Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s “WAP” exploded to Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The Ayo & Keyz-produced track earned more than 52 million streams and more than 64,000 downloads, easily outpacing another high-powered collaboration, Juice WRLD and the Weeknd‘s “Smile,” which debuted at …
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Federal prosecutors indicted two men Monday in connection with the 2002 killing of Run-DMC‘s Jam Master Jay. A representative for the United States Attorney’s Office confirmed to Rolling Stone that it has charged Ronald Washington, 56, and Karl Jordan, Jr., 36, each with a count of murder while engaged in …
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“Hello, and welcome to a very weird episode of MTV Cribs,” Dua Lipa said at the start of her guest-hosting slot on Jimmy Kimmel Live! In place of the show’s usual host, the British pop star delivered a monologue in which she confirmed that yes, Dua Lipa is her real name, and that …
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Steve Van Zandt hosts the second episode of his Virtual Roadshow Thursday, featuring Martha Reeves, the Motown star whose hits with the Vandellas include “Heatwave,” “Nowhere to Run” and “Dancing in the Street.” The show focuses solely on Detroit. Reeves will also debut a never-before-released pro-shot video of her performance …
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Lana Del Rey recites her spoken word piece “Salamander,” from her recently released audiobook of poemsViolet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, in a video the singer posted Saturday on social media. https://thisforall.net/LanaDelRey/status/1289704402396184576 “Get out of my blood, salamander,” Del Rey reads from a manuscript in the grainy video. “I can’t …
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Flying Lotus ventures deep into the surreal unknown in the new video for “Remind U,” a track off the producer’s 2019 album, Flamagra. The clip was directed by Winston Hacking and makes use of the psychedelic collage style Hacking previously used in his 2017 video for FlyLo’s song, “Post Requisite.” …
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The Weeknd takes an animated look back at his chameleonic career in Abel Tesfaye’s new video for “Snowchild,” a track off the singer’s After Hours. The visual — directed by the D’ART Shtajio studio, the first black-owned animation studio in Japan — gives an illustrated look at Tesfaye’s many personas, …
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The American Music Awards are on for 2020 — even in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has prevented most mass gatherings and postponed many awards shows this year. The show will air as a three-hour broadcast on Sunday, November 22nd, ABC and Dick Clark Productions announced on Friday. …
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Gabriel Garzón-Montano veers into radio-friendly territory on his new song, “Agüita,” which is scrappy and bare and drenched in programmed high-hats. “Agüita” is the second new track from Garzón-Montano since the end of May, when he returned with “Someone” after a period of quiet. While that song sounded like it …
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A new Juice WRLD song featuring Halsey, “Life’s a Mess,” has arrived alongside the announcement that the rapper’s first posthumous album, Legends Never Die, will be released July 10th. The song balances a hard-hitting low end with somber synths and aching, but ultimately uplifting, vocals from Juice WRLD, with Halsey …
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