Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, the Alabama-born singer whose soulful harmonies helped define the Grateful Dead’s sound during the 1970s and who lent her voice to some of the most enduring songs of the 1960s, has died. She was 78. Godchaux passed away on Nov. 2 at a hospice facility in Nashville... Read More »
Rapper Jay “Jeezy” Jenkins has officially entered the record books. On Nov. 1, during the second night of his new Las Vegas residency, the Atlanta native earned a Guinness World Records title for leading the largest orchestra ever assembled for a hip-hop concert. The performance took place at PH Live... Read More »
Liam Gallagher has publicly condemned a fan who set off multiple flares during Oasis’ concert at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on Friday, describing the individual as a “seriously fucked up” person in a statement shared on social media. The incident occurred during the band’s closing song, “Champagne Supernova,” at the first... Read More »
The upcoming Beatles biopic series, The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event, has revealed the actresses who will portray the four women closely associated with the band. The films, directed by Sam Mendes and scheduled to begin releasing in April 2028, will tell the Beatles’ story through four separate but... Read More »
Rapper Offset marked Halloween 2025 with a surprise release of his new album, Haunted by Fame, an 11-track project that arrived at midnight with little advance notice. The drop came only two months after his August LP Kiari, extending a prolific year for the Atlanta artist. Offset began teasing the... Read More »
During a recent appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, rapper Megan Thee Stallion shared a story that left both artists (and the audience) laughing. The Houston rapper recalled an incident from 2021, when she attended Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Moda fashion show in Venice, Italy, and was repeatedly mistaken for... Read More »
Drake has formally launched an appeal to overturn the dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, escalating his legal battle over the distribution of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning diss track “Not Like Us.” The rapper’s legal team filed the notice of appeal on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, confirming... Read More »
At an event filled with some of the world’s most powerful and wealthy figures, Billie Eilish used her platform to call for empathy and redistribution. Accepting the Wall Street Journal Magazine Music Innovator of the Year award on Wednesday, Oct. 29, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter urged billionaires to use their wealth... Read More »
Pierre Robert, a fixture of Philadelphia rock radio for more than four decades and one of the city’s most recognizable broadcast voices, has died at 70. His agent confirmed his death to Rolling Stone on Thursday. For 44 years, Robert was the midday host on 93.3 WMMR, where his mix... Read More »
Singer and actress Halle Bailey and rapper DDG, whose legal name is Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., have officially dropped their respective domestic violence complaints against one another after months of legal disputes. The former couple, who share a two-year-old son, reached a temporary settlement that includes a custody and visitation... Read More »
After years of silence and a strained history, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham appear to have found their way back to civility, if not full reconciliation. The former Fleetwood Mac bandmates and famously tumultuous exes reunited, at least in spirit, on a new episode of Song Exploder, where they reflected... Read More »
A new class-action lawsuit was filed Monday in Jackson County Circuit Court against Grammy-winning artist Drake, social-media star Adin Ross, and the online casino platform Stake.us, alleging that these parties collaborated in the design and promotion of a “deceptive” gambling scheme marketed to Missouri consumers. According to a 34-page complaint,... Read More »
The Public Enemy rapper and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will serve as the official sponsor and hype man for the U.S. bobsled and skeleton team at the 2026 Winter Olympics, bringing his signature energy, booming charisma, and unmistakable voice to the icy tracks of Milan–Cortina, Italy. This isn’t... Read More »
Rockabilly legends the Stray Cats have canceled their entire 2025 tour following news that frontman Brian Setzer is battling what the band has described as a “serious illness.” The trio, known for hits like “Rock This Town” and “Stray Cat Strut”, had been scheduled to kick off their first major... Read More »
Federal authorities have projected that Sean “Diddy” Combs will complete his prison term in the spring of 2028, marking the first official estimate of when the 55-year-old music executive could regain his freedom. According to Bureau of Prisons records reviewed this week, Combs is on track to finish his 50-month... Read More »
