Music

In 2019, a group of musicians—led by David Johansen of New York Dolls, John Lyon, and Paul Collins—filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment, seeking control of their master recordings. The parties have now reached a settlement agreement, court documents obtained by Pitchfork show. The terms of the settlement have not yet been made

A Brooklyn federal jury has found Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington guilty of murdering Run-D.M.C.’s Jam Master Jay in 2002. According to the U.S. attorney’s office for New York’s Eastern District, Jordan and Washington face a minimum of 20 years in prison and a maximum term of life imprisonment. Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald

The standoff between TikTok and Universal Music Group expanded to the major label behemoth’s publishing arm today, Variety reports. After UMG severed ties with the platform last month, Universal Music Publishing Group will now start culling its “Anglo-American” repertoire from the platform, according to Variety, potentially affecting the likes of Taylor Swift, Adele, SZA, and

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sued by music producer Rodney Jones Jr., also known as Lil Rod, who accuses him of sexual assault, grooming, and improper payment for his work as a producer on The Love Album: Off the Grid, among other claims. Jones filed the lawsuit in Federal District Court in Manhattan earlier today,

War are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their landmark album The World Is a Ghetto with a North American tour this spring. Led by sole original member Lonnie Jordan, the band will perform songs from the album and the rest of its catalog at the dates, which you can check out below. The band reissued

Danish artist Erika de Casier follows her excellent 2021 full-length Sensational with Still. Like her prior album, the new one nods to 1990s and early-oughts R&B, with askew electronic touches on tracks like “Lucky” and “Ice.” The latter single features bars from Florida hip-hop duo They Hate Change, while Blood Orange appears on “Twice,” and

Atlanta rapper 21 Savage was the musical guest on last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live. He first performed American Dream’s “Redrum,” before returning to the New York stage to do a medley of “Should’ve Wore a Bonnet” (with Brent Faiyaz) and “Prove It” (with Summer Walker). Watch the performances, as well as 21 Savage’s

PC Music founder A. G. Cook has announced a new album; Britpop arrives May 10 via New Alias, his new record label. Cook has also unveiled the title track from the record, which features Charli XCX. Listen to that below. Billed as a 24-song odyssey in three parts, Britpop is a snapshot of the musician

Free Nationals are back with their first new music in four years. The neo-soul group have tapped A$AP Rocky and Anderson .Paak for the song “Gangsta.” Bringing the track to life is a François Rousselet–directed music video in which the three artists are portrayed by children as they handle a court case in a child-governed

British grime pioneer Wiley has been stripped of his MBE for “bringing the honours system into disrepute,” BBC News reports. The decision from the Honours Forfeiture Committee comes nearly four years after the musician made numerous antisemitic statements online. Wiley was appointed to be a member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order

Justin Timberlake has shared another new song from his next album, Everything I Thought It Was. Timberlake wrote his new track, “Drown,” with Louis Bell, Henry Walter, Amy Allen, and Kenyon Dixon, and Bell co-produced it with Cirkut. Listen to the song below. “Drown” is the second single from Everything I Thought It Was, following

During the 2024 Grammys broadcast, SZA was seated at the awards ceremony where she ended up bringing home three trophies, but she also snuck a teaser of a new song titled “Saturn” into a MasterCard commercial that same night. A few days later, she sang the entire song for a bonus online-only Grammys performance. Now,

Bat for Lashes has announced a new album, The Dream of Delphi, her first for new label home Mercury KX. Ahead of its May 31 release, you can check out a video for the title track below, along with the album art and tracklist. An accompanying film, also called The Dream of Delphi, is on

At long last, Normani has announced the title of her debut solo studio album, Dopamine. The album does not yet have a release date. See the album cover below. Normani got her start with Fifth Harmony in 2012, and she featured on all three of the girl group’s LPs: 2015’s Reflection, 2016’s 7/27, and 2017’s

Nourished by Time has announced a new EP, his first since releasing Erotic Probiotic 2 and subsequently signing with XL Recordings. The five-song record is called Catching Chickens, and you can watch a video for the single “Hand on Me” below. The EP arrives March 22. The self-directed video, which was shot by Josh Renaut,

One of Beyoncé’s new songs, “Texas Hold ’Em,” has landed at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, Billboard reports. She is now the first Black woman to ever hold the spot, Variety notes. The superstar’s “16 Carriages,” released simultaneously, also charted at No. 9 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Both songs are Beyoncé’s