Selected Features
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Selected Features
Father, ILoveMakonnen, KEY!, and 019dexter tell the story of the song that defined a golden era of underground Atlanta rap.
Scenes and sentiments from the last few nights at The Owl, a utopian PLG music parlor that shut its doors on New Year's Eve after a 10-year run.
We glimpse inside the life of LUCY in the weeks surrounding the release of his new project, 'Cooper B. Handy's Album, Vol. 9.'
Read our profile of OOH-sounds and its founder Pardo, an experimental music lover with a refreshing vision for the future of noise.
Ambient folk hero LARAAJI on his transformative five years of musical and spiritual discovery in 1970s Brooklyn.
2025 might be the year we achieve peak dumb. Until next year.
Thou, Louisiana's heaviest band in a generation, discuss the compromises and reckonings behind their latest album, Umbilical.
Read our scene report of Damian Lazarus' Day Zero festival in Tulum, complete with a swimmable cenote and sets from Fatboy Slim, Major League Djz, and more.
On the final evening of the Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Kronos Quartet played a stirring performance that cried out for peace and disarmament.
Michael Hurley passed away last week at 83, leaving behind a legacy of untethered folk. Read our appreciation of his beloved album 'Armchair Boogie.'
"Like Like the the the Death," the Silver Jews' strangest song, exists between the indoors and the outdoors of David Berman's mind.
[AUDIO] I followed Queens Community Board 4's complete count committee as they fought for census representation. Then COVID hit, and everything changed.
Chappell Roan's creative director Ramisha Sattar, author Liz Pelly, and DIY artist Ryan Sawyer discuss the return of physical flyering.
How America's biggest police force uses a dysfunctional tool to cast a wide net that can trap innocent people for the rest of their lives.
Flagboy Giz tracks the entire history "We Outside," a song that began as a Mardi Gras hit and turned into a New Orleans anthem.
An interview with Japanese artist Ichiko Aoba about studying with Anmi Yamada, diving, and the inspiration behind her album 'Luminescent Creatures.'
In this week's Apollo Frequencies, we review the full three days of Woodstockhausen East, an experimental music festival in rural New York.
Master promoter Ashley Capps tells the story of his one-of-a-kind experimental music festival, Big Ears.
Rock legend and Basilica co-founder Melissa Auf der Maur discusses the significance of this year's premiere marathon music event.
Psychedelic Sangha's Bardo Bath at Sparrow Funeral Home in Brooklyn was alternately transcendent and silly. Read The FADER's review.
An accelerated listening guide through Scott Walker's expansive discovraphy.
Ryuichi Sakamoto's final project, the feature film/full-length album Opus, is a bittersweet last waltz.
The Super Bowl famously does not pay its marquee artists, a move they justify by pointing to the amount of exposure these acts receive by performing. ( 96 million viewers tuned in to watch the Weeknd's performance last year.) But while this year's headliners - Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and Mary J.
Following a legendary skatepark show, POLO PERKS <3 <3 <3, FearDorian, and AyooLii dropped by the FADER office to discuss their zany masterpiece, A Dog's Chance.
A personal guide to grappling with the work of drone luminary Phill Niblock, who died at 90 this week.
I spoke to landlords, lobbyists, civil servants and tenant advocates to get a broad view of the COVID-19 rent crisis.
I talked to New Orleans culture bearers and service workers to compare different suruvival methods for New Orleans' summer slump, and investigated the lack of infrastrucure the city has for the people who power its $8 billion-a-year hospitality industry.
I interviewed Gianluca Tramontana and Steve Rosenthal, who released a massive box set compiling a previously under-documented style of regional music from Cuba's Guantánamo province.
Autechre's N.Y.C stop on their North American tour illuminated the triumphs and absurdities of so-called "IDM."
Machine Girl discuss their new album MG Ultra, an LP full of obsessive, paranoid anthems for the end of world.
Selected Interviews
On this week's FADER Interview, ANOHNI advocates for the abolition of opposites in advance of her new album, My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross.
Weyes Blood discusses the heavy themes of her fifth album, And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, on the latest episode of The FADER Interview.
Queens singer-songwriter-producer duendita discusses the solitude, community, crises, and rebirths behind her latest album, 'the mind is a miracle.'
An interview with Lucía Nimcová & Sholto Dobie + our Writers Panel on Jana Rush's 'Dark Humor', Dan Gilmore's 'Dutched at Swan Cleaners', and 7FO's 'Ran-Bouten'
Singer, actor, and longtime David Lynch collaborator Chrystabell discusses the mind meld that inspired the duo's new album Cellophane Memories.
Gregg Turkington discusses Neil Hamburger Presents: Seasonal Depression Suite, a hybrid celebrity-record parody and bona fide musical revue.
Phil Elverum discusses motherhood, forces of nature, trolling, and his new album, Night Palace.
Japanese composer Eiko Ishibashi discusses the circuitous path to her score for Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not Exist, out now in album form.
DJ K's new album 'Radio Libertadora!' finds the Brazilian buxaria pioneer adding new urgency to his piercing sound. Read The FADER's interview here.
Amen Dunes discusses the silver-lined tragedies, happy accidents, and personal revelations that led to 'Death Jokes,' his first new album in six years.
An interview with Youth Lagoon, whose new album 'Rarely Do I Dream' looks for the truth behind childhood memories.
Renowned Australian free-improvisation trio The Necks discuss their 38-year career as a band and their new album, Bleed.
Dealers of God riff on origins, inspo, Australia, maybe-real plays lost to history, and the desire to talk about some real shit.
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, podcaster, and curator of worlds. His ability to find parity in the disparate, along with his exquisite command of the English language, has made him one of the 21st century's most celebrated cultural critics.
Guatemalan experimental cellist Mabe Fratti talks paranoia, elastic thoughts, FOMO, and the rockstar moves of her new album, Sentir que no sabes.
An interview with Kate NV about 'Room for the Moon Live,' her new live album that captures the only full-band performance of her 2020 album of the same name.
Read an interview with the Detroit duo Slum Village on their new album F.U.N. and enduring legacy.
James Massiah chats about his new album 'Bounty Law,' self-imposed limitations, and working with Dean Blunt in this week's Apollo Frequencies.
esperanza spalding tells the story of her new joint album with legendary Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento.
Fire-Toolz talk explains how her peaceful new life in the Chicago suburbs led to her chaotic new album, Breeze.
An interview with Argentinian artist Juana Molina about her album, 'DOGA,' being a control freak, ego death, and leaning into nonsense lyrics.
An interview with Welsh author and historian Richard King on his new book, 'Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell - A Life.'
Seth Graham, more eaze, and recovery girl discuss Night of Fire, their new album under the unpronounceable moniker -__-___.
Raphael Helfand speaks with David Leo Rice about his new novel "The Squimbop Condition."
An interview with Mexico City rock band Diles que no me maten, who make improvisational, jazz-tinged rock in a bubbling local scene.
Selected Reviews
Listen to "Something About Shirley," an unclassifiable creation from the minds of Fatboi Sharif and Roper Williams.
On a surprisingly seamless collaborative LP, the sludge-metal band and fingerstyle guitarist push each other to vulnerable new territory.
On 'End of the Middle,' English singer-songwriter Richard Dawson chooses domestic drama over the fantastical sagas of his earlier work.
A collection of 17 tracks by sexagenarian artist-theologian John R. Brusseau is a snapshot of a an earnest snapshot of a soul in search of truth.
Emma Ruth Rundle lives on a gloomy planet. Drop a needle on one of her records and imagine her shuffling down an otherwise sunny street beneath her own personal raincloud, shivering in an oversized trench coat. The clouds gather as you listen, and before long, darkness has fallen.
Chuquimamani-Condori's 2023 album DJ E sounds unlike anything else. At UNSOUND last week, they conjured the same strange magic behind the decks.
20 years after its initial release, MM..Food is still the brightest star in MF DOOM's universe.
On his first release for Surf Gang, the Chengdu plugg rapper embraces his outsider persona atop the strongest, most cohesive production of his career.
Travis Scott celebrated the milestone of his breakout tape with its first wide release. He's right to return to his strongest material.
Portuguese guitarist/sound artist Rafael Toral brought his unassumingly gorgeous new album, 'Spectral Revolution,' to UNSOUND this week.
David Grubbs, Wendy Eisenberg, and Kramer-under a tongue-in-cheek alias borrowed from one of Grubbs' books-meet for a spontaneous, exploratory improv session on dual guitars and electric bass.
New York rapper MIKE's new album 'Showbiz' is a tale about touring and the stark realities of life as a working artist. Read The FADER's review here.
Five years ago today, Drain Gang's breakout collab album Trash Album introduced them to a world beyond their cult following.
The Tennessee rapper’s latest four-song EP is a concentrated burst of energy with perfectly paced flows and a vibe that's always ready for the dancefloor.
Read our Discover Blogly review of Nadah El Shazly and Elvin Brandhi's self-titled debut as Pollution Opera.
Read The FADER's review of Going Home by The Children's Hour for today's Discover Blogly.
The 20-year-old rapper and producer smushes Top 40 samples, idiosyncratic bars, and cartoonish quirks into a blend that's alternately razor sharp and deep fried.
ALBUM OF THE DAY The age of "I actually wrote this album pre-Covid, but it feels prescient now; I guess I was channeling something..." is finally coming to a merciful close.
Read our Discover Blogly review of East African/Italian duo Plethor X's debut EP, What You Mean, out now on OOH-sounds.
The third album from the duo of Juliette Pearl Davis and Joachim Polack takes on the soft psychedelic hues of Stereolab and Wendy Carlos, shot through with malaise and a curious sense of overstimulation.
The new album from Lucy Liyou, Every Video Without Your Face, Every Sound Without Your Name, responds to cascading heartbreak with resilience.
On their newly extended debut album Castle In the Sky, Jennifer Vanilla reprograms a galactic transmission from an eternal '80s.
New Zealand psych rocker Connan Mockasin’s collaborative album with his dad, Ade, has bad jokes, stream-of-consciousness poetry, and an odd, undeniable appeal.
The debut album from Spresso, the joint project of Mica Levi and Alpha Maid gets straight to the point and says no more than it has to.
Apollo Frequencies
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A chat with Marc Riordan and Jonathan Leland of Ragger, whose debut electric ragtime record 'Euphonic Sounds' is out today via Hausu Mountain.
The FADER Podcast
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On this week's FADER Interview, ANOHNI advocates for the abolition of opposites in advance of her new album, My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross.
Weyes Blood discusses the heavy themes of her fifth album, And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, on the latest episode of The FADER Interview.
The FADER Interview (AUDIO): billy woods and Preservation.
Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix breaks down Liturgy's visionary new album, 93696, on The FADER Interview podcast.
On The FADER Interview, Protomartyr's Joe Casey discusses the warily hopeful philosophy behind the band's new album, Formal Growth in the Desert.
The FADER Interview (AUDIO): Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena
The chameleonic Sasami Ashworth joins The FADER's Raphael Helfand to discuss her sophomore album, 'Squeeze,' out Friday via Domino.
John Cale shares wisdom on the avant garde's past and future on the new episode of The FADER Interview podcast.
Brittney Parks breaks down her newly announced sophomore LP as Sudan Archives. on the latest episode of The FADER Interview.
The FADER Interview: Jenny Hval
Sarah Midori Perry and Jennifer Walton dig into Icarus, their debut joint EP as Cryalot, on the new episode of The FADER Interview.
SQÜRL's Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan discuss their inspirations and assembly process on The FADER Interview.
Animal Collective's Panda Bear and Deakin are the latest guests on The FADER Interview.
DJ Premier talks about his new project, a five-track tape to kick off hip-hop's 50th anniversary celebration, on the latest episode of The FADER Interview.
Gen F & Opener Profiles
From her early EPs to her debut album, YIAN, Lucinda Chua has always preferred to let the spaces between notes speak for themselves.
MIZU's new album, initially conceived as the score for a dance piece, finds the experimental cellist exploring her strangest textures and darkest colors yet.
As Decisive Pink, Kate NV and Angel Deradoorian embrace their differences to achieve a sparkling vision of 21st-century krautrock.
Read our interview with 20-year-old London rapper-producer Black Fondu, who's building buzz with only one official track on the books.
Mei Semones, The FADER's newest GEN F star, talks her debut album Animaru, singing in Japanese, and her bossa nova and jazz influences.
21-year-old rapper-producer-visionary Dani Kiyoko is much more than SoundCloud's best curator.
New Orleans band BRAT are blasting through punk pieties on the path to something much more fun.
21-year-old painter-singer-songwriter Anastasia Coope discusses her unconventional path to the strange songs on her debut album, Darning Woman.
Read our GEN F profile of Baby Osama, whose sophomore EP kicked off a whirlwind "sexc summer" for the Bronx rapper.
Agriculture bassist and screamer Leah B. Levinson builds an organic world of synthetic sounds on Ciao Bella, her new album as Cali Bellow.
Read an interview with the NYC-based pop artist Mango Dreamgirl on her new EP i've never been on the roof.
Explainers
Breaking down the first arrest directly tied to the 1996 murder of rap legend Tupac Shakur.
On the eve of YNW Melly's second murder trial, The FADER explains everything you need to know about the Florida rapper's case.
Breaking down the legend of Lil Tay, the "youngest flexer of the century," whose August "death" turned out to be a hoax.
The FADER breaks down the full timeline of Young Thug and Gunna's involvement in a RICO case that's on pace to be the longest trial in Georgia history.
Everything you need to know about Young Thug and YSL's RICO case.
More Features, Interviews, Reviews
Zsela discusses unlikely dualities, fire escape reveries, and Ween in the context of her brand new debut album, Big For You.
The FADER: What's your initial reaction to Eric Adams' recent statements on drill? Jack Lerner: To me, this is just one incident in a long line of policy makers, the media, and law enforcement scapegoating the artistic expression of young Black men to stoke fear and redirect attention away from the bigger problem.
Wayne Shorter died Thursday at 89, leaving the world a lonelier place for the few geniuses who still walk the earth.
Fingerstyle guitar phenom and self-proclaimed prankster Hayden Pedigo got serious in pursuit of the perfect guitar album.
In the weeds with Celebrate Brooklyn's executive producer and artistic director, Diane Eber, and its first-ever artist curator, L'Rain.
In which I hit the road with the New Orleans experimenal rock band Primpce and documented the journey.
"In 2022 / Yeah we've got cellular / Yeah, we've got driving cars / They move like cartoon vampires," Nick Corson sings on "2022," a late-album cut from The Convenience's second LP, Like Cartoon Vampires. Cue the detuned violins. On the forthcoming record (due out April 18 via Winspear), Corson and the duo's other half, [...]
Lupe Fiasco discusses the deep intention behind his new album Samurai, a portrait of Amy Winehouse as a mythic battle rapper.
[PHOTOS] I followed the many hustles of an Orisha dancer during the fall of 2020, photographing her as she performed and taught, in person and online.
The FADER spoke with Atlanta-based artists quinn and FearDorian about the new scene they're building with the help of a nascent "multimedia collective."
I compiled an oral history of the New Orleans independent music industry during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guts Club is not your granddad's folk singer. Lindsey Baker has only been writing and playing music seriously for a few years, but she's already dropped three albums' worth of sinister, violent folk country. She began her career in earnest during a brief stint in Brooklyn, putting out Guts Club's first LP, The Arm Wrestling [...]
Blake Mills and Pino Palladino discuss their unique collaboration and stepping into thje spotlight ahead of their new album, 'That Wasn't A Dream' out August 22.
An interview with Mulatu Astatke on his self-covers album, Mulatu Plays Mulatu, the future of Ethio-jazz, and the links between European and African music.
Read experimental dance artist Bolis Pupul on his upcoming solo album, Letter To Yu.
Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller of Boy Harsher talk to The FADER about their new horror film, 'The Runner,' and its soundtrack, out today via Nude Club.
Geneva Jacuzzi discusses her new album 'Triple Fire,' a tight collection of campy bangers fit for the dance floor and the walls of the Getty.
Danish violist, producer, and singer-songwriter Astrid Sonne discusses performing the songs from her 2024 album 'Great Doubt' at a church at Big Ears 2025.
Arooj Aftab discusses the far-flung foundations of her new album, Night Reign.
Amahl Abdul-Khaliq (AF THE NAYSAYER) is a driving force in Louisiana's often overlooked electronic music community. In the late '00s, he waded into a scene dominated by dubstep and helped steer the ship toward deeper waters. He founded Dolo Jazz Suite, a loose collective of like-minded producers across coastal Louisiana who burst the sonic barrier [...]
Oscar Rossignoli is the musician New Orleans' downtown scene didn't know it needed. No other pianist in the city can currently boast the level of chops or the improvisational acumen that have become the keyboard phenom's calling cards. Trained at conservatories in San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Rossignoli started to dabble in non-classical forms [...]
Watch the premiere of Polo Perks' new song and video, HeadHi, produced by Clams Casino and EvilGiane, from Polo's upcoming mixtape, 'I.C.F.M. Pt.3.'
Jenny Hval talks her perfume journey and her favorite scent memories in an interview about her new album, Iris Silver Mist, out May 2.
Ezra Furman joined Raphael Helfand for a special episode of The FADER Interview live on Amp to discuss her forthcoming LP, All of Us Flames.
Watch the video for "Sit Down, Let Me Tell You a Story," the second single from Deerhoof's newly announced 19th album, Miracle-Level.
Charlie, Tyler, Luke, and May of Black Country New Road break down 'Ants From Up There' - out today via Ninja Tune - track by track.
Watch the video for Going Thru It, the first collaborative track from New York artists Griff Spex and Slic.
Watch the video for Blue, a song from Kristine Leschper's recently released debut solo LP, The Opening, Or Closing Of A Door.
Read our review Tara Jane O'Neil's first new album of original songs in seven years, an understated masterpiece that blossoms from scorched earth.
Listen to 3X10, a new three-track EP from 1010benja.
'Elemental View' is an album by Ellen Fullman, a composer and inventor behind a 100-string instrument It's best experienced as a singular, flowing work.
On sophomore LP, 'The Spiritual Sound,' black metal band Agriculture achieve higher power at the extremes of the human experience. Read The FADER's review.
13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips might be Xiu Xiu's most approachable album, but it cuts as deep as their darkest work.
In today's Discover Blogly, Raphael Helfand dives into the new album from the New York-based experimental artist Ka Baird.
Veteran bassist Melvin Gibbs traverses genre with an alchemist's range on his new project Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2.
Read out Discover Blogly review of FUJI||||||||||TA's 'MMM,' an album that operates under its own set of rules.
Read our review of Portishead singer Beth Gibbons's tragically gorgeous debut solo album, 'Lives Outgrown.'
On her return to songwriting, Eiko Ishibashi provides an elusive soundtrack to the end of the world as we know it on 'Antigone.'
Read our Discover Blogly review of London-based Chinese sound artist Li Yilei's new album, NONAGE.
Seoul producer Yetsuby's latest EP B_B is a textural feast where anything feels possible.
The FADER's Raphael Helfand reviews The Crying Out of Things, the latest album from The Body.
For The FADER's Apollo Frequencies, Raphael Helfand revisits Scott Walker's most risky and ambitious work, "SDSS1416+13B (Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter).
LAFANDAR, the debut collab from Heems and Lapgan, is a return to form for the former Das Racist rapper and a breakout moment for his new producer.
On his new EP Possession, Shabaka Hutchings hits a spiritual frequency that resonates long past the project's final notes.
A recent rerecording of Japanese singer-songwriter Sachiko Kanenobu's 1999 album Fork in the Road sheds light on a fascinating career.
Read our Discover Blogly review of New Monuments, a musical tour de force with a revolutionary spirit from Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones.
Watch Water From Your Eyes cover Ween's "If You Could Save Yourself (You'd Save Us All)" for Sounds of Saving's "Songs That Found Me at the Right Time" series.
Argentine experimental pop/rock star Juana Molina put on a near-perfect performance at Mexico City's Foro Indie Rocks! last week. Read our review.
Read our review of Björk night under the Kosciuszko Bridge, also featuring Eartheater, Shygirl, Jlin, Sega Bodega, and Mun Sing.
At UNSOUND 2024, a stacked lineup - Chuquimamani-Condori, Bill Callahan, Keiji Haino, and more - gathered in Krakow to present their takes on NOISE.
Afropunk returned to Downtown Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park this past weekend for the first time since 2019, headlined by The Roots and Burna Boy.
In the first edition of Apollo Frequencies, Raphael Helfand reviews avant-garde ensemble Talujon's performance of Gerard Grisey's Le Noir de l'Etoile at the 2025 Long Play festival.
Kali Malone, William Basinski, Stephen O'Malley, and six more experimental music titans played Pioneer Works in the space of 30 hours last week.
Krakow's UNSOUND festival starts today. In honor of its theme, we asked Bill Callahan, Chuquimamani-Condori, DJ Anderson do Paraiso, and more a deceptively simple question: What is noise?
Flume, DRAMA, and more artists from the diverse lineup of San Francisco's Portola Music Festival respond to a survey on the state of their art form.
Artists performing at UNSOUND 2025, including billy woods, Loraine James, and Gyrofield, speak about the efforts to spend more time offline.
Kronos Quartet & Friends discuss their new Sun Ra tribute album and celebrate Arkestra leader Marshall Allen's 100th birthday.
Thurston Moore, Angel Bat Dawid, Ira Kaplan, and more pay homage to the late jaimie branch in honor of her final Fly or Die project's release last Friday.
24-HOUR DRONE co-curator Sarah Van Buren breaks down her programming process, and the festival's featured artists discuss the meaning and power of drone.
Colombian-born, Berlin-based sound sorceress Lucrecia Dalt breaks down her stunning new album, ¡Ay!, track by track.
Mount Kimbie's Kai Campos and Dom Maker break down their new split double album for The FADER, track by track.
Seun Kuti breaks down African Dreams, his joint EP with Black Thought, track by track.
Julian Cashwan Pratt and Harlan Steed break down Show Me the Body's newly released third studio LP, Trouble the Water, track by track.
Medicine Singers break down their self-titled debut album track by track.
Listen to 10 tracks that capture why Drakeo The Ruler was one of the greatest rappers of our time.
Brian Lehrer Show clips
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked a recent increase in deaths involving cocaine and synthetic opioids
The latest on the new eviction moratorium and how renters and landlords can apply for the state rent relief program.
As hurricane season begins, the commissioner of NYC's Emergency Management Department talks about how to prepare, and how to decipher warnings ahead of future storms.
Discussing the high cost of air conditioning and the moral quandary presented by ACs in a warming world.
Ross Barkan discusses his new book on Cuomo, and why he feels praise for the governor's pandemic leadership was undeserved.
Fun Little Stories
The ACLU has filed an amicus brief on behalf of Afroman, who's been sued by Ohio police after using footage of them raiding his home in music videos.
A California judge has dismissed the child pornography charges brought against Nirvana by Spencer Elden, who appears as a baby on the cover of 'Nevermind.'
ApeFest 2023 attendees woke up Monday morning to eye and skin pain that may have been caused by unprotected exposure to UV lights.
Philippines leader Bongbong Marcos Jr. flew the country's presidential helicopter to a Coldplay show over the weekend, prompting outrage from taxpayers.
Drake tried to explain why his personal plane flew 14 minutes from Toronto to Hamilton in an Instagram comment.
Last night, Grimes asked her Twitter following to recommend plastic surgeons who could help her with the alterations.
A$AP Rocky has responded to the viral memes of his Rolling Loud mosh pit struggles with a frank explanation of what went down.
18 percent of U.S. citizens responding to a recent Monmouth poll said they thought Taylor Swift was involved in a PSYOP to reelect Joe Biden.
Rihanna has been tapped to voice Smurfette in Paramount Animation's The Smurfs Movie.
Ludacris has shared a freestyle in response to Katt Williams' allegations that Luda made a $200 million deal with the Illuminati.
Watch Lizzo debut a crystal flute gifted to fourth U.S. president James Madison by French craftsman Claude Laurent in 1813.
Star point guard Steph Curry details the 2018 incident in a new Rolling Stone cover interview.
J. Cole has been added to the 2022 roster of the Scarborough Shooting Stars, a Toronto-area team in the Canadian Elite Basketball League.
50 Cent is suing a Miami plastic surgeon who implied she gave him a penis enlargement in a Shade Room article.
The Brooklyn Diocese relieved a pastor of administrative oversight of his parish after he allowed Sabrina Carpenter to film a music video at his church.
YoungBoy Never Broke Again is planning a release party for his forthcoming album Don't Try This At Home from house arrest, TMZ reports.
Beyoncé does not in fact bring a carrier of fresh toilet seats on tour, her mother tells TMZ.
Grimes told Vanity Fair she blackmailed indie blog Hipster Runoff in 2012 to get an article about her taken down.
Adele gave a Vegas crowd more than they'd bargained for Saturday night, with a detailed breakdown of her recent jock itch diagnosis.
Archetypal stoner metal band Sleep are pressing actual cannabis into a reissue of their seminal album Dopesmoker.
"The Pure and the Damned," an Iggy Pop-featuring cut from Oneohtrix Point Never's Good Time soundtrack, is featured in the newest MrBeast video.