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Ginger Baker, the wildly influential and innovative drummer who laid the groundwork for heavy metal and world music and played with everyone from Fela Kuti to John Lydon to Max Roach, died Sunday after a lengthy hospital stay. He was 80. “We are very sad to say that Ginger has …

Burna Boy reckons with the legacy of British colonial rule over Nigeria — and marks the country’s independence day, which took place on October 1, 1960 — in his new video for “Another Story.” The track appeared in July on Burna Boy’s African Giantalbum. “Another Story” provides listeners with an …

Post Malone’s reign atop the Rolling Stone Artist 500 chart continued for a third straight week, with the rapper garnering 201.4 million song streams for the week of September 20th through 26th. Posty’s latest album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, continued to do massive numbers, moving 150,200 album units to cap off its …

Carole King appeared on The Tonight Show to perform her song “It’s Too Late” with the help of house band the Roots. The track comes off her 1971 album Tapestry and King played for Jimmy Fallon’s audience in honor of her upcoming appearance at the Global Citizen Festival in New …

Snoop Dogg has offered up a unique cover of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ “Red Right Hand,” which serves as the theme song for the BBC’s hit period crime drama Peaky Blinders. In a clip for the cover, the rapper reintroduces himself as “Snoop Shelby,” making himself an honorary …

Sometime in 2016, Sharon Van Etten was heading to her rehearsal space when she stumbled upon her past. “I walked by an old bar that had closed and I saw these kids living in a neighborhood that I couldn’t afford anymore,” the singer-songwriter said. “I started feeling old, but then …

Billy Joel‘s catalog is populated with vivid storylines and memorable characters — enough, apparently, to fuel a TV series. MGM is partnering with Universal Music Publishing Group to develop a scripted anthology series (or “arc-thology”) based around the songwriter’s music, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant …

Taylor Swift has canceled her controversial performance at Australia’s Melbourne Cup horse racing event following outcry from animal rights activists over the treatment of the horses. Swift was scheduled to perform at the Victoria Racing Club on November 5th as the singer embarks on a promotional tour in support of …

T.I. and Teyana Taylor exact revenge upon evildoers in their violent, yet poignant, dual video for “You (Be There).” The video features the final two songs from T.I.’s latest album,Dime Trap, “You,” which features Taylor, and “Be There,” which features London Jae. The “You” section opens with T.I. and Taylor …

Last summer, Shawn Mendes gave an in-depth interview in Brooklyn for his episode ofLive From the Artists Den. In this exclusive clip, Mendes discusses what it meant to get “real” in the lyrics for his third LP,Shawn Mendes. His interview and special performance make up the Season 13 premiere for …