In January, Danny Kang was stranded in chilly London, waiting to meet the individual responsible for @world_record_egg, the Instagram account that had turned a simple photo of an egg into the most-liked post in the history of the social media platform. Kang is a talent manager, and he was hoping …

Miley Cyrus shared a bold new ode to the body in the video for “Mother’s Daughter,” a song off her latest EP, She Is Coming. Cyrus conceptualized the clip with director, Alexandre Moors, and the video splices footage of the pop star performing “Mother’s Daughter” with cheeky images that celebrate …

Freddie Gibbs and Madlib are two larger-than-life figures who carry diametric mystiques. Gibbs is the Rust Belt hero, the world-beating outlaw who bathes with snakes and has been serving impregnable street raps since 2009. Madlib is much more elusive but no less prolific—the perpetually shroomed-out producer who spends his days …

Danny Brown helped Andy Samberg and the Lonely Island perform their classic ode to cupcakes and film adaptations of classic children’s novels, “Lazy Sunday,” at the comedy trio’s Detroit concert Wednesday. Brown assumed Chris Parnell’s role from the original Saturday Night Live digital short, trading goofy bars with Samberg with …

House Democrats, voting nearly in unison Tuesday night, countered human rights abuses worthy of the Hague’s attention with more words and money. I won’t waste space with the words, because it isn’t all that courageous to cuss out an administration for arguing in court to deny migrant children in government …

One week ahead of the premiere of Country Music, the eight-part historical documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns, PBS will air Country Music: Live at the Ryman, A Concert Celebrating the Film by Ken Burns, an all-star celebration of the genre featuring performances by Vince Gill, Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon …

Following their co-headlining summer tour with Blondie, Elvis Costello and the Imposters will embark on their own “Just Trust” North American tour this fall. The trek is not dedicated to Costello’s 1981 LP Trust; instead, as the band explains, “The tour is entitled, ‘Just Trust’ in answer to the musical …

UPDATE: Cardi B has pleaded not guilty to recent felony charges, the Associated Press via Billboard reports. The rapper was arraigned on Tuesday June 25th on the new charges stemming from her alleged involvement in a fight at a New York City strip club last August. Two other defendants connected …

Philippe Zdar, a member of French electronic duo Cassius and a prominent producer, has died, Pitchfork reports and his management confirmed to Rolling Stone. He was 52. His management said in a statement to Rolling Stonethat the musician died after a tragic “accident at his home in Paris” on Wednesday …

Update:The purchaser of the Black Strat and the Martin D-35 was Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. Thew New YorkPost reports Irsay spent $5.245 million at the auction yesterday, accounting for approximately 24% of its total sales. He celebrated the purchases on Twitter: “The incomparable David Gilmour.. the greatest ‘phrasing’ guitarist …