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For anyone who thinks R. Kelly was “railroaded” at his recent racketeering and sex trafficking trial, victim Faith Rodgers wants you to consider this: She wasn’t even alive when the marriage certificate showing R. Kelly had wed 15-year-old singer Aaliyah in 1994 was first unearthed by Vibe magazine that same year. The certificate falsely listed Aaliyah’s age as 18. “I wasn’t even born yet when that happened. This isn’t something that people didn’t know about,” Rodgers tells Rolling Stone in an exclusive interview Friday in some of her first comments...

Rascal Flatts' singer Gary LeVox has shared new information about why the country group called it quits, and he strayed far from what the band said previously.In announcing their decision to break up, the group said it was just time — that they each wanted to pursue solo interests."Twenty years in a band together is a long, long time, and I love the fact that we're able to look back and say we still love and respect each other after 20 years," Jay DeMarcus said last year. "A lot of bands can't say...

When Rihanna met Tems, you would have thought that Tems was the newly minted billionaire. The Bajan mogul brought the 26-year-old Nigerian singer-songwriter into a firm embrace at the New York premiere of her latest Savage X Fenty fashion show in September: “Enough of that humble shit,” Rihanna was heard telling Tems as Megan Thee Stallion’s “Body” blasted in the background. “You better own that.” Rihanna isn’t the only one cheering Tems on. Earlier this year, Tems’ distinct, bassy vocals helped make “Essence” the breakout hit from Wizkid’s 2020 LP,...

Amanda Shires' "Gone for Christmas" is a wish-filled holiday kiss-off. It's the first song from a full-length Christmas album from the singer and songwriter, arriving in mid-November.Slinky piano — somewhat a la "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," if we're looking for festive comparisons — stomps and ragged fiddle set the tone for "Gone for Christmas," a jaunty, snarky wishlist of a song. Shires wants "a massage on a beach ... a telescope and money ... a boat ... a pony" and more — oh, and her lover gone.Her requests grow wilder as the song...

Lil Wayne unexpectedly dropped a new song on streaming services Thursday, with “Ya Dig” arriving without much fanfare less than a week after the rapper released his collaborative Trust Fund Babies mixtape with Rich the Kid. However, the new song is anything but: According to Lil Wayne HQ, “Ya Dig” dates back to 2007 or 2008, arguably the peak of his creative powers, putting the track and Wayne’s flow more in line with Tha Carter III than his recent LP. The song, produced by StreetRunner, is also built around a...

Luke Combs isn't waiting to let his fans hear his newest song, a steamy love song that leaves very little to the imagination. The "Cold As You" singer took to YouTube to share "The Kind of Love We Make."Written with the Brothers Hunt (Dan and Reid Isbell), Jamie Davis and Dustin Nunley, the new, still-unreleased track describes long overdue lovemaking."Let's get some candles burning and some records turning / All the lights down low, take it nice and slow," Combs sings at the chorus of "The Kind of Love We Make.""The way your...

Seventeen years after Tears for Fears last released an album of new music, the beloved band behind “Head Over Heels,” “Shout” and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” will return in 2022 with The Tipping Point. Ahead of the LP’s arrival on February 25th via Concord Records, Tears for Fears founding members Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith also shared the first single and title track “The Tipping Point,” which — like the album — was inspired by a series of professional and personal “tipping points” in the years following their...

Lainey Wilson has gotten a chuckle out of most of the responses to her chart-topping song "Things a Man Oughta Know." It's really wild, she says, what some women think their man oughta know."One girl was like, ‘I think a man should know all the Disney princesses,'" Wilson tells Taste of Country Nights' Evan and Amber. "I’m like, ‘I want my man to know how to ride a horse!’”Wilson is the newest featured guest on this weekly multi-media show, with additional artists revealed on video (see below) and on demand every...

Ariana Grande has won a five-year restraining order against a man who allegedly flashed a large hunting knife outside her Los Angeles house and threatened to kill her. Aharon Brown, 23, was arrested near the singer’s home September 10th on suspicion of making criminal threats and remains in police custody with a court appearance set for Thursday. On Tuesday, a security guard for the singer testified about his confrontations with Brown, leading Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Reginald L. Neal to grant Grande the long-term protection order that expires...

“This was my favorite thing in 2019,” Jason Isbell said, greeting his band’s first audience of ShoalsFest 2021. “I was so looking forward to doing it last year. I know you had to jump through some hoops, but I’m glad you’re here and we’re here to have a good time.”Addressing a polarizing topic in front of an audience potentially filled with Alabamians requires a certain kind of tact. On Tuesday (Oct. 5), the Alabama Department of Public Health announced that the state’s number of COVID-19-related deaths in 2021 had surpassed...

Young Thug and Gunna performed a medley of tracks during the 2021 BET Hip-Hop Awards Tuesday in the rappers’ hometown of Atlanta. A little more than a week before Young Thug drops his new album Punk, the rapper performed the single “Tick Tock” from atop a giant arachnid before Gunna dropped in from the other side of the stage, delivering his new track “Too Easy,” sans Future. The two rappers then teamed up centerstage for their collaborative single “Ski,” off the Slime Language 2 compilation. Young Thug was nominated for...

Country star and veteran The Voice coach Blake Shelton filled out his Season 21 roster of hopefuls during Tuesday night's (Oct. 4) set of blind auditions. The eight-time champion, who calls his team the G.O.A.T ("greatest of all time"), turned his chair for rock singer Tommy Edwards.The 27-year-old from Montana performed in the middle of the one-hour program, auditioning with Train’s “Drops of Jupiter.” As with all The Voice auditions, he channeled the tune to blind eyes.The pressure was even more intense for Edwards, as Shelton and fellow coaches John Legend and Kelly...

Meek Mill’s Expensive Pain rises to Number One on this week’s Apple Music Pre-Add Chart. In the week leading up to its October 1st release, Meek’s fifth studio album saw more pre-adds than any other album on the platform, offering a good indication that it will do well on the charts.  Ed Sheeran’s = rises to Number Two, followed by Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres, which rises four spots to Number Three. Rounding out the top five are two newcomers: A (Special Edition), the latest release from J-pop group INI...