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Three years after Grammy-winning rapper, visionary entrepreneur and hometown hero Nipsey Hussle was gunned down in a stunning public slaying outside his South Los Angeles clothing store, his admitted killer was convicted of first-degree murder on Wednesday. A jury of nine women and three men decided Eric Ronald Holder Jr. acted with premeditation when he opened fire on the beloved musician with a black semiautomatic in one hand and a silver revolver in the other during an afternoon ambush at a strip mall parking lot on March 31, 2019. Whereas...

Jeannie Seely has been an iconic fixture in country music for over 50 years. Born Marilyn Jeanne on July 6, 1940, Seely was surrounded by music from a young age: Her father played the banjo in local square dances, and Seely grew up singing alongside her mother around the house. She began her career as a songwriter in California when she was just 21 and by the time she moved to Nashville in 1965, she was already well-known within the industry as a writer and performer.Seely released her first hit song just a...

Carlos Santana collapsed on stage during a performance in Michigan Tuesday evening. Representatives for the Grammy Award-winning musician tell Rolling Stone that the 74 year-old guitarist was suffering from “heat exhaustion and dehydration” when he experience a medical emergency during his concert at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, located about 40 miles outside of Detroit. According to Santana’s manager Michael Vrionis, the musician was taken to a local emergency room for evaluation and is “doing well.” “He was walking, playing and all of a sudden went down,” concertgoer Janet...

After Miranda Lambert wrapped her Bandwagon co-headlining tour with Little Big Town back in June, she said she was planning an extensive vacation — and now she's making good on those plans.On Tuesday (July 5), the singer shared an update from the road, where she and her husband Brendan McLoughlin are currently on a long sightseeing trip in their Airstream Globetrotter camper.Joining them in their travels are Lambert's longtime backup singer and friend Gwen Sebastian and her husband, drummer Louis Newman. The snapshots show the foursome hanging out, cooking and relaxing together...

In the nearly two-and-a-half-hour Stranger Things season finale, newcomer Eddie Munson (portrayed by Joseph Quinn) was tasked with distracting a swarm of villainous bats linked to their evil ringleader Vecna. So how did he do that, exactly? By delivering a grand performance of Metallica’s 1986 single “Master of Puppets,” of course. The epic scene has since shot the track to the top of the charts, joining Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” in the tidal wave of musical resurgences brought on by the show’s fourth and penultimate season. In a...

Soul singer P.P. Arnold, who once sang with Ike and Tina Turner as a member of the Ikettes, has accused Ike Turner of raping her in her upcoming memoir, Soul Survivor.  While the book hasn’t been published yet, Arnold told The Telegraph in an interview that Turner once trapped her in a room and raped her. “What can I say?” she continued. “It was awful. I despised Ike on that level, but I didn’t know how to express myself.” Arnold, who did not specify when the alleged incident happened, added...

Halsey has been a strong advocate for abortion rights, supporting the right to choose in May when the threat of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade loomed and defending their right to speak on it during their concerts. Now, following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Halsey is candidly opening up about her own abortion experiences in a new essay for Vogue. The singer revealed that they suffered three miscarriages ahead of their 24th birthday, and said an abortion saved her life when they suffered complications during pregnancy...

On July 5, 2003, Johnny Cash gave his final public live performance, a 30-minute set at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Va.Although visibly frail (he needed help walking from a wheelchair to a chair in front of the mic), the legend was in good spirits. Cash uttered his usual show-opening greeting — "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" — in his familiar deep voice, and grinned as the audience clapped wildly. "I'm glad to see you folks," he continued. "Thanks for coming to see our show."Cash, who strummed an acoustic during...

Carrie Underwood surprised Guns N' Roses fans in London on Friday night (July 1), taking the stage in an unannounced appearance with the classic hard rock band for what she called "a moment of magic."The country superstar previously shared the stage with Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose during her headlining performance at Stagecoach 2022, and she turned to social media after the London gig to share a series of photos, expressing astonishment that she actually got to perform with one of her longtime favorite bands."Together again…but this time in...

Mickey Guyton is currently gearing up for her hosting gig on PBS' A Capitol Fourth special, which airs on Monday (July 4.) But as she preps for her onstage role, she's also looking forward to bringing a special guest to Washington, D.C.: Her 16-month-old son, Grayson.Guyton says that her husband, Grant Savoy, will be on hand along with Grayson, and she's hoping to watch the fireworks show with her family. "I think what I'm looking forward to is holding my son and watching him get to experience this," she tells...

Adele returned to the stage this weekend for her first concerts of the 30 era, but in a new interview with BBC 4 Radio, her mind was still on the shows she didn’t perform: The last-minute postponement of her Las Vegas residency. “I definitely felt everyone’s disappointment and I was devastated and I was frightened about letting them down,” Adele told Desert Island Discs host Lauren Laverne of the postponed Weekends With Adele residency. “I thought I could pull it together and make it work and I couldn’t, and I...

Sunday (July 3) marks one year of marriage for Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, and Shelton toasted the special day on social media with a shot of their wedding day. "Happy anniversary to the woman that makes my world go round," he wrote in the caption, alongside a photo that shows the bride and groom hugging, a crowd of attendees mingling and sitting at their tables in the background."Because of you, this year has been the best year of my life," Shelton continued. "I love you!!!! Thank you for saying...

“How’s Michael Anthony doing?”That’s the first thing I say to Eddie Van Halen, the legendary guitarist and co-namesake of the rock band Van Halen. Rather, that’s the first thing I say to someone who possibly is but probably isn’t Eddie Van Halen. I mean, who am I kidding? There’s no way the real Eddie Van Halen’s email address should be available for anyone to find in a public database — and it sure as shit shouldn’t be an America Online account. In other words, this can’t be him, which is...

A purveyor of neo-classical country firmly rooted in tradition, Aaron Tippin has had a busy and successful career. Since his debut single in 1990, the artist has released nine studio albums, earned a trio of No. 1 hits and racked up a total of 30 charting singles.Below, The Boot counts down Tippin's five best songs. Yes, his patriotic anthems are here -- but there's more to his catalog than that. Read down the list to see which favorites made it:5"You've Got to Stand for Something"From 'You've Got to Stand for Something' (1991)“You’ve Got to...