Jimmy Spicer, a hip-hop pioneer with a flare for storytelling and the endurance to rap over one side of a 12-inch record, died last Friday of lung and brain cancer in a Brooklyn hospital at the age of 61. His 14-minute debut single, “The Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap),” came …
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DJ Paul and Travis Scott have settled a copyright lawsuit the former filed against the latter over similarities between Three 6 Mafia’s 1997 track “Tear Da Club Up” and Scott’s Astroworld song “No Bystanders.” DJ Paul’s initial lawsuit sought $20 million in damages, although the financial terms of the settlement …
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Publishing has historically been full of horror stories about artists or songwriters signing away their copyrights for eternity. But Kobalt, an independent outlet, promotes a different model: more flexible deals in which writers retain ownership of the songs they have written, keep more income from their songs than they might …
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Pink Floyd have shared an “early version” of their epic Division Bell closer “High Hopes,” one of the unreleased songs that features on the band’s upcoming The Later Years box set. In its work-in-progress form, “High Hopes” is stripped of much of its atmosphere and instrumentation, focusing largely on David …
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The Band will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their classic self-titled second album with a reissue boasting several unreleased tracks and the first official release of their performance at Woodstock. The set will arrive November 15th via Capitol/UMe. To accompany the reissue announcement, the Band shared a previously unreleased alternate …
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Mark Ronson opened up about his coming out as sapiosexual during a recent interview with ITV’s Good Morning Britain. Or so it seemed. During Rolling Stone‘s interview — which was presented live on Wednesday at Ralph Lauren’s New York City Prince Street location (the full version will be available next …
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WASHINGTON — President Trump is our conspiracy-theorist-in-chief. The newly released readout of his phone call with the leader of Ukraine yet again confirms it. According to the read-out of the conversation released by the White House, Trump used his July 25th congratulatory call with the new Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, …
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Steven Van Zandt has canceled most of the tour dates of his recent leg due to illness. “I thought I could shake this sinusitis, but it doesn’t seem to be going away,” the E Street Band member said in a statement. “I’ve never canceled shows before. I feel terrible about …
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Sharon Van Etten reflects on her 15 years as a New Yorker in a clip from Departure, a new short documentary set to premiere September 26th on Amazon Music. The clip features Van Etten in a recording session on her last day in New York, saying that she’s lived in …
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A former touring executive for industry juggernaut AEG and hip-hop manager was charged with a second count of sexual abuse and burglary, one week after he was arraigned on a separate sexual abuse accusation. An NYPD rep confirmed to Rolling Stone that Adam Lublin was arrested and charged on Friday …
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