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The rapper Max B — who has been in prison since 2009 but remains one of the most beloved figures in contemporary New York hip-hop — celebrated his 41st birthday by releasing “Hold On,” an exhilarating dancefloor missile featuring French Montana, on Tuesday. The single marks Max B’s first newly …

AJR’s new single “100 Bad Days” began when frontman Jack Met entered a single line into his cellphone: “A million bad days made a million good stories.” “I didn’t even think of it as a song concept,” the singer tells Rolling Stone. “I just thought, ‘That’s kind of a cool …

There’s a typical narrative attached to acrobatic vocalists: Enthusiasm for singing as youngsters, a moment when they reveal their precocity to the world, and then the establishment of irrepressible upward momentum. This was not quite the path taken by the young R&B singer Marco McKinnis when he was growing up …

Once More We Saw Stars is a quietly heartbreaking memoir from Jayson Greene, a music editor at Pitchfork. It’s his first book—but the last he ever would have wanted to write. He and his wife Stacy lost their two-year-old daughter Greta in a horrifying accident—the girl was sitting with her …

Singer-guitarist Angel Olsen has announced a North American fall tour. Olsen will hit 30 dates across the country, kicking off on October 30th in the newly reopened Asbury Lanes. She’ll play two back-to-back nights at New York’s Brooklyn Steel in late November, wrapping up at London’s Eventim Apollo on February …

Rock band X Ambassadors have announced a fall headlining tour in support of their upcoming album,Orion. The Orion Tour kicks off October 8th in Tucson, Arizona, at the Rialto Theatre, and will make stops in New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland and more. The tour will wrap up November 19th in San …

A false active shooter report temporarily caused panic Friday night at Miami’s Rolling Loud as some festivalgoers were injured as they quickly fled the Hard Rock Stadium following the false alarm. “Shortly after 11pm on Friday night, there was a disturbance that led a large group of fans to believe …

Rihanna will launch and head a new fashion house, Fenty, after completing a historic deal with the luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, The New York Times reports. Fenty marks the first new fashion house created under the LVMH umbrella since Christian Lacroix launched in 1987. Its arrival also …

TheGame of Thrones Live Concert Experience will return for its third tour this fall, bringing the HBO series’ grand score to 20 venues throughout the U.S. and Canada. The North American trek launches September 5th in Syracuse, New York and wraps October 5th in Los Angeles, California. Tickets will be …

Justin Timberlake will receive the “Contemporary Icon” Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s 50th annual induction gala, scheduled for June 13th at New York’s Marriott Marquis Hotel. The award, according to the organization’s website, recognizes “a songwriter-artist who has attained an iconic status in pop culture.” “Justin is extraordinary,” …