Wiz Khalifa has been sentenced in absentia to nine months in prison in Romania following an appeal related to a drug possession case stemming from a 2024 concert appearance. The ruling follows an incident in July 2024, when the rapper, born Cameron Jibril Thomaz, was briefly detained after allegedly smoking... Read More »
YouTube will stop sharing its U.S. streaming data with Billboard beginning early next year, marking a significant rupture in one of the longest-running data partnerships in the modern music industry. The decision, announced Wednesday by YouTube’s Global Head of Music Lyor Cohen, centers on what the platform calls an “outdated”... Read More »
Perry Farrell has issued a public apology for the onstage altercation that effectively ended Jane’s Addiction’s reunion, addressing both his bandmates and fans more than a year after the incident occurred. In a statement posted to Instagram on Wednesday, Farrell acknowledged responsibility for the confrontation that erupted during a Jane’s... Read More »
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that a surf and lifestyle company cannot use trademark law to stop Lady Gaga from selling merchandise tied to her Mayhem era, delivering a significant early setback to the company’s $100 million infringement lawsuit against the pop star. In an order issued... Read More »
Lizzo has secured a partial legal victory in the ongoing lawsuit filed by several former backup dancers, with a Los Angeles judge dismissing claims that the pop star fat-shamed one of the plaintiffs and terminated her because of weight gain. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2023 by former dancers Arianna... Read More »
R&B singer Trey Songz has been charged with assault and criminal mischief in connection with two separate incidents that allegedly occurred at Manhattan nightlife venues earlier this month, according to court records and statements from prosecutors. The 41-year-old artist, born Tremaine Aldon Neverson, was arrested Sunday and arraigned in New... Read More »
Carl Carlton, the Detroit-born singer whose smooth yet commanding voice powered some of the most enduring funk and soul records of the late 20th century, has died at the age of 72. Carlton was best known for the 1981 hit “She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)” and... Read More »
Reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee, whose legal name is Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, has filed a federal lawsuit in Puerto Rico against his former manager, music executive Rafael Pina Nieves, alleging a years-long scheme to divert songwriting royalties through false authorship claims. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for... Read More »
Taylor Swift has made subtle but noticeable lyric changes to two songs from Reputation, a development that has drawn attention not because of its scale, but because of the album’s unresolved place in her re-recording era. The updates appeared after Swift’s catalog was added to Apple Music’s Dolby Atmos feature,... Read More »
Shirley Manson addressed themes of intolerance and unity during Garbage’s concert at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday night, just hours after a deadly antisemitic attack at a Hanukkah celebration in the Bondi Beach area left at least 15 people dead and dozens injured. Australian authorities confirmed that two gunmen... Read More »
21 Savage has revealed that he advised Drake not to engage in his high-profile lyrical battle with Kendrick Lamar, telling the Toronto rapper that the confrontation was unwinnable, even before it fully unfolded. Speaking near the end of a lengthy appearance on the Perspektives With Bank podcast, the Atlanta rapper... Read More »
Lenny Kravitz is stepping into the James Bond universe, not as a musical contributor, but as a full-fledged antagonist. The musician and actor has been cast as the primary villain in 007: First Light, an upcoming story-driven video game that reimagines the origins of a younger James Bond. The casting... Read More »
New data shows that country singer Alexis Wilkins has experienced significant increases in music streams each time her boyfriend, FBI Director Kash Patel, becomes the focus of a national news cycle. According to analytics reviewed by Rolling Stone from Luminate, Wilkins’ catalog saw a 48% year-over-year jump, rising from roughly... Read More »
Nemo, the Swiss artist who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2024, has announced plans to return their winner’s trophy in protest of Israel’s participation in the 2026 competition. The decision adds to growing controversy surrounding the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) handling of the contest amid the ongoing war in... Read More »
Charlie Puth has publicly asked Elon Musk to reconsider late-night rocket launches near his home in Santa Barbara, saying the explosions have become increasingly disruptive and frightening for his family. In a post shared on X on Tuesday, the singer addressed Musk directly, describing the impact of recent SpaceX launches... Read More »
