Zac Brown Band have released a pair of new singles under their new agreement with Warner Bros. Nashville. “Out in the Middle” and “Old Love Song” follow the country vocal band’s recent radio release “Same Boat,” and both were co-written by country superstar Luke Combs. Penned by Brown and Combs …
Read More »The U.S. Is About to Go All in on Paying Farmers and Foresters to Trap Carbon
This story was originally published by Grist and is republished here as part of an ongoing collaboration. Kelly Garrett runs his 7,000-acre farm in western Iowa with the same attitude he brings to a game of golf. He wants a hole in one every time — in other words, perfection. …
Read More »Jazmine Sullivan Took Some Time Off, But Don't Call It a Comeback
This piece originally appeared as part of Rolling Stone’s Hot List 2021, in the July–August double issue of the magazine. Toward the end of 2019, Jazmine Sullivan got some heartbreaking news: Her mother, Pam, a former background singer who once co-managed Jazmine’s music career, had been diagnosed with breast cancer. …
Read More »Rep. Mo Brooks on Incendiary Jan. 6th Speech: Trump Made Me Do It
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) only wants to face the good kind of consequences for his comments the morning of theJanuary 6th riot at the Capitol. The MAGA-friendly representative is basing his campaign for Senate in Alabama around his unequivocal support of Trump, including the false idea that he won the …
Read More »'Zola' Violates All the Rules of 'Good Storytelling' — Which Is Why It Works
A film inspired by a viral tweet thread could have gone any number of ways — indeed, the thread in question, out of which Janicza Bravo’s new feature Zola was born, goes everywhere. A stripper misadventure, a Backpage okey-doke, a chance encounter from hell, gun violence, a cuckolded boy toy, …
Read More »Meet the Women Bringing Weed to the Deep South
K iawah Island, off South Carolina, is rich with history. It was home to the Kiawah tribe, part of the Cusabo Nation, the first people who came in contact with English settlers in 1670. Though it’s just a few miles from Charleston, a center of the domestic slave trade, in …
Read More »What Makes a 'Gay Icon'?
“In life, we hide the parts of ourselves we don’t want the world to see,” Lil Nas X proclaims in the video for his chart-topping single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).” For the openly gay rapper/singer, Montero — inspired by his birth name — is a place where one …
Read More »Rauw Alejandro Takes Reggaeton to Bold New Places on 'Vice Versa'
In the current crop of reggaetoneros, Rauw Alejandro has set himself apart as a modern day song-and-dance man, a performer defined by his natural showmanship and rigorous onstage choreography. With his second album Vice Versa, the Puerto Rican singer takes reggaeton into the future, flexing his versatility as he incorporates …
Read More »Camila Cabello, Paris Hilton, and Priyanka Chopra Invest in Avatar Startup Genies
Genies, the virtual avatar company that makes digital cartoon-style versions of celebrities, can now count Camila Cabello, Paris Hilton and Priyanka Chopra as its latest investors, the company tellsRolling Stone. The three women are part of Genies’ previously closed $65 million funding round led by venture capitalist Mary Meeker, and …
Read More »Whistleblowers Push Biden to Vaccinate More Immigrants in Detention
Three whistleblowers wrote a letter to Congress urging President Biden’s administration to increase its efforts to vaccinate migrants who are being held in detention in the United States. The three doctors who authored the letter sent to Congress on Friday — Scott A. Allen, Pamela McPherson, and Josiah “Jody” Rich …
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