Cardi B is welcoming a judge’s ruling this week that will give him a direct line to her STD test results at a California hospital ahead of trial in her libel and defamation lawsuit against a YouTube blogger, her lawyer tells Rolling Stone. In the narrow ruling Monday, U.S. District …
Read More »Young Thug's $1M Lawsuit Over Swiped Bag Containing Cash, Unreleased Music Heats Up
Young Thug’s lawyer is firing back at the management firm behind the rapper’s luxury apartment complex in Georgia after it finally answered his $1 million lawsuit with suggestions the “Bubbly” artist played a role in the loss of his Louis Vuitton bag stuffed with cash, diamond-encrusted jewelry, and a valuable …
Read More »Phife Dawg's Posthumous Album 'Forever' Finally Has a Release Date
Phife Dawg’s long-awaited posthumous album, Forever, is set to arrive on March 22, 2022, the sixth anniversary of the A Tribe Called Quest MC’s death. Forever will feature songs Phife Dawg had begun working on before his death in March 2016. A full tracklist wasn’t revealed, but the LP will …
Read More »FKA Twigs Embraces Her Inner Crooner on New Song With Central Cee 'Measure of a Man'
FKA Twigs and British MC Central Cee have linked up for a new song, “Measure of a Man,” which will appear on the soundtrack for the upcoming spy flick, The King’s Man. Befitting the film it was made for, “Measure of a Man” feels like a classic Bond theme — …
Read More »Adele Has a Secret TikTok Account, and Nine More Things You Learn Hanging With Her
In Rolling Stone‘s December 2021 cover story, Adele opens up about the emotional journey she’s been on since 2019. That year, not only did she begin writing her highly-anticipated fourth album, 30, but she also saw a series of major upheavals in her life, like the end of her relationship …
Read More »Shooter Jennings Contemplates Legacy and Cocaine in 'Leave Those Memories Alone'
“Will they remember the words to my song when I’m dead and gone?” Shooter Jennings asks in the new song “Leave Those Memories Alone.” The answer doesn’t really matter after you digest the next line: “While I’m here, I can’t remember the words to my own songs,” he admits. “Leave …
Read More »Former AEG Exec Adam Lublin Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Four Women
Adam Lublin, a former executive at the live music behemoth AEG, was sentenced to four years in prison Monday, Nov. 15, for sexually assaulting four women. Back in August, Lublin — who also once served as the manager for Young Thug and Kodak Black — pleaded guilty to two counts …
Read More »The Audacity and Triumph of Taylor's Versions – Plus, Rob Sheffield's Taylor-Song Rankings
“Nobody’s tried this kind of insane project before,” says Rob Sheffield in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, which is devoted to a discussion of Taylor Swift’s re-recording of her entire catalog — Red (Taylor’s Version) is, of course, the latest — as well as Sheffield’s newly updated …
Read More »Who Died in the Astroworld Tragedy?
On Friday, Nov. 5, at least 50,000 people attended the first day of Travis Scott’s Astroworld in Houston on Friday to catch a lineup that was set to feature SZA, Bad Bunny, and Tame Impala alongside Scott himself. But tragedy unfolded that evening when the massive crowd surged towards the …
Read More »Meet BabyTron, Your Favorite Rapper's Favorite Rapper
Bin Reaper 2, the latest album from Michigan rapper BabyTron, opens with a sample from Harry Potter. On the project’s intro, aptly titled “Half-Blood Prince,” the 21-year-old MC is firmly in his lane, delivering head-spinning bars jam-packed with pop culture references. “Scooby-Doo, hopping out the van, gon’ leave a mystery,” …
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