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Jam Master Jay’s alleged shooter, now charged with the Run-DMC DJ’s 2002 slaying, wants his murder indictment dropped or a separate trial that’s severed from a co-defendant who previously spoke about the killing in Playboy magazine. In a new motion filed Monday in Brooklyn Federal Court, lawyers for Karl Jordan Jr. said his murder charges should be dismissed because the government waited too long to seek the August 2020 indictment with claims Jordan broke into Jam Master Jay’s Queens studio on Oct. 30, 2002, and opened fired as revenge for...

Noah Thompson took the stage on American Idol Season 20 to perform in front of a live audience as part of the Top 24. On the two-hour episode on Monday night (April 11), he covered “Blue Side of the Mountain” by the SteelDrivers.For his rendition of the tune, the 19-year-old construction worker from Kentucky showed off his raucous country vocals while strumming on his guitar. He had the crowd dancing from the ground floor outside Disney’s Aulani Resort & Spa in Ko Olina, Hawaii, later erupting in cheers.After his gritty...

J Balvin is rescheduling the entirety of his North American Jose tour, which was set to begin in San Antonio on April 19. The decision to postpone comes a week ahead of its launch as the artist cited Covid-related delays and challenges in production. “Throughout the past year, we have been working tirelessly to bring you an exciting and immersive ‘Jose’ Tour experience where everyone feels welcome to the party,” Balvin wrote to his fans. “Covid has caused some unforeseen production challenges, and I wouldn’t be able to keep my...

Miranda Lambert and Elle King have made country music history. Their duet, "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" lands at the No. 1 spot on both the Billboard Country Airplay and the Mediabase country chart this week, marking the first time since 1993 that a duet between two women has occupied that space.Its predecessor is Reba McEntire and Linda Davis' "Does He Love You," a very different kind of song: Where McEntire and Davis' hit was somber and traditional-leaning, "Drunk" is a pop-leaning party anthem. After King and Lambert...

In a sign that the universe has cracked down the middle and is slowly gobbling us all up, the CMT Music Awards, which began in their current incarnation on the cable network Country Music Television in 2002 — and were then known as the Flameworthy Awards — did not air on CMT tonight. Instead, the CMT Awards aired on CBS. Got it? If not, that’s OK. It’s a whole boring thing involving ratings and contracts and lawyers, but basically the CMT Music Awards used to happen in June in Nashville...

Artists at the 2022 CMT Music Awards performed inside, outside, in the rain and upside down during the three-hour CBS broadcast. The show was anything but a typical country music awards show.Keith Urban opened the show, and Kenny Chesney closed it. Both delivered very traditional awards show sets in front of their bands. In between, fans witnessed two doze, one-of-a-kind performances that celebrated traditional country music (Cody Johnson), diversity (Jimmie Allen, with Little Big Town and Monica) and true love (Maren Morris with husband Ryan Hurd). It was a night of surprises...

In the lead-up to his latest EP, Trap Cake Vol. 2, Rauw Alejandro began building a visual world that hinges on escapism. For “Caprichoso,” he set sail and found himself lost at sea. Now, for his latest single, “Museo,” the Puerto Rican star escapes into the framed art of his own museum. The visual centers on Alejandro as the main attraction, placing him under soft pink and orange hues as he becomes art. Around him, statues come to life, moving to the cruising beat. Trap Cake Vol. 2 arrives with...

There’s no need to study “Astronomy” to know Conan Gray is going to deliver everything he’s got on his next project. Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that Gen Z’s favorite sad boi is set to release his sophomore album, Superache, on June 24. “A superache is something that hurts you so much, it lingers with you for years after,” he tells Rolling Stone. “It’s something that can only be healed through years of dramatic mourning, self-sabotage, songwriting, crying to your friends. It’s a super ache.” For the singer — who...

American Idol’s Top 24 contestants made their way to Disney’s Aulani Resort & Spa in Ko Olina, Hawaii, as part of their next stop for the Season 20 singing competition. Twelve of those 24 took the stage on Sunday evening (April 10), singing a song of their choice in hopes of advancing another week.This time, judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie only observed the hopefuls from their seats, leaving the fate of the Top 24 in America's hands. Hoping to continue in the competition is Sage McNeely, who revealed “Jolene” by Dolly Parton...

During a conversation with CBS Mornings' Nate Burleson on Friday (Apr. 8), Jimmie Allen reflected on the obstacles he's faced as a Black artist in the country genre, and how his family influence -- specifically, lessons learned from his mom -- help him grapple with the racism he's faced in the industry.Specifically, Allen remembers a time he encountered racism at a visit to a country radio station."There was this guy that worked at this radio station, he told me straight up he didn't like Black people," the singer says. "But...

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are doing their part to help Ukraine by joining Stand Up for Ukraine, a digital campaign aimed at raising money for the war-torn country and its refugees. Brooks and Yearwood announced their involvement in the campaign — which is organized through nonprofit Global Citizen — on social media.“We’re proud to say we stand with Ukraine,” the country couple said in a video. “Especially the refugees.”“There’s a global initiative and supplies are already spread thin, and this is where you come in,” says Yearwood. “We need your...