Pusha T has released his latest track “Coming Home,” produced by Kanye West and Mike Dean and featuring a rare guest appearance by Ms. Lauryn Hill. On the track, Pusha T speaks to black disenfranchisement and the struggle to achieve freedom: “I’m speakin’ to the soul of my black native …
Read More »Joe Biden's Lead is Sizable (But Shrinking) in New National Poll
A day after a Monmouth University poll found longtime frontrunner Joe Biden trailing Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, an Emerson University poll has the former vice president on top by a comfortable margin. Conducted between August 24th-26th with a 3.9 percent margin of error, the poll has 31 percent of …
Read More »Watch Miley Cyrus Make Surprise Appearance at 2019 VMAs With 'Slide Away'
Miley Cyrus made a surprise appearance at the 2019 Video Music Awards to perform her heartbreaking new song “Slide Away.” The track was released earlier this month in the wake of her separation from husband Liam Hemsworth. After being introduced by Lizzo, Cyrus appeared onstage in a black dress accompanied by …
Read More »Watch Dave Chappelle Recruit Jon Stewart, Stevie Wonder for Dayton Benefit Show
Dave Chappelle brought out a parade of surprise guests, including Jon Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Chris Rock and Chance the Rapper during his benefit concert and block party in Dayton, Ohio Sunday to honor the victims of the city’s recent mass shooting. Thundercat, Teyana Taylor and Talib Kweli also appeared at …
Read More »A Toy Company Now Owns Death Row Records
Hasbro, a massive toy company that is the source of countless hours of childhood joy — thanks to Mr. Potato Head, Monopoly, G.I. Joe, Transformers, My Little Pony, Power Rangers, and much, much more — announced on Thursday that it will join forces with Death Row Records, a label synonymous …
Read More »Flashback: The Grateful Dead Play 'The Wheel' at Farm Aid in 1986
We’re now less than a month away from Farm Aid 2019, which will take place September 21st at the Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy, Wisconsin. The lineup includes Bonnie Raitt, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Tanya Tucker, and Jamey Johnson in addition to Farm Aid …
Read More »Macy Gray Finds Her Peace in New 'Buddha' Video
Acclaimed R&B singer Macy Gray finds her center of calm and peace in the video for “Buddha,” premiering exclusively with Rolling Stone. The track, which features Gary Clark Jr. on guitar, is from her latest album Ruby, released in 2018. The Teyana Taylor-directed video sees Gray performing in her studio while looking …
Read More »'The Simpsons': Watch Trump Flee the Squad in New 'West Side Story' Parody
President Donald Trump tries to evade “the Squad” — the informal nickname for new U.S. representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley — in a new West Side Story spoof from The Simpsons. The 90-second clip is fittingly titled “West Wing Story” and boasts a parody of …
Read More »'Succession' Recap: My Dad Told Me To
The media industry, you may have heard, is a precarious place to make one’s career. The digital advertising landscape has been fully devoured by the twin powers of Google and Facebook, private equity firms have made a cottage industry of stripping publications for spare parts, and venture capital has (mostly) …
Read More »Watch Paul Simon Perform 'Cecilia' With Michael McDonald in Hawaii
For an artist that wrapped up a farewell tour less than a year ago, Paul Simon has been quite active on the concert circuit over the past couple of weeks. He not only played a surprise “pop-up” show at Oakland, California’s Fox Theater on August 9th prior to his headlining …
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