Cardi B and Nicki Minaj’s grinding and prolonged war has been a slog. The neverending story is filled with on-record subliminals turned into real-world confrontations. In September, their powder keg of a relationship finally blew, with the two New York rappers finally coming to blows in real life. In a …
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Gladys Knight fronted a soulful gospel tribute to the late Aretha Franklin on Tuesday at the 2018 American Music Awards. Ledisi, Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin and CeCe Winans joined for the all-star medley performance, which highlighted Franklin’s gospel roots and herseminal 1972 album,Amazing Grace. Knight opened the show-closing set with …
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Season 15 of NBC’s The Voice continued Monday night with another round of Blind Auditions, during which a sworn country singer stole the show and others with twangy tendencies joined the field. Alabama’s Kirk Jay was the highlight of the night, capping off the show with a crystalline rendition of …
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Lil Wayne‘s Tha Carter V has been a white whale for hip-hop enthusiasts since 2014, so it was surprising last month when the rapper Young Thug predicted that the long-awaited album was sure to fall short. “I’m Wayne’s biggest fan,” Young Thug wrote, “but [Tha Carter V] not goin’ to …
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The annual Austin City Limits festival kicked off on October 5th-7th with a jam-packed three-day lineup of rock, rap, pop and more. With the Texas senate race heating up (along with the actual atmospheric temperatures in Texas), it was a particularly zesty weekend of music. Here are the most memorable, …
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Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie that’s available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours” — consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week: Craig Lindsey on the Chuck Barris “biopic” Confessions of a …
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Earlier this week, Forbes reported that it had uncovered the first known case of law enforcement forcing a suspect to unlock their iPhone X using facial recognition technology. On August 10th, FBI investigators served a search warrant on 28-year-old Grant Michalski, a Columbus, Ohio, resident who would later be arrested …
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One year ago this week, Eric Church celebrated the final moments of his 2017 tour on the Las Vegas Strip, where he played an outdoor show to 22,000 attendees at the Route 91 Harvest festival. “You guys have fun tonight in Las Vegas!” he shouted from the front row, after …
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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert satirized the ongoing controversy surrounding Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday with a parody of UB40‘s 1983 hit “Red Red Wine.” Over a bouncy reggae groove, an unseen vocalist croons lyrics about alcohol consumption and remorse –a reference to The New York …
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After a week of controversy, Jacquees drops his latest “Quemix,” this time taking on Drake’s “Jaded.” What’s a “Quemix,” you ask? It’s what happens when a young Cash Money singer remixes so many popular songs that you might as well give them all a catchy name. One of Jacquees’s defining …
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