Def Jam/UMe has announced the Dec. 13, 2024, release of Let Us Pray: Chapter X, a posthumous DMX album that reveals the spiritual side of the legendary rapper Earl Simmons. The album will be available on all digital platforms and in physical formats, including CD, standard LP, and a limited-edition color vinyl available online. Let Us Pray: Chapter X pairs …

Arriving with her deluxe album, MEGAN: ACT II, Megan Thee Stallion has dropped the “Bigger in Texas” video. The single brings the southern sound reminiscent of classic UGK anthems, paired with a stunning Stallion at the jewelry store, and kicks it with Houston legends Paul Wall and Slim Thug. Today, Grammy-winning artist and Houston powerhouse Megan Thee Stallion has released …

GRAMMY Award-winning and Academy Award®-nominated musician Pharrell Williams has unveiled the official music video for his new original song, “Piece By Piece.” Directed by Academy Award-winner Morgan Neville, the video blends footage from the animated biopic Piece By Piece and new LEGO® animation. The music video follows the release of the full soundtrack for the major motion picture Piece By …

With each new release, onetime TikToker Addison Rae gets this much closer to household name pop star status. (Jumping on bestie Charli XCX’s Brat remix album — and the Sweat tour — doesn’t hurt either.) As for individual tracks, Rae’s last one was “Diet Pepsi,” which came out in August. Then there was 2023’s AR EP, which I highly recommend …

Between starring in Joker: Folie À Deux and releasing its companion album Harlequin, Lady Gaga has somehow found time to record more new music. (Harlequin is not the follow-up to 2020’s Chromatica; she has said that #7 is officially arriving in February. And considering how badly Joker flopped at the box office, some new, hopefully banger-filled pop from Gaga could …

You lie awake at night — tossing, turning, sweating, sometimes breaking down into tears. The world is moving too fast. Nothing makes sense anymore. With every new breaking dawn, this place feels less and less like home, and you feel more and more like an unwelcome visitor. You wonder: Why can’t things be the way they once were? Why can’t …

A few months after releasing Pink Tape — their summer 2023 foray into rap-rock — Lil Uzi Vert announced that their next studio album would be their last. That’s a hefty statement coming from a then-28-year-old. At the time, Uzi said that final album would be Luv Is Rage 3, the successor to their 2017 breakout LP. It looks like …

image002 (1) Global superstar Shakira has announced an exciting lineup of stadium and arena dates for her highly anticipated Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, produced by Live Nation. Due to overwhelming fan demand and enhancements in production, the North American leg originally set for 2024 has been rescheduled to spring 2025, with several venues upgraded to stadiums. The …

The Cruel World festival will once again bring giants of post-punk, new wave, and goth to Southern California next spring. Taking place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on May 17, the 2025 edition of the fest will be headlined by no less than New Order and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Aimee Mann’s ’80s new wave band ‘Til …

We know Darkside like to take their time with things. The duo of electronic producer Nicolás Jaar and jazz guitarist Dave Harrington shared their sophomore album Spiral in 2021, eight years after their cult favorite debut Psychic. Today, Darkside are back: They’re now a trio with drummer Tlacael Esparza, they have a new single out cleverly titled “Groucha Max,” and …