I recently took a trip to San Diego — no internet, no distractions, just the book Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, my Pinetti journal and my Cartier pen. For six days, my goals were to read, write, meditate, not crash a motorcycle, and play some golf. Upon arrival, I picked up …
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After earning a Number One single earlier this year with “Rapstar,” 22-year-old rapper Polo G also landed his first Number One album with Hall of Fame. The 20-song set, which incorporates contributions from veterans (Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne), young streaming stars (Rod Wave, Kid Laroi), and several MCs from Polo …
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Jennifer Hudson discusses her upcoming role as Aretha Franklin in a new behind-the-scenes featurette forRespect, the upcoming MGM biopic on Franklin’s life. Through interview segments and clips from the movie, as well as rehearsal videos, the featurette documents Hudson’s journey to embodying the Queen of Soul, beginning from when Franklin …
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“Minor Pixar” — a bit of a loaded phrase, right? The company that’s been responsible for giving animated movies several shoves up the evolutionary scale, and setting the bar for formal heights and emotional depth in ‘toon storytelling over the last quarter century, has created its share of masterpieces. (Pixar …
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Everything’s “fine” in the first trailer for The Shrink Next Door, Apple TV+’s dark comedy starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd about the bizarre relationship between a psychiatrist and his patient. Based on a true story that was later turned into a 2019 Wonderly podcast, the limited series focuses on …
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In early 2020, the cannabis industry achieved a major milestone. At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, state governments quickly declared cannabis dispensaries “essential” businesses, allowing them to remain open during mandated shutdowns of many other retail and service industries. In other words, they were permitted to operate much like …
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Next week’s Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart will feature new releases from established rap royalty and a rising star, and based on how the two are performing on Apple Music’s Pre-Add Chart, the newbie seems to be the frontunner. Hall of Fame, Polo G‘s third studio album, leads the …
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This story appears in Rolling Stone‘s 2021 Future of Music issue, a special project delving into the next era of the multibillion-dollar hitmaking business. Read the other stories here. The biggest companies in music agree: Streaming manipulation, a practice that falsely inflates artists’ stream counts and reduces payouts for smaller …
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Brett Eldredge reshaped the direction of his career with the release of his mature singer-songwriter album Sunday Drive last summer. With vaccines rolling out and live music quickly returning, the Illinois native is finally ready to tour behind the LP. Eldredge announced his Good Day Tour dates on Monday. Named …
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The Strokes performed a full concert Saturday at New York’s newly renovated Irving Plaza as part of a fundraiser for mayoral candidate Maya Wiley. The exuberant benefit gig — the first show at the venue in over two years, with attendees needing to show proof of vaccination — also featured …
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