If you’re in a Burger King bathroom today, please get busy in honor of the great Shock G. The world is mourning for the legendary Digital Underground MC, who died Thursday at only 57. Gregory Jacobs had many aliases — Shock G, Humpty Hump, Piano Man — but he always …
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In a better time for the world, we’d all be hitting the karaoke bar tonight to mourn the late great Jim Steinman. This man was more than just the composer behind mega-bombastic hits by Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Air Supply, and so many others. He was the patron …
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A review of “Truth,” this week’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, coming up just as soon as I’m right-handed… “Truth” opens with a fight scene that has felt inevitable since the end of the first episode, as our title characters go after the off-brand Captain America to reclaim the …
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Eric Church wrote and recorded his new triple album Heart & Soul during a monthlong retreat to a North Carolina mountain town. For this installment of the Rolling Stone Interview: Special Edition, however, the country music protagonist is Zooming in from his writing cabin just west of Nashville. At the …
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Six of the six people who developed a rare blood clotting disorder after being inoculated with the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine were women. Of the 66 cases of anaphylaxis reported after the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, 63 were women. And of the blood clots that have prompted European countries …
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Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update continued their coverage of the Matt Gaetz sex scandal this week as well as featured an interview with podcasters “Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama.” “Our Florida congressman Matt Gaetz is back in the news, but this time it’s good… just kidding, it’s still the sex …
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We know so much about Demi Lovato, yet less than we thought. The 28-year-old Disney actress turned pop star seemed as open about her addiction and personal troubles as any public figure, yet her new four-part YouTube series, Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil (the third documentary about her life …
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After more than a year in lockdown, little in the music industry is certain. But in the near-absence of live shows, Bandcamp Friday has become a rare constant. The monthly tradition — a digital holiday of sorts, during which Bandcamp waives its revenue share, channeling all proceeds directly to artists …
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Wu-Tang Clan members and longtime collaborators Ghostface Killah and Raekwon faced off in a much-anticipated Verzuz battle Saturday where both rappers delivered 20 rounds of highlights from their Wu tenure, solo careers and notable features. Over the course of the nearly three-hour livestream, fellow Wu members and associates like the …
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Cardi B has cheekily fired back at Candace Owens’ criticisms of her steamy “WAP” performance with Megan Thee Stallion at the 2021 Grammys on Sunday. “I don’t know why candy is so bothered by ‘WAP.’ I was just inspired by our former First Lady,” the rapper tweeted on Tuesday, along …
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