Archive | May, 2015

Kendrick Lamar Debuts New Song 'Money Over Love' Live

Kendrick Lamar made a surprise appearance at Adrian Younge and Bilal’s joint gig at Los Angeles’ Regent Theatre Friday night, with the trio debuting a new track titled “Money Over Love.” Lamar was backed by Venice Dawn on the funky track, which reunited the rapper with his To Pimp a Butterfly collaborator… Source: RollingStone Link: Kendrick Lamar […]

Memphis Grizzlies Hold 'Moment of Song' for B.B. King

Prior to the Memphis Grizzlies’ Game 6 matchup against the Golden State Warriors Friday, the team paid tribute to blues legend B.B. King, who passed away the previous night. King had an incredible impact on the city of Memphis and Beale Street since first arriving in the Tennessee city in the… Source: RollingStone Link: Memphis Grizzlies […]

Killer Mike on Bill O'Reilly: 'More Full of S–t Than an Outhouse'

Killer Mike visited Real Time With Bill Maher Friday night to talk race relations, Baltimore and the link between crime and rap music. The Run the Jewels rapper, who previously penned an op-ed slamming Geraldo Rivera and Wolf Blitzer for their coverage of the Baltimore protests, used his Real Time appearance to rip… Source: RollingStone Link: Killer Mike […]

Bonnie Raitt Remembers B.B. King: 'He Was a God'

Blues guitarist B.B. King passed away Thursday at the age of 89. Here, Bonnie Raitt pays tribute to her friend, collaborator and inspiration. B.B. was a god from the first time we all heard him. You listen to those early recordings with that cry in his voice, even as a young man. I… Source: RollingStone Link: Bonnie […]

Janet Jackson Promises 'New Album, New World Tour' in 2015

Janet Jackson celebrated her 49th birthday Saturday by revealing to fans that she would end their seven-year wait for music by releasing a new album and embarking on a world tour in 2015. Jackson made the new album announcement in a video she tweeted out to her three million followers. The singer’s last… Source: RollingStone Link: Janet Jackson […]

U2 Honor B.B. King, Mock the Edge's Fall at Second Show

U2’s Innocence + Experience tour nearly came to an extremely premature end at the end of opening night when the Edge took a nasty tumble into the audience, and on the second consecutive show at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena Bono joined the many people on the Internet today cracking jokes about the… Source: RollingStone Link: U2 Honor […]

Derek Trucks on B.B. King: 'We're All His Kids'

Guitarist Derek Trucks grew up listening to B.B. King. Here, he pays tribute to the late blues legend. I woke up on the bus this morning and my wife, Susan [Tedeschi], was playing B.B. King records up front. I looked up and we were passing the Indianola, Mississippi exit, driving to Jackson,… Source: RollingStone Link: Derek […]