R. Kelly‘s lawyer and publicist have severed ties with the singer, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The departure of his lawyer was first reported by the BBC on Friday. In a statement, Kelly’s publicist, Trevian Kutti, told Rolling Stone, “effective April 16, 2018, I no longer represent Mr. Robert Kelly.” In …
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The Prince estate unveiled the musician’s original 1984 recording of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” pairing it with a video filled with previously unreleased rehearsal footage of Prince and the Revolution. Prince periodically performed “Nothing Compares 2 U” in concert – a live version appears on 1993’s The Hits/The B-Sides – …
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Portugal. The Man recruited a string quartet for their performances of Woodstock singles “Feel It Still” and “Live in the Moment” on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! During “Feel It Still,” singer John Gourley blended his falsetto with a backing vocalist over a dense backdrop of pizzicato plucks and breezy electric …
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Hip-hop icon Kanye West has been laying pretty low since the 2016 tour following hisseventh album,The Life of Pablo, abruptlycame to a halt: Hecancelled the final 21 datesand entered the hospital for exhaustion. In 2017, he featured on Drake’s “Glow” and Mary J. Blige’s “Love Yourself”; this year, he is …
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They’ve seen a million faces, and they rocked them all. And on Saturday night at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland, the members of Bon Jovi thanked a few of them, too. It was a poignant moment, since the multiplatinum rockers have been eligible for …
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Young Thug recruits Nicki Minaj for his new song “Anybody,” off the rapper’s surprise new EP Hear No Evil. Young Thug also unveiled the video for the track, featuring a pair of sign language interpreters performing the song’s lyrics. “I never killed anybody/ But I got something to do with …
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Mitzi Shore, the comedy impresario who helped launch the stand-up careers of Robin Williams, David Letterman and more, and exerted widespread influence in the 1970s and 1980s as the owner of the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, died Wednesday at 87. The Comedy Store confirmed Shore’s death in a brief …
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The FBI raid on Michael Cohen’s office and hotel is not a Trump v. Mueller thing, although that’s what the White House would have you believe. Instead, it’s a reminder of the deplorable character of so many of the people with whom the president has chosen to associate himself over …
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Black Panther‘s box office dominance continues to shatter records as the Marvel blockbuster vaulted past Titanic to become the third highest-grossing film of all time. James Cameron’s Titanic – which enjoyed a 12-year reign as the highest-grossing film until it was usurped by the director’s Avatar in 2009 – fell …
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Tool‘s first album sounded like nothing else at the time.Dark, mysterious, angry, complex, meticulously crafted and loaded with oddly amorphous song structures, 1993’s Undertow confounded both music critics (many of whom tried to lump the band in with the then-popular grunge movement) and early Tool fans who’d been attracted to …
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