“I’ll fuck you in your ass quick with Taylor Swift’s dick” announces Kid Rock charmingly on “Grandpa’s Rap,” an old-school shock-rap parody marrying toxic content with winking deniability. As comedy or bait for Twitter moralists – even from a pretend Senate candidate who’s supped at the White House with our …
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Lin-Manuel Miranda will return to the role of Alexander Hamilton when his Hamilton musical opens a three-week run in Puerto Rico in January 2019. Miranda, who left the title role in his Tony-winning Broadway musical in July 2016, will bring Hamilton to Teatro UPR in hurricane-ravaged San Juan from January …
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Little Big Town is on the verge of wrapping up a big year, complete with a residency at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium and the release of their latest album The Breaker. They’re not quite finished yet, though, as they just unveiled a new music video for the single “When Someone …
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N.E.R.D.’s first concert in over six years turned into a surprise listening party for their upcoming new album as Pharrell Williams and company debuted No_One Ever Really Dies at ComplexCon in Long Beach, California. The album, the Neptunes project’s first since 2010’s Nothing, boasts first single “Lemon” with Rihanna as …
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There’s still no word on when Netflix plans to drop Making a Murderer‘s second season, but there’s been plenty of legal drama in recent weeks surrounding Steven Avery’s case. Last week, Avery’s attorney, Kathleen Zellner filed court documents that, amongst other legal issues, implicate Avery’s nephew Bobby Dassey – older …
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Update: Brett Ratner is stepping away from all Warner Brothers activities after six women including actressOlivia Munnalleged the director engaged in sexual misconduct to the Los Angeles Times. “In light of the allegations being made, I am choosing to personally step away from all Warner Bros.- related activities,”Ratner said in …
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Kanye West has been quiet musically in 2017, but the rapper makes a rare guest appearance on CyHi the Prynce’s new song “Dat Side.” The two MCs take turns dismissing haters over a spindly, piano-centric beat. CyHi the Prynce is a longtime West associate, with guest appearances on tracks from …
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Last week,President Trumpdeclared opioid addiction a national public health emergency. But John Oliver argued on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight that his proposed solutions to the crisis – which claims 140 lives a day in the U.S. – are “underwhelming” at best. In his White House speech Thursday, Trump proposed launching …
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For First Aid Kit, the angelic-sounding Swedish sister duo, life experience has brought them a more urgent connection to artists that inspired them, like Townes Van Zandt and the Carter Family. This connection is at the core of “Postcard,” the newest song from their forthcoming LP, Ruins, due on January …
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Years before traveling to the Catskills to record her debut, Something American, Jade Bird spent her childhood crisscrossing Europe, moving from one army base to another with her military father. The experience left a worldly influence on her music. At 19 years old, she’s already a globally minded woman, filling …
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