Ben Platt joined Kelly Clarkson for a duet of Bob Dylan’s 1997 track “Make You Feel My Love” on The Kelly Clarkson Show. The pair took on an original arrangement of the song, which comes off Dylan’s album Time Out of Mind, and the performance marked the first time the …
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Tekashi 6ix9ine has signed a new record deal with his old label 10K Projects. The rapper is currently awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to racketeering and firearms charges, and previously plead guilty to child-sex charges. Rolling Stone has learned that the label signed the rapper to a two-album deal, one …
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If there’s one thing that could be considered apolitical in 2019, it’s likely video games. Yet earlier this week, politics somehow found its way into that sphere when the esports publisher and developer Blizzard banned gamer Ng Wai Chung (known in the gaming world as Blitzchung) from a major tournament …
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YouTube Music announced the addition of 14 new artists on Tuesday — including young stars Kenny Beats, Rema, Baby Rose, and Guapdad 4000 — to Foundry, its three-year-old global development program for independent artists. Foundry began in 2016 as a way for YouTube to teach emerging artists how to best …
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Tencent Music Entertainment, the biggest music-streaming company in China, is in trouble. Ever since the company struck a sub-licensing deal with Warner Music Group (WMG) in November 2014 — the first of its kind — it has enjoyed a privileged relationship with the world’s biggest music-rights companies. That privileged relationship …
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Stephen Colbert broke down all the sniping, griping and ramblings of the third Democratic primary debate on a live edition of The Late Show Thursday. Airing immediately after the debate wrapped, Colbert spent his monologue showing highlights and slinging one-liners. He touched on Kamala Harris’ slow turn-around on certain criminal …
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Late in the new Netflix miniseries Unbelievable, an attorney laments one of the many unfortunate ways that rape is treated differently by law enforcement than other significant crimes. “Nobody ever accuses a robbery victim of lying,” he notes. “But when it comes to sexual assault?” Marie (Booksmart‘s Kaitlyn Dever) is …
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Post Malone already donned a suit of armor this month for his “Circles” video, but he’s back at it again. In celebration of his new album Hollywood’s Bleeding, the rapper joined Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show and traveled to Medieval Times. The pair rooted for the Yellow Knight against …
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Cardi B, Chance the Rapper and T.I. will search for the next hip-hop sensation on the new Netflix series Rhythm + Flow. After announcing the music competition in 2018, Netflix unveiled the first teaser for the series during Cardi B’s set at the Made in America Festival. “Creativity doesn’t have …
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Janet Weiss, the former Sleater-Kinney drummer who also plays with Quasi and Slant, was in a serious car accident earlier this month, forcing her to cancel all remaining tour dates with her bands. Now her sister, Julie Weiss, has organized a GoFundMe to support Janet’s medical bills, as well as …
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