Kifano “Shotti” Jordan, alleged leader of the New York street gang Nine Trey Bloods and former manager of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to charges related to a federal racketeering investigation. Jordan, who was arrested along with Tekashi 6ix9ine (born Daniel …
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Tanya Tucker and Brandi Carlile appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show on Thursday night to deliver a mesmerizing rendition of their song “The Wheels of Laredo.” Written by Carlile with her bandmates Phil and Tim Hanseroth, the imagery-rich track is a standout of Tucker’s comeback album While I’m Livin‘, her …
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Lil Nas X has released the new music video for his song “Panini,” set in a futuristic Blade Runner-esque world of floating billboards and flying cars. The rapper previously teased the concept for the video in his performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. The Mike Diva-directed video guest-stars Disney …
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Forty-seven years since forming in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and despite losing some of its original members, the Marshall Tucker Band remain on the road. The Southern-rock pioneers, best known for hits like “Can’t You See,” “Fire on the Mountain,” and “Heard It in a Love Song,” have announced a new …
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The Who resumed their Moving On! world tour with a stop at Madison Square Garden on Sunday and used the opportunity to play their new song “Big Cigars” for the first time in America. The tune is part of their in-progress LP that Townshend told the audience will come out …
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Last August and September were fruitful months for the Black Keys‘ Patrick Carney: On August 28th, he and his now-wife, Michelle Branch, had a baby, and on September 5th, he and Dan Auerbach went into the studio to start work on the Keys’ first album in five years. That album, …
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Songwriter and musician Donnie Fritts died Tuesday at 76. John Paul White, who produced Fritts’ 2015 album Oh My Goodness, recalls his collaborator’s influence and gentle nature in this remembrance. Donnie Fritts made me cry the day we met. I’d asked him to be a part of the Muscle Shoals …
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J Balvin and Bad Bunny, urbano’s two most stellar acts, both made their VMAs debut on Monday night with a pop-art performance of “Qué Pretendes,” their lead single off their intrepid joint album, Oasis, released in June. Dressed in comically long-limbed inflatable suits, the pair channeled the pop absurdism of …
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Missy Elliott surprised fans at midnight on Thursday with a new five-track EP, titled Iconology. Produced by Elliott, Timbaland and Wili Hendrix, it is the long-awaited follow-up to her 2005 sixth studio album, The Cookbook. The video for the lead single “Throw It Back” pays homage to the old school …
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Rock of Ages has extended its off-Broadway run 14 weeks (through January 14, 2020), meaning hair metal fans can now sit back and take tequila shots in their Harley Davidson T-shirts in New York City for a little longer. Held at the Theater District’s New World Stages, the production is …
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