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As protests in Atlanta escalated toward looting and clashes with police, Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike appeared at the mayor’s press conference to deliver an emotional speech pleading with protestors not to vandalize their city. The rapper, the son of an Atlanta police officer, said that while he has “a …

In late 2019, Rosalía and Travis Scott went toe-to-toe on their Number One collaboration, “Highest in the Room.” Now they’re up for round two on their second joint single, “TKN.” It’s the Spanish singer-songwriter’s third single of 2020. Sung in both English and Spanish, “TKN” is a reggaeton-infused fight song, …

Before the coronavirus slammed the country, Dan Auerbach says he had a sense of what was coming. In late January, on the way back home to Nashville after the Grammy Awards in L.A., the Black Keys singer-guitarist donned a mask on the plane. “I’d heard about all this stuff kinda …

Carly Rae Jepsen has surprised fans with the new album Dedicated: Side B. The project is a companion piece to her 2019 albumDedicated, featuring some of the hundreds of songs that did not make the LP’s final cut. Dedicated: Side B clocks in at 12 songs and features writing credits …

“Music’s been canceled; you know, she’s moved on from whatever party has been going on,” Pixies leader Black Francis says when asked about the current state of his industry. “It’s all canceled. I mean, Christmas is definitely canceled.” There’s no official word yet on the status of the Pixies‘ previously …

As graduation ceremonies begin to take place throughout the nation — albeit under strikingly different circumstances than last year’s — we look back at one of country music’s most acclaimed graduates, J.R. Cash, who 70 years ago on this date earned his Dyess High School diploma in the tiny town …

Over the past few weeks, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has been spending his time in self-isolation covering some of his favorite songs for a series he’s dubbed “No Fun Mondays.” His latest installment is a reverent rendition of Raspberries frontman Eric Carmen‘s solo single “That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll.” …

Netflix will be releasing an original comedy film, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, this June, and as a teaser for the movie and its soundtrack, Arista Records has put out a hilarious music video starring two of its leads, Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams, in full Eurovision getup. …

When Rema thinks about the past two years of his life, a time in which he’s rocketed from Benin City, Nigeria, to global stardom, he’s reminded of the biblical story of David. “He took care of the sheeps,” says the 19-year-old rapper and singer, citing the way he’s tried to …

April 16 was an auspicious day for DripReport’s “Skechers,” easily the most-streamed song in history about $40 light-up sneakers. The track, which blends keening vocals with a typical trap beat, seemingly earnest infatuation (“I just can’t stop thinking about her”) with leering pubescent come-ons (“I’ll buy you the purse, only …