Rising Jacksonville, Florida, rapper SpotemGottem was shot in his hip while driving on a highway in Miami early Friday morning, September 17th. SpotemGottem — real name Nehemiah Lamar Harden — was driving a Dodge Charger on I-95 when the car was hit with gunfire, leaving 22 bullet holes on the …

A former talent manager and assistant of R. Kelly’s testified that he threatened her after learning that her 17-year-old client planned to file a lawsuit against him, Buzzfeed reports. She quoted Kelly as saying at the time, “Generally around these situations, people come up missing.” Kelly is currently facing several …

“I shouldn’t have come here in the first place, cause folks in here don’t like my kind,” Charley Crockett sings in “Music City USA,” the title track of his new album. The video for the song underscores the cynicism of those lyrics and follows the throwback country singer as he …

In the latest episode of our weekly Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, we take on Drake’s Certified Lover Boy and Kanye West’s Donda. Jeff Ihaza, who reviewed Certified Lover Boy, joins host Brian Hiatt for the discussion. (One key line from the review: “Drake’s much-publicized feud with Kanye West, to …

Zac Brown Band combine a message of living in the moment with a sense of humor and deft bluegrass picking in the new song “Fun Having Fun,” off the group’s upcoming album The Comeback. Set to a speedy tempo and propelled by choppy mandolin, Brown and his mates recount instances …

Kanye West floats above the clouds and encounters his late mother, the namesake of his 10th studio album Donda, via video footage in his uplifting new “24” visual. The Nick Knight-directed video is a continuation of a theme West showcased during his second album listening party in Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz …

CMT’s Artists of the Year awards show will be back this fall in its usual form after hitting pause in 2020 to recognize pandemic frontline workers in healthcare, military, and education with the “CMT Honors Our Heroes” special. The 2021 CMT Artists of the Year ceremonies, set to air live …

With their breathy, poised delivery and moody sensibilities, Kali Uchis and emerging Ghanaian American singer Amaarae are fitting bedfellows on the latter’s remix of “Sad Girlz Luv Money.” On the original, a cut from Amaarae’s first full-length project, The Angel You Don’t Know, she and Moliy — another artist with …

It’s a shame that the voting for Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time had already concluded by the time Drake released his new album Certified Lover Boy. While the record is far from perfect, it does have a song that, in my mind, deserves to be very high …

Post Malone has announced his third annual Posty Fest, with Megan Thee Stallion and Lil Uzi Vert joining the rapper at the Arlington, Texas, event. Set for October 30th and 31st outside the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium, the two-day festival will also feature Roddy Ricch, Jack Harlow, $uicideboy$, Polo G, …

Dave Grohl has shared a new trailer for his upcoming memoir, The Storyteller. The book arrives on October 5th via Dey Street Books, an imprint of the William Morrow Group at HarperCollins. In the new trailer, the Foo Fighters frontman shares that while he doesn’t collect things, he is a …

Carly Pearce has partnered with Ashley McBryde for a top-flight cheating song in “Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” a duet from Pearce’s 29: Written in Stone. An expanded version of Pearce’s 2021 EP 29, the collection will arrive in full on September 17th. A spiritual descendant of Reba McEntire …

Magdalena Bay, the budding Los Angeles indie pop duo, make music that feels both timeless and time-less. Timeless because bandmates Mica Tenenbaum and Matt Lewin have a keen knack for songcraft, and time-less because, in a world where temporality’s been smashed by the internet, Magdalena Bay are there picking up …

Happy 50th anniversary to Judee Sill, one of the greatest, most underrated albums of the Seventies that could easily be the long-lost cousin of Nick Drake’s Pink Moon. From the acoustic opener “Crayon Angels” to the euphoric penultimate track “Enchanted Sky Machines,” her self-titled debut acts as both a fan …

Meek Mill is set to release his fifth album, Expensive Pain, on October 1st. The Philadelphia rapper announced the album and shared the artwork, which was created from an original painting by the artist Nina Chanel Abney. A full tracklist wasn’t announced, but the album will include three recent songs: …