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CNCO performed “Beso” at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, a new song they surprise-released on Thursday. In what marks the boy band’s debut performance at the ceremony, the five-piece group performed at MTV’s drive-in concert setup in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, along the East River. Members Joel Pimental, Richard Camacho, …

More than any other pop star of the 2000s, Lil Wayne thrived in the chaos left behind by a rapidly changing music industry. When streaming was still a dream and physical CD sales were cratering, the New Orleans rapper consumed and re-contextualized everything from the Beatles to Beyoncé. It was …

Nas celebrates black culture and beauty in his new video for “Ultra Black.” The song appears on his latest studio album, King’s Disease, which arrived last week via Mass Appeal. In the Spike Jordan-directed video, Nas appears in his kitchen rapping over Hit-Boy’s beats — the song’s producer makes a …

On the heels of releasing Music for Looking Animals, a new album under his solo project Mountain Time, Chris Simpson has released a wistful video for “Empty Graves.” Directed by Gates Bradley, the black-and-white video features an accordion player busking in an empty town. Wearing a mask, she straps on …

When Old 97’s singer Rhett Miller was a kid in the Seventies, he worshipped Roger Staubach, the quick-on-his-feet quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. Staubach was so much of a figure in Miller’s life that he even haunted his subconscious. He remembers vividly a surreal dream he had one humid day …

Have you been to any good shows lately? Yeah, me neither. Ever since lockdowns went into effect, my new heart-crushing routine has been going through the concert calendar I’d made in January and painfully removing each unrequited gig on the day it was supposed to happen. So in recent months, …

Dua Lipa and the Blessed Madonna have announced the official tracklist for the remix albumClub Future Nostalgia, out August 28th. Club Future Nostalgia features a stacked list of DJs and producers who worked on a combination of Future Nostalgia and previously unreleased songs by Lipa. Mr. Fingers, Jacques Lu Cont, …

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 …

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 …

A group of black musicians and music-industry professionals are set to have a public discussion about race in the world of Americana music. The panel, titled “Black Equity in Americana: A Conversation,” will take place over Zoom on Thursday, August 20th, at 4 p.m. ET. Participating in the conversation will …