For anyone who thinks R. Kelly was “railroaded” at his recent racketeering and sex trafficking trial, victim Faith Rodgers wants you to consider this: She wasn’t even alive when the marriage certificate showing R. Kelly had wed 15-year-old singer Aaliyah in 1994 was first unearthed by Vibe magazine that same year. The certificate falsely listed
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When Rihanna met Tems, you would have thought that Tems was the newly minted billionaire. The Bajan mogul brought the 26-year-old Nigerian singer-songwriter into a firm embrace at the New York premiere of her latest Savage X Fenty fashion show in September: “Enough of that humble shit,” Rihanna was heard telling Tems as Megan Thee
Lil Wayne unexpectedly dropped a new song on streaming services Thursday, with “Ya Dig” arriving without much fanfare less than a week after the rapper released his collaborative Trust Fund Babies mixtape with Rich the Kid. However, the new song is anything but: According to Lil Wayne HQ, “Ya Dig” dates back to 2007 or
Luka James has just released his highly anticipated new music video for his latest single “Hazy Dreams” which is now available worldwide. The music video Hazy Dreams is directed by musician Luka James and stars the actress Morgana Van Peebles (Superstition, PsyFi) Intermixing super 8mm footage from their time during quarantine with digital footage from
“Right After Sinatra. Frank Would Have Loved Him!” – Quincy Jones Omar Kamal, also known as “The Palestinian Frank Sinatra” will be performing Live At Jazz at Lincoln Center in the Appel Room on Monday, October 18th, 2021. Omar Kamal is a globally recognized singer, composer and producer. A diverse range of multicultural influences have
Seventeen years after Tears for Fears last released an album of new music, the beloved band behind “Head Over Heels,” “Shout” and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” will return in 2022 with The Tipping Point. Ahead of the LP’s arrival on February 25th via Concord Records, Tears for Fears founding members Roland Orzabal and
Ariana Grande has won a five-year restraining order against a man who allegedly flashed a large hunting knife outside her Los Angeles house and threatened to kill her. Aharon Brown, 23, was arrested near the singer’s home September 10th on suspicion of making criminal threats and remains in police custody with a court appearance set
Young Thug and Gunna performed a medley of tracks during the 2021 BET Hip-Hop Awards Tuesday in the rappers’ hometown of Atlanta. A little more than a week before Young Thug drops his new album Punk, the rapper performed the single “Tick Tock” from atop a giant arachnid before Gunna dropped in from the other
Meek Mill’s Expensive Pain rises to Number One on this week’s Apple Music Pre-Add Chart. In the week leading up to its October 1st release, Meek’s fifth studio album saw more pre-adds than any other album on the platform, offering a good indication that it will do well on the charts. Ed Sheeran’s = rises
Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing
Rising Superstar ARO Rose has recently debuted her first single called “Damaged.” The song is already creating a huge buzz both nationally and globally. The song is a relevant track letting the world know that no matter what you go through and no matter how damaged you come out of it, you are still capable
Summer Walker has announced her sophomore album Still Over It, which will arrive on November 5th. In a trailer teasing the album, the R&B singer recreates the cover of her Over It album. The flashback clip features Walker on a phone call with a then-incarcerated JT of City Girls dated from two years ago to the
Britney Spears took to Twitter to thank supporters of the #FreeBritney movement following a judge’s ruling last week to suspend the pop star’s father James “Jamie” Spears from his role as conservator in her $60 million estate. “#FreeBritney movement … I have no words … because of you guys and your constant resilience in freeing
Guns N’ Roses brought out Wolfgang Van Halen to join them on “Paradise City” Saturday during the band’s concert in Hollywood, Florida. “Wolfgang Van Halen. You know how cool that is to say that? That’s fucking cool,” Axl Rose told the crowd while introducing Van Halen. “You don’t understand. We’re talking legacy!” Van Halen —
Pearl Jam closed out Ohana Music Festival’s encore weekend Saturday with a rendition of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” with Sleater-Kinney, Brandi Carlile, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and more. Prior to the song, frontman Eddie Vedder essentially invited every person watching from the stage’s wings to join the band onstage. The result
Kacey Musgraves performed songs off her new album Star-Crossed on the 47th season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Musgraves played a stripped-down version of “Justified” as her first number, seated on a stool and strumming a guitar that obscured any clothes she may have been wearing — creating the illusion that she was naked, a
Emily Ratajkowski accuses Robin Thicke of groping her on the set of his music video “Blurred Lines” in the model’s upcoming book My Body. In the excerpt, first reported by the Sunday Times of London, Ratajkowski — who appears topless in the edited and unrated versions of the controversial visual — initially had no issues
It’s been a charmed few years for Brandi Carlile since she released 2018’s By the Way, I Forgive You. The Washington State singer-songwriter co-founded the groundbreaking country collective the Highwomen, covered Joni Mitchell’s Blue at a triumphant concert event, produced Grammy-winning work for Tanya Tucker, and wrote a memoir. Carlile herself gave a standout Grammy
Former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth will play the last concert of his career on January 8th, 2022, at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, a spokesperson for Roth confirmed to Rolling Stone. “I’m throwing in the shoes,” Roth told the Last Vegas Review on Friday (August 1st), before sending
Les Paul’s original Gibson Les Paul solid body electric guitar will go up for auction at Christie’s New York on October 13th. The guitar, earliest approved production model of the famed axe, which dates circa 1951-52, is estimated to be worth between $100,000 and $150,000, according to Christie’s. The guitar, know Les Paul’s “Number One,”