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The 2025 Billboard Women In Music event is here!

Among the celeb attendees include honorees Doechii, Jennie and Gracie Abrams, who all hit the blue carpet on Saturday night (March 29) at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, Calif.

The annual event, hosted by Laverne Cox this year, is held to “honor influential women in music, spanning artists and industry leaders, with performances, awards and tributes.”

Keep reading to find out more…

Also being honored this year include Tina Knowles, aespa, GloRilla, Meghan Trainor, Tyla and more.

This year’s event is set to feature performances from aespa, Erykah Badu, Angela Aguilar, Gracie Abrams, Megan Moroney, Muni Long and Tyla.

Keep scrolling below to see all of the celebrities in attendance and photographed on the blue carpet…

Laverne Cox

Doechii (Woman of the Year Award Recipient)

Jennie (Global Force Award Recipient)

Tyla (Impact Award Recipient)

Gracie Abrams (Songwriter of the Year Award Recipient)

Tina...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, we get a bright highlight from the deluxe edition of Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine, indie troubadour Lucy Dacus taps Hozier for an achingly sweet break-up number; and Kesha returns with a T-Pain-assisted good time. Plus, new music from Maren Morris, Kali Uchis, and Samia.

Ariana Grande, “Twilight Zone” (YouTube)

Lucy Dacus, Hozier, “Bullseye” (YouTube)

Kesha feat. T-Pain, “Yippee-Ki-Yay” (YouTube)

Maren Morris, “Carry Me Through” (YouTube)

Kali Uchis,...

Rico Nasty dropped “On The Low,” the latest single from PG County, Maryland artist’s Lethal album. Riding along a buoyant synth riff, Rico croons about a sneaky link, singing, “You already know, I won’t kiss and tell if I get you alone” on the chorus.

“I wrote ‘On The Low’ for the girls,” the rapper said in a statement. “It’s been one of my favorite songs on the record, and shows a different side to the album than Teethsucker I think. She’s sweeter and cuter but just as Lethal!

Exclusive: Margo’s Got Money Troubles has rounded out its cast with Lindsey Normington (Anora), rapper, singer, songwriter Rico Nasty and Michael Workèyè (My Lady Jane) in recurring roles. The Apple TV+ series, starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman, hails from David E. Kelley and A24.

In Margo’s Got Money Troubles, based on Rufi Thorpe’s novel, Fanning stars as Margo Millet, the child of a Hooters waitress, Shyanne (Pfeiffer), and an ex-pro wrestler, Jinx (Nick Offerman), who becomes pregnant after a brief affair with an English professor, Mark (Michael Angarano), at the local junior college she attends. Now, at 20, Margo is alone with an infant, unemployed, and on the verge of eviction. When her estranged father Jinx shows up on her doorstep and asks to move in with her, she agrees in exchange for help with childcare. Margo starts an OnlyFans as an experiment and soon finds herself...

In a recent TikTok live broadcast, Megan Thee Stallion gushed about her hopes of working with Doechii as she discussed her plans for her next album, which she and fans are referring to as Act III. The rapper said she’s in the midst of bringing it together with a new song and video on the way. Megan also said she’s currently thinking about collaborating with artists she hasn’t worked with before for features, artists “that I listen to on my own time, people that I actually, you know,...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, a post-breakup bop from Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, and Gracie Abrams, a sleek, moody highlight from Tate McRae’s new album, and a scorched-earth rager from Rico Nasty. Plus, new music from Sam Fender, Samia, and Lola Brooke.

Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco and Gracie Abrams, “Call Me When You Break Up” (YouTube)

Tate McRae, “Revolving Door” (YouTube)

Rico Nasty, “Teethsucker (Yea3x)” (YouTube)

Marina, “Butterfly” (YouTube)

Sam Fender,...

Rico Nasty is used to the post-tour comedown. She spends weeks, if not months, at a time on the road performing for audiences who restlessly await the days until they can unleash their pent-up rage in one of her mosh pits. And when it’s over, she readjusts to solitude. “When I come down off of a high of hella people congratulating me or hella people loving me, it does get dark,” Rico tells Rolling Stone over Zoom. “You do feel unimportant and alone. I don’t know why our brains do that to us,...

The music community is truly coming together for those affected by the Los Angeles fires. On Monday, Give a Fuck LA announced a star-studded lineup for “Benefit and Auction for LA Wildfire Relief” on Feb. 5, featuring performances by Hayley Williams, Lucy Dacus, Muna, and Finneas.

The Hollywood Palladium show is also set to feature appearances from Jenny Lewis, Christopher Owens, Fred Armisen, Courtney Barnett, St. Vincent, Kevin Morby, Reggie Watts, and Scout Willis. Symone, the Linda Lindas, and Rostam and Sasami are also featured on the lineup for the show,...

Peacock’s comedy Laid, starring Stephanie Hsu, Zosia Mamet, Michael Angarano, Tommy Martinez, Andre Hyland, Ryan Pinkston and more, explores what would happen if a mysterious curse fell upon one’s ex romantic partners. Ruby (Hsu), with the help of her best friend Aj (Mamet), realizes that all of past sexual partners are somehow dying in gruesome ways.

This brings her and Aj to try and track down those who are still alive, and played by guest stars such as Finneas, John Early, Simu Liu & Philippe Francesca Reale, Kate Berlant, Brandon Perea, Alexandra Shipp and more, to warn them of what is happening. Aj also hopes to get to the bottom of why this is happening.

Several needle drops accompany both humorous and and more serious moments, starting with some Paul Simon and Chappell Roan in Episode 1 and ending with Billie Eilish and Sade in the finale. Find the full...

Ice Spice has noted in several interviews that she was a popular girl in high school, well before she started releasing music. One story she told Erykah Badu and her daughter, Puma Curry, for Interview functions pretty well as an analogy for her debut album, Y2K. Ice, born Isis Gaston, attended a catholic school in Yonkers, a suburb north of her Bronx neighborhood. “There were so many white girls, and I was the only one with curly hair for a long time,” she said, explaining that she constantly straightened...

Maroon 5, Lil Uzi Vert, and Keith Urban will head to the shores of Lake Michigan this morning as part of the lineup for Milwaukee’s sprawling Summerfest.

The annual event effectively packs three festivals into one, with three weekends of totally different lineups scheduled for June 20 through 22, June 27 through 29, and July 4 through 6.

Opening weekend will feature Kane Brown, Mötley Crüe, and a still-unannounced headliner, as well as supporting performances from Goo Goo Dolls, Black Pumas, Brittany Howard, Taking Back Sunday, En Vogue, Dawes, O.A.R., Three Dog Night, the War and Treaty,...

On Blue Lips, Schoolboy Q’s first album since 2019’s utterly unremarkable Crash Talk, there’s a sense that the Los Angeles rapper is trying to make up for lost time. He exudes an assured confidence throughout that, unlike past releases like 2016’s Black Face LP, makes it feel like he has something to prove. He’s able to whip up an endless amount of versatile and oddball flows, and does so with an equally fresh and flippant demeanor.

Schoolboy delivers each word on “Pop” with a tossed-off precision that’s both laser-focused to fit the track’s rhyme scheme and casual in its cadence. He punctuates the word “pop” with a snickering snarl, accompanied by the sound of a pistol being fired. Later in the track, he lowers his voice to a scruffy register, furiously spitting his words out. The entire song, including a notably batshit Rico Nasty feature,...

Note: This story contains spoilers for the “Rap Sh!t” Season 2 finale.

The Season 2 finale of Max’s “Rap Sh!t” sees up-and-coming rap group Shawna (Aida Osman) and Mia (KaMillion) cementing their management with Francois Boom (Jaboukie Young-White) as they attempt to “fast track” their success in the hip-hop world, according to showrunner Syreeta Singleton, leaving their longtime alliance with Chastity (Jonica Booth) in the dust.

“He’s shinier and he comes with shinier people,” Singleton told TheWrap of Francois Boom, pointing to rapper and songwriter Pardison Fontaine, who is introduced to Shawna and Mia by Francois at the beginning of the final episode. “What it takes to make it a lot of times it’s like alright, ‘Where am I going to get the most eyes?'”

After working with Pardi on what the duo thinks could be their next hit, Singleton notes that they are drawn to the access provided by Francios’ connections,...

This spring, Largo, Maryland, rapper Q Da Fool was prepping his comeback album after a two-year prison stint. But after only two months home, he was arrested for “promoting violence” after dropping a song and going on Instagram Live. He says his probation officer arrested him and told him they were incarcerating him for his own safety. It’s unclear what the exact charge was, but Q served another two months in jail before coming home again and deciding to overhaul his creative approach into what’s become Art of Ambition,...

Fans are stirring with excitement as Rap Sh!T, Issa Rae’s television series on Max, gears up to return for its second season. On Nov. 9, viewers will continue to follow the fictional lives and musical journeys of Shawna Clark (Aida Osman) and Mia Knight (KaMillion). The show, based in Miami, is loosely inspired by the come-up story of South Florida’s very own hot group City Girls, who just dropped their latest project, Raw, in October and serve as co-executive producers for the series. As with Rae’s previous hit show Insecure,...

A few years ago, Rico Nasty’s unique style of rap was making her one of the most interesting and exciting voices in hip-hop. Jonny Pierce, frontman of the Drums, saw her do an interview with Narduwar where she mentioned that she was really into his band’s music growing up.

“When she mentioned the Drums, her whole body just kind of softened and she became very, almost a little bit shy and sweet,” Pierce remembers of the interview. “And so, I could tell she really meant that, she really does love the Drums.

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Bad Bunny classes up the joint, Offset enlists Travis Scott for a standout track from his new solo LP, and Tomorrow x Together slide into some smooth Eighties synths. Plus, new music from Ice Spice and Rema), Pink Pantheress, Boygenius, and more.

Bad Bunny, “Monaco” (YouTube)

Offset feat. Travis Scott, “Say My Grace” (YouTube)

Tomorrow x Together, “Chasing That Feeling” (YouTube)

Ice Spice feat. Rema, “Pretty Girl” (YouTube)

Pink Pantheress,...

The Drums’ new album Jonny is out today, and along with it is a music video for the song “Dying,” featuring Rico Nasty. Check it out below.

Nothing about “Dying” is expected. On paper, it’s already hard to imagine Jonny Pierce’s indie pop project collaborating with Rico, who veers more toward metal in her own alternative-rap songs. Yet, the single isn’t indie pop or rap rock; with a harp-like electronic melody and nasally, earnest vocals, “Dying” finds the artists combine hyperpop and emo to create something totally unique.

In a statement, Pierce chalked “Dying” up to an unshakeable feeling of loneliness. “For much of my life, I have felt like a ghost floating outside of my own body, outside of my own experiences, outside of my own relationships,” he said. “The song and video portray that frustrating disconnection to self, and how that disconnect plays a part...

Issa Rae’s Max series Rap Sh!t is returning for its second season on Nov. 9, but its soundtrack, Rap Sh!t S2: The Mixtape, will drop earlier on Nov. 3. The collection of songs will be released via Rae’s label Raedio and Def Jam and has been previewed by Sexyy Redd’s single “No Panties.”

“I’m happy that I got to work on ‘No Panties’ for Rap Sh!t,” Red said in a statement. “It’s just me having fun on the beat and talking my shit. It’s...

The Eric Andre Show has entered its sixth season, bringing with it a star-studded lineup of chaotic interviews. The long-running Adult Swim series is famous for its unconventional style, with the titular comedian pranking his celebrity - or celebrity impersonator - guests with odd questions and surreal situations. The parody of cable-access television also features sketches in-between guests, which are just as absurdist as the interviews themselves.

Following a two-year hiatus, The Eric Andre Show was renewed by Adult Swim last May, promising to be "the leanest and meanest yet." The first two episodes of the show premiered on June 4, featuring guests like Lil Nas X and Jaleel White. Ten episodes in total are planned for the season, with interviewees like Natasha Lyonne, Cypress Hill, and Waka Flocka Flame being featured as interviewees in coming episodes.

Related: The Eric Andre Show: 9 Funniest Interview Questions (And Their Answers)

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Maxwell Alejandro Frost is the first Gen Z member of Congress. He is also the first member of Congress to join Paramore on stage to sing “Misery Business.”

Congressman Frost appeared with Paramore during their show at Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C. on Friday night. Upon taking the stage, Hayley Williams asked the Florida Democrat if he had any message for the crowd, to which he responded: “Fuck Ron DeSantis! Fuck fascism!” From there, Paramore and Frost rocked out to “Misery Business,” with Congressman Frost singing and dancing along.

Congressman Frost posted a video of the performance to Twitter with the caption: “Very grateful for this moment. I’ve been practicing in the shower for Years.”

It goes without saying, but Congressman Frost is a big music fan. In fact, one of his major initiatives in Congress is to get funding for independent musicians. “We’re the only...

It was a family affair at the Los Angeles premiere of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" on Tuesday. A slew of celebrities like Tia Mowry, Offset, Jordin Sparks, Robin Thicke, and Omarion turned the movie screening into family night out, bringing their kids along for the fun. Also in attendance were Wiz Khalifa, Stephen Amell, Rico Nasty, Garcelle Beauvais, Allison Holker, and NBA stars Draymond Green and Russell Westbrook, who were joined by their children as well.

"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" - the animated sequel to the Oscar-winning film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" - sees Shameik Moore's Miles Morales return for an action-packed adventure that involves him and a bevy of Spider-Men traveling across the multiverse. Based on what producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller revealed at CinemaCon in 2022, the sequel will take place in six universes and feature a whopping 240 characters. In addition to Moore, the movie also stars Hailee Steinfeld,...

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

New Music Friday – April 28th, 2023

Jack Harlow – “They Don’t Love It”, plus Jackman (Album)

Bebe Rehax – “Seasons ft. Dolly Parton”, plus Bebe (Album)

The National and Taylor Swift – “The Alcott”

Niall Horan – “Meltdown”

Kesha – “Eat The Acid”

Shania Twain – “Bone Dry”

Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker, Illenium – “Eyes Wide Shut”

Jason Derulo – “Glad You Came”

Miguel – “Give It To Me”

Other noteworthy artists with releases this week include Tim McGraw – “Standing Room Only”, Robyn Ottolini – “Match For My Memory”, Cooper Phillip and Durand Bernarr – “The Answers”, Valley – “Break For You”, Rico Nasty – “Turn It Up”, Alana Springsteen – “twenty something”, Laur Elle – “Buring Out”, Joseph – “Fireworks”, VeeAlwaysHere and Ted Park – “I don’t dance”, Freya Ridings – “I Feel Love” plus...

Rico Nasty tidies up a house (kinda) while its owners sit tied up in the basement in the new video for her 100 Gecs-produced single, “Turn It Up.”

The new track boasts a pretty minimalist beat, built around the relentless tick of a hi-hat that explodes with speaker-rattling kick drums and grinding synth sounds. It’s an ideal palette for Rico Nasty to go scorched earth over: “I just put the cash in a stash,” she spits, “Why you looking on my page and you ain’t even wash ya ass?...

Rico Nasty is back with a new song called “Turn It Up,” produced by 100 gecs. Check it out below.

Though the track was produced by 100 gecs, “Turn It Up” is sparse when it comes to instrumentation. Little but boosted bass thrums in between Rico’s self-assured flow as she offers the solid advice, “Never pay attention to a hatin’ ass hoe.” Later, her lyrics get even better: “Why you looking on my page and you ain’t even wash your ass?” The track comes with a music video by Isaac Garcia in which the rapper cleans house (literally) as a maid — only for the homeowners to be locked in the basement.

“Turn It Up” follows Rico Nasty’s 2022 mixtape Las Ruinas, one of the best rap albums of the year. The artist is in the midst of a North American tour that continues through May, and tickets are on sale now here.

Motionless in White have announced a fall North American headlining tour with support from Knocked Loose, After the Burial, and Alpha Wolf.

Dates kick off on September 16th at Scranton Apocalypse Fest in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and run through October 29th in Boston.

An artist ticket pre-sale and a Citi Cardmember pre-sale are currently ongoing, with a Live Nation pre-sale beginning Thursday (April 27th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster using the code Vinyl. General ticket sales start Friday (April 28th) at 10 a.m. local time. Alternatively, you can pick up tickets to sold-out shows via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

Motionless in White tapping Knocked Loose for the tour follows a notable guest appearance by the latter’s frontman, Bryan Garris, on the single “Slaughterhouse” from Miw’s latest album, Scoring the End of the World.

Prior to the fall outing, Motionless...

Hip-hop/R&b girls group Xg have released their third single ‘Shooting Star’ remix featuring American rapper Rico Nasty. The original track ranked No. 1 on the iTunes Song Chart (R&b) in 18 regions, as well as Spotify’s ‘Viral Top 100’ in 46 regions, including global, US, UK, Japan and Korea.

Two songs, ‘Shooting Star (Bars Remixx Feat. Rico Nasty)’ and ‘Shooting Star (Chill Remixx),’ have been released as remixes.

‘Shooting Star (Bars Remixx Feat. Rico Nasty)’ features American rapper Rico Nasty, who has been gaining attention for ‘Smack a B***h’, ‘Poppin’ and her collaboration with Doja Cat on ‘Tia Tamera’.

‘Shooting Star (Chill Remixx)’ is a reinterpretation of the original Hip-hop/R&b song in the trance and chill-out genre, with a dreamy, relaxed atmosphere.

Xg are a seven member Hip-hop/R&b girls group consisting of Jurin, Chisa, Harvey, Hinata, Juria, Maya and Cocona.

Additionally, in May, Xg will...

“The wait is finally over. We broke a lot of hearts, sets, and famous people’s publicists to bring you our most chaotic season so far. We’ve barely recovered,” Eric Andre explains in a statement regarding the return of his absurdist, satirical deconstruction of the talk show that airs on Adult Swim. The Eric Andre Show is now set to return for season 6 and has established a premiere date on Sunday, June 4, at Midnight Et/Pt, according to Deadline.

In this new season, Andre will welcome guests that includes Natasha Lyonne, Jaleel White, Blac Chyna, Jon Hamm, Raven-Symoné, Diplo, Daymond John, Meagan Good, Rico Nasty, Waka Flocka Flame, Tinashe, Cypress Hill, and Lil Yachty among others. Felipe Esparza, Reese W, and Krft Punk will co-host.

The Eric Andre Show made its debut on Cartoon Network’s late-night block back in 2012. Per Adult Swim, the series takes place in a...

NBC is trading toy cars for real Hot Wheels.

The network has placed a series order for Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge, a car makeover competition show hosted by Rutledge Wood (Floor Is Lava).

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We’ll be right back. “The Eric Andre Show” has set a date for its long-awaited return to Adult Swim. The network announced Tuesday morning that Season 6 of the nightmarish talk show series will premiere on June 4 at midnight.

“Eric is back behind the desk like never before; ripped, shredded, full of energy, complete with beads of sweat dripping down from his taut nips onto his glistening six pack abs,” reads Adult Swim’s announcement. “Watch pampered celebrities regret their choices, rappers get the runaround and a slate of street pranks so egregious they collectively inspired a record 30 phone calls to 911.”

Billed as “sexy season six,” the series will welcome guests such as Natasha Lyonne, Jaleel White, Blac Chyna, Jon Hamm, Raven-Symoné, Diplo, Daymond John, Meagan Good, Rico Nasty, Waka Flocka Flame, Tinashe, Cypress Hill and Lil Yachty. The network also states that the season will also feature “a host...

Adult Swim will release Season 6 of The Eric Andre Show on Sunday, June 4 at Midnight Et/Pt.

Andre will be joined by special guests this season including Natasha Lyonne, Jaleel White, Blac Chyna, Jon Hamm, Raven-Symoné, Diplo, Daymond John, Meagan Good, Rico Nasty, Waka Flocka Flame, Tinashe, Cypress Hill, and Lil Yachty among others. Felipe Esparza, Reese W, and Krft Punk will co-host.

“The wait is finally over,” said Andre in a statement. “We broke a lot of hearts, sets, and famous people’s publicists to bring you our most chaotic season so far. We’ve barely recovered.”

Originally premiering in 2012, the series takes place on a “dingy public-access TV channel within an alternate reality, featuring an unpredictable mix of actual celebrities, ‘fake’ celebrities, and extreme real-life weirdos,” according to the network.

But before the show’s return, Andre will host an evening of live comedy at this year’s...

Featuring a jam-packed schedule of guests, season six of “The Eric Andre Show” will premiere Sunday, June 4 at Midnight Et/Pt on Adult Swim. The latest season of the cult hit comedy – sexy season six – will also premiere in over 100 countries in 19 languages. Famous guests appearing in the new season include Natasha Lyonne, Jaleel White, Blac Chyna, Jon Hamm, Raven-Symoné, Diplo, Daymond John, Meagan Good, Rico Nasty, Waka Flocka Flame, Tinashe, Cypress Hill, Lil Yachty and a host of other celebrities so big we legally can’t use them in promotions. Invoking the tantric swag of sex god Eros, season six is guaranteed to be the most high-octane, stone cold, no holds barred, mind-blowing, emotionally mature late night show in the history of mankind. Eric is back behind the desk like never before; ripped, shredded, full of energy, complete with beads of sweat dripping down from his taut nips onto his glistening six pack abs.

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J. Cole has announced an absolutely stacked lineup for the 2023 Dreamville Festival, which will feature a special appearance from Drake and sets from Usher, Lil Durk, Ari Lennox, Burna Boy, Summer Walker, and many more. The two-day event will take place April 1 and 2 in Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Drake will make a special cameo during J. Cole’s headlining set on the second night of the festival,...

Over the seasons, Tammy Slaton from 1000-lb Sisters has tried to slim down, and some facts about how she sticks to her diet plan have been revealed. The Kentucky native has not been the model of good behavior when it comes to making the right decisions about food. However, after a summer of transformation, Tammy finally seems to be on the right track.

The 36-year-old TLC personality Tammy raised a few eyebrows when the show first premiered. Tammy and Amy Slaton allowed cameras to capture their unconventional lives. The sisters went through obesity-related challenges together, and their combined weight was over 1,000 lbs. Amy was the first to qualify for a potentially life-saving gastric bypass surgery, which meant that Tammy was left behind. For three seasons, 1000-lb Sisters' Tammy Slaton continued to self-sabotage herself every step of the way. This included acting out, drinking, and doing drugs. After a near-death experience where her lung collapsed,...

Rico Nasty is taking las ruinas across North America in 2023: The rapper has today announced a run of tour dates for this spring in support of Las Ruinas, her mixtape from last July. It’s the latest installment in the “Monster Energy Outbreak Tour” series.

Rico will commence her tour at Toronto’s Toybox on April 16th. The 24-date trek will then take her to major cities including Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, and more before she wraps things up in Detroit on May 26th.

A pre-sale for tickets is ongoing over at Ticketmaster — use code Chorus — with general on-sale following this Friday, February 17th at 10:00 a.m. local time. After that, you can alternatively grab your tickets over at StubHub. See Rico Nasty’s full 2023 tour schedule so far below.

Las Ruinas — which Consequence named one of the Top 15 Rap Albums of...

A pair of virtual celebrities — the “lazy and spectacularly incompetent” Janky and Guggimon — could be starring in Amazon’s next Prime Video original series.

Amazon announced that it is leading a 20 million investment round in character-design studio and art toy maker Superplastic, and alongside the funding Amazon Studios signed a first-look TV and film pact with Superplastic.

Under the first-look deal, Amazon Studios currently is in early development on “The Janky & Guggimon Show,” featuring Superplastic’s two most famous synthetic celebrities. Per the companies, the show follows the adventures of “two lazy and spectacularly incompetent best friends who are hell-bent on getting rich and famous but leave a trail of chaos and destruction in their wake.”

The cat-like Janky is described as a “lovable idiot who spends his spare time scamming celebrities,” while the rabbit-esque Guggimon (who displays disturbingly sharp teeth) is a “fashion icon and master manipulator who’s too narcissistic to care.

Tammy Slaton has been lying low, but a new 1000-lb Sisters season is fast approaching, and curious fans want to know how she rang in the New Year. 2022 wasn't easy for Tammy, as she entered a rehabilitation center in Ohio after a near-death experience. Now on the mend, Tammy is looking forward to a happy and healthy 2023.

For years, Tammy was advised to lose weight for health reasons, and she has shared that she is addicted to food. While her sister Amy Slaton Halterman qualified for a gastric bypass procedure during season one, Tammy was known to sabotage herself with her less-than-lovely attitude. 1000-lb Sisters fans didn't think that she was committed to leading a healthier lifestyle, as she was often caught drinking, smoking, and eating high-calorie snacks. However, after her lung collapsed, Tammy seemed to have a whole new lease on life. She started to make some positive changes.

Eagle-eyed fans of 1000-Lb Sisters noticed a holiday miracle after Tammy Slaton was spotted without her trach. The Kentucky native has had to fight hard to recover from her near-death experience after her lung collapsed last year. As a new year has just begun, it looks like Tammy is on the upswing and ready to start her healthier life.

Tammy has just been seen without her trach for the first time in months. Thanks to a new TikTok video that showed Tammy singing to Doja Cat, fans noticed her breathing tube had finally been removed and had been replaced with a gauze Band-Aid. After her lung collapsed, surgeons had to make a hole at the front of the neck and windpipe to ensure she could breathe. At the time of her health crisis, doctors feared the 1000-Lb Sisters star might not survive, but Tammy pulled through.

Related: 1000-lb Sisters: Why...

Hotties need time off, too. Megan Thee Stallion is poised to experience a career highlight this weekend when she hosts (and performs on) Saturday Night Live, but she’s also dealing with some major material losses after her house was broken into Thursday night.

On Friday, following a TMZ report that more than 300,000 worth of property was stolen from her Los Angeles home while she’s in New York City, Megan addressed the break-in and announced that she’s “really gotta take a break.”

“Material things can be replaced but...

Life Is Beautiful feels like Las Vegas … actual Las Vegas, not the touristy Strip about four miles south. While many festivals take place in unremarkable parking lots, dirt fields, or parks, Life Is Beautiful is baked into downtown Vegas. It may be the only large-scale festival where people actually live in houses and apartments within festival grounds.

Make no mistake about it, this is an urban festival, with all the markings of a hip downtown scene — a line of more than 30-people deep waiting to go to cocktail school at...

The second day of Life Is Beautiful 2022 wrapped with an iconic headlining set from the Gorillaz and a dazzling show from Lorde, as well as impressive outings from Isaiah Rashad and Alessia Cara. With one day left for the three-day festival, heavy hitters including Jack Harlow, Rico Nasty, Beach House and Calvin Harris will close out the weekend Sunday evening.

Note: Rolling Stone purchased a majority stake in Life is Beautiful in February 2022.

Gorillaz Go Ape-Shit

Damon Albarn and the Gorillaz gave perhaps the best show of the weekend...

Kehlani is prioritizing the safety of her fans. On Monday night, the R&b singer cut her performance in Philadelphia short after several fans in the crowd appeared to pass out during the show. An official at the venue tells Rolling Stone that the show ended only “about 5 minutes early” and that no attendees were transported to the hospital.

“I can’t have this. This is not okay. I don’t feel comfortable. I don’t feel okay. I don’t feel like anybody is safe right now,” Kehlani said...

Megan Thee Stallion is never afraid to drop a bar or two upholding her own greatness, and her latest single is a whole song dedicated to just that. On Monday, the rapper dropped the stylish music video for the song “Her,” a leading track from her recently released studio album, Traumazine.

Directed by Colin Tilley, the video features a group of fabulously clad Megans voguing along to the house-inspired track as the rapper’s boasts about being the top dog are supported by her impeccable flow.

“Just the other day, I heard a h*e say / matter of fact, what could a h*e say? / With a face like this and a b**ch this paid, sh*t, what could a h*e say?” the rapper opens. “The bag so expensive, my p**sy came with it, body so nice, they be sayin’, ‘Who did it?’ / But everything natural, actual,...

After nearly two years of waiting, Megan Thee Stallion's sophomore album has finally arrived! The Texas rapper dropped her new album, titled "Traumazine," on Aug. 12, just three days after she teased its release with a trailer. "It took a lot of self reflecting to get to the point in my life where I am right now . . ." Megan wrote in an Instagram post. "I ain't saying I finally figured everything out or that I'm finally at peace, bc I'm not . . . buttt im excited for the hotties to get a better understanding of what's happening in my head."

On Aug. 11, Megan announced the album's tracklist - which includes features from Future, Jhené Aiko, Lucky Daye, Latto, Rico Nasty, Pooh Shiesty, Key Glock, and Dua Lipa - as well as its release date. "Lets Just Go !!! #Traumazine Out Friday," she tweeted. In another tweet, Megan wrote: "From my cover art, pieces of...

Ahead of the release of Megan Thee Stallion’s highly anticipated sophomore LP, the Houston rapper revealed the album’s title, cover art, and the track list.

She appeared to share the information before the album dropped due to some information about it circulating before she was able to make the announcement.

“From my cover art, pieces of my track list and me even hearing a part of a song I haven’t dropped yet leaking (and we All know who the only ppl who had access to all these Private links are.

With her fourth EP she/her/black bitch—her first as the first female rapper signed to Tde—Doechii establishes herself as one of the moment’s most dynamic voices in rap, one worthy of all the buzz. From the first note of “Swamp Bitches (with Rico Nasty),” the Tampa rapper maximizes all 13 minutes of she/her/black bitch…...

Working in the Carson, California, studio from which Top Dawg Entertainment was launched has become something of a rite of passage for new artists on the label. After building the studio in the back of his unassuming suburban home around 2004, founder Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith rounded up four of the most-talented MCs in the L.A. area — Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul — and brought out the best in them. Nearly two decades later, Tde’s first female rapper found herself in the wood-paneled, windowless cave known as the House of Pain.

TikTok quickly went from the app where Leah Kate’s career first blew up to the musician’s “worst nightmare” amid her current tour with Chase Atlantic. During the pandemic, the pop-punk singer — responsible for breakup bops “10 Things I Hate About You” and “Fuck Up This Friendship ” — got her big break on the video sharing app, where she boasts 600,000 followers and has nearly 22 million likes across her videos. But overnight this summer, the posts about her on the app turned negative.

Just a few shows into the tour, Kate...

Two years ago, Mobile, Alabama rapper Flo Milli dazzled listeners with her bubbly cadence and dexterous flows on her debut mixtape, Ho, Why Is You Here? Her debut album, You Still Here, Ho?, brings more of the same. There are a few important upgrades: the rapper lands cameos from the likes of Rico Nasty and Babyface Ray. Hilariously, the biggest guest appearance may be Tiffany “New York” Pollard, a breakout star from VH1’s late Aughts “celebreality” slate. She introduces Flo Milli with typical insouciance: “Just look at the material.

Joel Kim Booster, Hacks star Hannah Einbinder, and the celebrated comedy trio Butterboy (Jo Firestone, Apart Nancherla, and Maeve Higgins) are among the acts set to appear at the Kicker stage at this year’s Life Is Beautiful festival.

The Kicker stage’s comedy lineup will also include a joint performance from Saturday Night Live’s Sarah Sherman and another Hacks star, Megan Stalter, as well as a show from acclaimed drag queen Latrice Royale. Comedians Ricky Velez, Atsuko Okatsuka, Jordan Rock, and Andrew Lopez will perform, and there will...