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Tony Kanal first heard the names Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare when he was growing up in Southern California in the Eighties. “In my teens, when No Doubt started, we listened to a lot of reggae and ska music,” the bass player says. “And it was hard to have a …

Britney Spears wrested back another key to her newfound freedom on Wednesday: the power to sign her own estate planning documents. The pop star was liberated from her nearly 14-year conservatorship on Nov. 12, but she still didn’t have the right to marshal her money around with her own signature …

Lizzo took the stage in Miami Saturday for a private performance for Art Basel, and the singer surprised fans in attendance with a decidedly more personal cover of Erykah Badu’s “Tyrone.” Originally released in 1997 on Badu’s Live album, Lizzo’s cover came toward the end of her 70-minute set, which …

BTS have dropped a holiday remix of their hit single “Butter.” The new version, “Butter (Holiday Remix),” is a carol pop genre track with a festive ambiance, just in time for the holiday season. BTS originally released “Butter” back in May. The track marked the South Korean group’s second-ever English-language …

Three days after the brutal crowd surge at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld that would eventually leave 10 people dead and hundreds of others injured, the rapper publicly announced he would pay for victims’ funerals. Several of the deceased’s families, however, tell Rolling Stone they aren’t interested. AsRolling Stone reported Monday, the …

Rihanna has been declared a national hero of Barbados by Prime Minister Mia Mottley. The singer was honored during a ceremony marking the country’s new status as a republic. Rihanna, who was previously named ambassador to Barbados in 2018, received “the order of national hero” during the event in Bridgetown. …

Meek Mill is set to release his final Dreamchasers mixtape — the fifth installment in his series — as an NFT. The Philly rapper revealed he would be taking this approach with his work for the first time via Instagram. “#DCPOUNDCAKE LAST DREAMCHASER MIXTAPE A NFT …. LOYALTY CLUB STARTS …

Before Steven Tyler and Joe Perry became the “Toxic Twins,” they were merely intoxicated. On a newly unearthed demo tape, which is coming out with the regrettably punny title The Road Starts Hear, that Aerosmith cut in 1971 — two years before releasing their self-titled debut — the band sounds …

Chris Stapleton and Mickey Guyton were the top nominees in the country music categories when the Grammy Awards announced their nominations on Tuesday. Stapleton and Guyton will compete in the same three categories: Best Country Solo Performance, Best Country Song, and Best Country Album. Stapleton’s nominations come on the strength …

Somewhere between the election, the pandemic, and the looming environmental catastrophe, a reshuffling of attitudes took hold. In the past year, icons like Britney Spears have been reconsidered in a new, more empathic, context. Similarly, the open secrets of alleged bad actors like Marilyn Manson are finally sticking in the …