Lil Keed, an Atlanta rapper signed to Young Thug’s YSL Records, has died at the age of 24. His brother Lil Gotit first announced on social media that the rapper born Raqhid Render had died. Lil Keed’s rep also confirmed the death to Complex. Keed’s cause of death was attributed …
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The Regrettes’ Lydia Night has accused Joey Armstrong, drummer of punk act SWMRS and son of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, of sexual misconduct. “I was in a relationship with Joey that started when I was 16 and ended right before my 18th birthday,” Night wrote Monday on Instagram. …
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At the end of April, more than 120 members of the House of Representatives issued a plea to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. “Reliable local information and reporting in our communities is… more important than ever as our country responds to and recovers …
Read More »Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger: 20 Essential Songs
The news thatFountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger has died at age 52 due to complications related to COVID-19 comes as a painful shock to fans of his hilarious, heartfelt, utterly one-of-a-kind style of songwriting. Working alongside Fountains of Wayne co-founder Chris Collingwood, and on his own in assorted side projects …
Read More »Fred 'Curly' Neal, Harlem Globetrotters Legend, Dead at 77
Fred “Curly” Neal, the bald-headed, ball-handling trickster who was a core member of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team during the act’s peak in popularity, has died at the age of 77. The Harlem Globetrotters confirmed that Neal died at his home in Houston, Texas Thursday. No cause of death was …
Read More »'The Only Thing Missing Was Her, Physically.' Inside the Whitney Houston Hologram Tour
“Good evening, everyone, and welcome to Whitney Houston, very much live,” a holographic Whitney tells a small crowd of reporters in Los Angeles during a dress rehearsal for the late singer’s upcoming “An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour.” While Houston has been dead for eight years, the …
Read More »Former Grammys Chief Deborah Dugan Sues Recording Academy, Claiming Sexual Harassment
Former Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan claims she was sexually harassed by the general counsel to the Academy and put on administrative leave for raising numerous concerns about goings-on at the Grammys in a new filing with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The 46-page complaint arrives just days before the …
Read More »So, How Was Your Decade, Mastodon's Brann Dailor?
So, How Was Your Decadeis a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. “What the hell happened in the last 10 years?” Brann Dailor asks Rolling Stone …
Read More »Wu-Tang Clan Associate, Mentor Popa Wu Dead at 63
Popa Wu, the longtime Wu-Tang Clan affiliate and spiritual mentor to the group, has died, a representative for the Wu-Tang Clan confirmed to Rolling Stone. While no cause of death was given, according to The Source, Popa Wu — who was also known as Freedum Allah — died at his …
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