Part rapper, part singer, and part heir to the throne of BET Uncut, Ontario hip-hop star Tory Lanez has carved out a unique path to fame that began as an overactive youth bouncing between family in Montreal, Toronto, New York, and Atlanta, then broke big thanks in part to Chixtape, a mixtape series on the […]
Motherâs Day has a very simple premise: show some appreciation for the mothers in your life. But for Diplo and Future, it wasnât quite that easy. Veteran dad Future had his hands full with six Motherâs Day posts. And Diplo had a whole new son to reveal (from âa million milesâ away). Famously a father […]
The rise of Instagram Live as a stopgap entertainment hub for people whose nighttime meeting grounds are shuttered indefinitely was the first sign that the quarantine couldnât completely quash plans for spring music, even in the absence of live events in the traditional sense. Over the past month, Minecraft has hosted festivals featuring performances from […]
Influencial soul and R&B singer Betty Wright, born Bessie Regina Norris, died today at the age of 66. According to the New York Times, president of S-Curve Records Steve Greenberg confirmed Wrightâs death on Sunday; the singer had reportedly been diagnosed with endometrial cancer in the fall of 2019. Said Greenberg, âShe was an incredible […]
Chances are Katy Perry already had a Mrs. Jumbo and coordinating dog-sized Dumbo costume in her closet ahead of Sundayâs Disney Family Singalong: Volume II, since that is her thing, but it also might be a kind gesture to distract you from the most tear-jerking song in the Disney canon, âBaby Mine,â which is devastating […]
We can all agree: Motherâs Day 2020 should not fall under traditional Motherâs Day rules. Still, itâs nice to do a little something for your mom, who not only had to raise you, but is also dealing with living under quarantine herself. So go ahead, call her up on FaceTime or schedule a Zoom, sit […]
Imagine sitting next to Little Richard at a dinner party: I remember one night, we had this wonderful orgy going. It was one of the best I have ever been to. And in the middle of this orgy, that was fantastic, somebody knocked on my door. I said: âJust a moment! This is an orgy!â […]
Andre Harrell, a veteran record executive and founder of the influential hip hop label Uptown Records, has died at the age of 59. His death was first announced on DJ D-Niceâs daily Instagram Live party and later confirmed by the CEO of the music television network REVOLT, where Harrell served as vice-chairman. âAndreâs impact on […]
Little Richard, one of the most influential figures in the foundation and evolution of rock and roll, has died at the age of 87. His son confirmed the news to Rolling Stone, but said that the cause of death was still unknown. With songs such as âTutti Frutti,â âGood Golly Miss Molly,â âRip It Up,â […]
The 6ix9ine saga jumped through the looking glass last fall when he escaped federal racketeering and firearm charges by pleading guilty and appearing as the star witness for the prosecution during the trial against the Nine Trey Bloods â the set he shouted out throughout his meteoric rise to rap stardom, fueled by the thunderous […]
Can you believe that Tekashi 6ix9ine is coming back to music at a time when weâre all basically glued to the internet? The rapper, still adjusting to home confinement after receiving an early release from prison, has already dropped a new song and music video, âGooba.â Itâs his first track since his 2018 debut, Dummy […]
After 17 years of waiting, itâs Hayley Williams Day, and she is here to make the most of it. The Paramore singer released her debut solo full-length album, Petals for Armor, on May 8, and has now thrown in a music video for single âDead Horse.â The video features many Hayley Williamses â in mirror […]
Ariana Grande subtly (and philanthropically) confirmed her relationship with Dalton Gomez in the music video for âStuck With U,â her coronavirus relief song with Justin Bieber. And if youâre thinking âDalton Gomez? Who?â Thatâs exactly what she wants. At the end of the music video, which featured sweet clips of fans, the Biebers, and other […]
In the before times, if youâd wanted to see Taylor Swift perform songs off Lover, you wouldâve not only had to shell out hundreds for a stadium show, but also had to drive to Boston or L.A. for one of two Lover Fest dates. With those shows postponed due to the coronavirus, Swift is now […]
Nowâs not the best time to end up in the hospital for any reason. That said, weâre grateful that Brian May hasnât tested positive for the coronavirus right now. But we are sorry that the Queen guitarist, who was staying at home and minding his business, has âmanaged to rip my Gluteus Maximus to shreds […]
Earlier this March, Kehlani was scheduled to meet with her record label. She was preparing to put out her second album â her first since having a baby and a return to her R&B roots. There was a plan to open on Justin Bieberâs Changes tour, along with a number of dreamy solo dates. Executives […]
Check in on your friends during quarantine, they say â maybe even make a song with them. Thatâs what longtime friends Justin Bieber and inventor of staying home Ariana Grande have finally done, anyway, releasing their first collaboration âStuck With Uâ in the name of quarantine. The song comes a year after Bieber broke his […]
San Francisco rapper, producer, and poet George Watsky just made history for a good cause, livestreaming a run to break the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous freestyle rap and raise money for his tour and crew, who were sidelined during the tour for his new album Placement as venues across the country shuttered […]
When I speak with Caleb Landry Jones about his debut album, The Mother Stone, heâs talking on his flip phone from his family home in Texas. He doesnât use folksy turns of phrase or an overabundance of yâalls, but the Texas in his voice sneaks up when gerunds cut off at just the ânâ and […]
When Hayley Williams began making music, she insisted on being part of a band, fighting Atlantic after the label wanted to sign her solo. âThere was a heated conversation with a team of people in which I said I would be just as happy to play these songs in Taylorâs basement for the rest of […]
Youâll never know just how much we miss in-studio Kellyoke covers on The Kelly Clarkson Show. But in the meantime, Kelly has been delivering with her weekly performances from her Montana ranch, this week covering Rosemary Clooneyâs 1952 rendition of âYouâll Never Know.â Itâs exactly the retro escapism we need right now â the whole […]
This being America, perhaps you thought two consenting adults would enjoy the freedom to name their progeny whatever the hell they want. Your baby your choice, be it Kale or Lakynn or Gunner or Insta or just a collection of numbers and symbols chosen seemingly at random. Apparently, though, Big Government would like to rein […]
Suicide Squad producer Steve Mnuchin has, frankly, had enough of your complaints about the economy and being unemployed and needing more than one stimulus check to survive, and heâs decided to take that out on [checks notes] Axl Rose? On Wednesday night, Guns Nâ Roses front man Axl Rose exercised his first amendment right on […]
One day after Arkansas concert venue TempleLive announced its first âsocially distantâ concert, it seems the floodgates regarding âsocially distant concertsâ have opened in the U.S. Consequence of Sound reports that electronic musician and YouTuber Marc Ribellet is embarking on the first-ever drive in concert tour of the U.S. Taking a page from Denmark, Ribelletâs […]
Staying home, weâre told, makes us heroes during this pandemic. Weezer knows it, which weâre assuming is why the band released the new song âHeroâ as a single off their upcoming 13th studio album Van Weezer. The accompanying video features a slew of fans staying home, passing a note from Rivers Cuomo from one screen […]
Just when we thought all hope was lost, Lady Gaga has given us something to put on the calendar. Her highly anticipated, long-awaited, once-delayed album Chromatica will finally see the light of day on May 29. âThe journey continues,â Gaga tweeted. âYou can officially join me on #Chromatica on May 29.â Looks like weâre in […]
Florian Schneider, one of the founding members of pioneering German electronic group Kraftwerk, has died at 73 years old, Billboard reports. No cause of death has been identified. Schneider founded the group in 1970 with Ralf HĂŒtter as an experimental rock outfit before beginning to use synthetic instrumentation on third album Ralf und Florian in […]
When Hayley Williams started the pop-punk group Paramore at 15, all she wanted was to be in a band with her best guy friends. And for a while, thatâs what she did. But as she grew into an icon for emo kids, touring worldwide and releasing platinum albums with her band, Paramore was disintegrating. The […]
They all said hi, hi, hi to each other. Lance Bassâs virtual birthday party served as an always-welcome (and seemingly always 80 percent) *NSYNC reunion this week, with Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and JC Chasez showing up for their boy in their sombreros and Star Wars sweatshirts. Bass looked happy as a clam that his […]
Nearly three years after being awarded $9.4 million in a lawsuit against Michael Jacksonâs production company, star producer (and honorary Vulture staffer) Quincy Jones lost most of that money in an appeal of the case. The Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles reversed $6.9 million of that award due to a procedural issue […]