 16th, Netflix will debut Depp v. Heard, a three-part docuseries about the infamous Virginia defamation trial between actor-exes Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Though the seven-week trial wrapped on June 1, 2022, with the court finding Heard liable on three counts of defamation (awarding Depp $10.35 million in …
Read More »HBO's 'Telemarketers' Exposes a Billion-Dollar Scam the Cops Are in On
Sam Lipman-Stern was 14, he’d just dropped out of ninth grade, and he needed a job stat. There wasn’t a host of options for an underage kid in New Jersey in terms of gainful employment, and his main interests at the time — skating, graffiti, filming his friends on his …
Read More »Foo Fighters Take 'Joke Too Far,' Bring Out Michael Bublé to Perform at Outside Lands
Foo Fighters’ tour-long gag of playing Michael Bublé’s “Haven’t Met You Yet” culminated Saturday with the Canadian singer joining the band onstage to perform the 2009 single at San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival. Since the onset of Dave Grohl and company’s tour in support of But Here We Are, the …
Read More »Grandmaster Flash on Rap's Earliest Days and Why We Need to Remember the DJs
HIP-HOP WAS BORNINTHEBRONXINthe summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary,“Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists throughout this year. It’s the eve of hip-hop’s birthday, and Grandmaster Flash’s phone has been blowing up lately. As one of rap’s founding fathers, his …
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