David Crosby, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist who helped shape the sound of Sixties rock and beyond, died Wednesday night at the age of 81. A source close to Crosby confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone, but did not disclose a cause. Crosby was a founding member of the …
Read More »Blackpink's Lisa on Her Big Ambitions — and Why Going Solo Made Her Nervous
L alisa Manobal was 14 when her life changed in an instant. In 2010, she attended an audition for YG Entertainment in her native Thailand — and became the only person to get accepted among 4,000 aspiring trainees. Soon after, she moved to Seoul, alone, without knowing a word of …
Read More »Oklahoma Legislature Passes Bill Banning Nearly All Abortions
Oklahoma could become the worst state in the nation for women who want to control their own bodies. On Thursday, the state’s legislature approved a bill that bans, in essence, all abortions starting at fertilization, asThe New York Timesreports. The bill is similar to theabortion bounty lawin Texas, which empowers …
Read More »Woman Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Losing Pregnancy at Astroworld
A woman who lost her pregnancy after sustaining multiple injuries while attending Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Festival has sued Scott, promoter Live Nation and others for wrongful death, documents reviewed by Rolling Stone reveal. Shanazia Williamson and her husband Jarawd Owens of Dayton, Ohio were expecting a child before the festival …
Read More »Dr. Dre Just Released New Music, But Only 'Grand Theft Auto' Fans Can Hear It
UPDATE 2/4: After two months of exclusivity on Grand Theft Auto Online: The Contract, Dr. Dre‘s six new songs are available to the non-video game-playing public at Dre’s YouTube page: – A couple of years ago, the hip-hop veteran DJ Pooh — producer behind West Coast classics like Tha Dogg …
Read More »'You're Going to Be Finding Babies in Dumpsters': Director of Mississippi's Last Clinic Speaks Out as Supreme Court Weighs Major Abortion Case
Back in 1966 — seven years before the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade — Mississippi was the first state in the nation to legalize abortion for victims of rape. Up until the early 1980s, when state legislators embarked on a campaign to shutter them via a series of increasingly …
Read More »Taylor Hawkins and Dave Navarro on the Secret History of Their 'Yacht Goth' Supergroup
When Taylor Hawkins, Dave Navarro, and Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney started jamming together at Hawkins’ L.A. home studio in early 2020, they had little ambition beyond killing time during the pandemic. “After a couple of songs, we realized we had a sound,” says Navarro. “We just kept going, and …
Read More »Musicians on Musicians: Miley Cyrus & Mickey Guyton
W elcome to Rolling Stone’s 2021 Musicians on Musicians package, the annual franchise where two great artists come together for a free, open conversation about life and music. Each story in this year’s series will appear in our November 2021 print issue, hitting stands on November 2nd. Even by her …
Read More »'SNL' Pays Tribute to Norm Macdonald on 'Weekend Update'
Michael Che and Colin Jost paid tribute to former Saturday Night Live cast member — and Weekend Update anchor —Norm Macdonald during the first Weekend Update of the show’s 47th season. Following jokes about the R. Kelly trial, the Met Gala and a masturbating chimpanzee, Che and Jost devoted the …
Read More »The NBA's Anti-Vaxxers Are Trying to Push Around the League — And It's Working
UPDATE, Oct 12: Kyrie Irving will not play in any games, nor will he be allowed at practice, until he is able to become a “full participant,” the Brooklyn Nets announced today. This came a day after the news that he would not be able to play home games because …
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