Jerry Heller, the longtime music manager that helped launch the career of N.W.A and the gangsta-rap movement, died Friday. He was 75. Heller's cousin confirmed Heller's death to Billboard. This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Jerry Heller, Former N.W.A Manager, Dead at 75 Source: RollingStone Link: Jerry Heller, Former N.W.A Manager, Dead at 75
Chris Brown's lawyer Mark Geragos spoke to the media Friday, three days after his client was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon charges. During Geragos' press conference, the lawyer discussed sThis article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Chris Brown’s Lawyer: No Guns Found in House Search Source: RollingStone Link: Chris Brown's Lawyer: No […]
Two weeks before Against Me! unleash their new LP Shape Shift With Me, Laura Jane Grace and company have unveiled the video for first single "333," starring Orange Is the New Black's This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch Against Me!’s Sixties-Inspired ‘333’ Video Starring Natasha Lyonne Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Against Me!'s Sixties-Inspired '333' […]
Jamie Lidell ends a three-year hiatus this October with his new LP Building a Beginning, and after dropping the first single "Walk Right Back" in July, the British soul singer has shared the lyric video for the album's breezy title track.<This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Jamie Lidell’s Breezy ‘Building a Beginning’ Source: RollingStone […]
What's an album release these days without a few twists and turns? Rapper/producer Travis Scott missed a couple of possible drop dates for his latest, Birds In the Trap Sing McKnight, but these days, that's practically a prerequisite. The record arrived today via Apple Music, and Scott suggests that his new work iThis article originally […]
The Richard Tanne–directed love story Southside With You is an imagined snapshot of the first date between President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Robinson Obama. At the end, Obama, played by Parker Sawyers, lights a cThis article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: John Legend on Writing Romantic Song ‘Start’ for Obamas Biopic Source: RollingStone Link: […]
The Obama administration is teaming with SXSW to create "South By South Lawn," a miniature edition of the festival staged at the White House. The one-day event, planned for October 3rd, will feature panel discussions, short student films and live performances, in keeping with the long-running fest's Interactive, Film and Music components, This article originally […]
Ty Dolla $ign has previewed another new track off his upcoming Campaign project with the Travis Scott-assisted "3 Wayz." The mixtape will be released on September 23rd. For the syrupy "3 Wayz," much of Scott's unique, almost haunting slowed-down style of trap takes centerstage. On the party track, the pair celebrate partying on a weekday, […]
"I wanna be somebody/ I wanna go somewhere," Alicia Keys belts on her dynamic new single, "Back to Life." The cathartic track morphs from a minimalist piano ballad to an uptempo electro-pop jam, with Keys tossing out confessional lyrics through melismatic vocal swoops. "I'm just trying to hold ontoThis article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear […]
The Revolution didn't come to party. Prince's best-known backing band reunited for the first time in five years Thursday night at First Avenue, the Minneapolis club their late bandleader made famous in Purple Rain, to publicly acknowledge his irreplaceability on the same stage they once shared. The night was struggle to determine how best to […]