Hip-hop legend Rick Ross shares life lessons and secrets to success (many drawn from his new book,The Perfect Day to Boss Up: A Hustler’s Guide to Building Your Empire) in an interview with Jeff Ihaza on the latest episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. “That, to me, is …
Read More »Hear Our New Podcast on the Genesis of Genesis
Since its beginnings as a group of British schoolboys in 1967, Genesis has had one of the weirdest journeys of any band, with a successful lead-singer transplant (drummer Phil Collins took over for Peter Gabriel in 1976) leading to an improbable jump from prog-rock pioneers to adult-contemporary hitmakers. With the …
Read More »The Future of Katy Perry – and the Future of Pop
Katy Perry— who just gave birth to her first child, and also released her sixth studio album, Smile —is at a career and personal crossroads, which we discuss in detail in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. The episode features Perry’s recent interview with Brittany Spanos (also captured …
Read More »When the Blues Brothers Played the Super Bowl, and Other Halftime Disasters
What were the Blues Brothers (with Jim Belushi) doing headlining the Super Bowl‘s halftime show in 1997 — while most of the actual soul and R&B singers they imitated were alive and well? (James Brown was there — as a “special guest.”) Why in the world was E.T. hanging out …
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