YouTube has hired 30-year music industry executive Lyor Cohen as its global head of music in an effort to shore up its relationships with record companies and artists. After first helping to develop Def Jam from the label’s infancy as its eventual president, he left to run Warner Music Group before starting his own label, […]
Hip-hop producer and Snapchat star DJ Khaled reveals his personal philosophy for success in upcoming book The Keys, out November 22nd. Barnes & Noble teased the title including "stories from his own life as he breaksThis article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: DJ Khaled Reveals Personal Philosophy for Success in New Book Source: RollingStone Link: DJ Khaled […]
Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey, mother of late hip-hop producer/experimental beatmaker J Dilla, will chronicle her son's early musical development in the upcoming children's biography The Life Story of James Dewitt Yancey. The title, out November 22nd, is available as a standard printed version and an audioThis article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: J Dilla Children’s Book […]
DJ Quik confronts social and racial issues that weigh on the black community in his soulful new track "Black Friday," which the OG Compton rapper released on his SoundCloud. This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear DJ Quik’s Cutting, Racially-Charged New Song ‘Black Friday’ Source: RollingStone Link: Hear DJ Quik's Cutting, Racially-Charged New Song 'Black […]
Canadian artist The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) has released the music video to accompany his new single "Starboy", featuring French electronic music duo Daft Punk. The singer/songwriter has also earmarked November 25 as the drop date for his next album — also titled "Starboy" — which is the follow-up to his acclaimed second studio album, […]
Juicy J recruited Kanye West for his flashy new single "Ballin," off the Three 6 Mafia rapper's upcoming LP Rubba Band Business: The Album. The track premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show.This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Juicy J, Kanye West’s Opulent New Banger ‘Ballin’ Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Juicy J, Kanye West's […]
The Weeknd has released a cinematic, action-packed clip for his new single and collaboration with Daft Punk, "Starboy." TheThis article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Watch the Weeknd Destroy His Past in Gritty, Symbolic ‘Starboy’ Video Source: RollingStone Link: Watch the Weeknd Destroy His Past in Gritty, Symbolic 'Starboy' Video
The Band have announced an expansive 40th anniversary reissue campaign behind their 1978 live album/concert film, The Last Waltz. Rhino Records will release four versions of the set: a remastered two-CD version, four-CD/Blu-ray Deluxe Edition and six-LP Deluxe Edition vinyl will be released November 11th, while a massiveThis article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: The Band […]
"Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision," Stevie Wonder once said, a warning to any who doubted the potency of his imagination. In the first half of the Seventies, he had visualized an untried musical path, one that took him far from the assembly line pop of […]
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Review: Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir Taps Indie Rock Pals for ‘Blue Mountain’ Source: RollingStone Link: Review: Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Taps Indie Rock Pals for 'Blue Mountain'