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Jhené Aiko has teamed up with Kendrick Lamar on a collaborative new song – listen to ‘So Good’ below. The reflective track appears on R&B singer Aiko’s fourth studio album, ‘Westside Whimsy’, which was released today (Friday September 11). “I can’t let a messy bitch get in my way/ I’m way too grown plus I’m top rank,” Aiko sings, with the artist swapping verses with Lamar. “Who was popping it ’til they got spanked/ West side, everything/ Pipe, pipe, pipe it up/ Ghetto intellectual, swerving through the jet fuel, breaking down the decimals,” she adds. Lamar raps: “Beauty and the…
A federal judge signaled Friday he would deny the latest bid by Sam Smith and Normani to vanquish the copyright lawsuit claiming their multi-platinum dance hit “Dancing With a Stranger” stole its hook from a 2015 song by the same name. The long-running lawsuit was first filed in 2022, dismissed a year later, and then revived on appeal. In July, lawyers for Smith and Normani filed a new motion for summary judgment seeking to toss the copyright claims from songwriter Jordan Vincent. Speaking from the bench Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Wesley L. Hsu said his tentative ruling was to…
The public legal dispute between members of Selena Quintanilla‘s family has intensified. Abraham “A.B.” Quintanilla III has officially sued his sister, Suzette Quintanilla-Arriago, over profits related to their famed sister’s estate. In a lawsuit filed on Sept. 10, and obtained by Rolling Stone, Quintanilla III seeks an unspecified amount in damages and monetary relief exceeding $1 million. The suit alleges that as the manager of Selena’s estate, Quintanilla-Arriago has not provided A.B. “with a complete accounting of the assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, transactions, distributions, and net profits” and “failed or refused to pay [him] the full amount of net profits…
Lawyers for the company argued the appearance of the singer’s image on a television box contains “nothing suggesting plaintiff endorses the televisions” Legal representatives from Samsung are seeking the dismissal of Dua Lipa‘s $15 million lawsuit over the unauthorized use of her image on a product box. In a new Thursday filing obtained by Rolling Stone, the company argues that the singer does not have grounds to sue because there’s “nothing suggesting plaintiff endorses the televisions.” “The images merely depict the televisions’ on-screen interface, illustrating the applications and … an example of content available on the TV,” lawyers for Samsung…
The weather on September 11, as we’ve come to know it in New York City, is strangely perfect year after year — clear, bright and temperate, as though it has come from a movie set. That endless blue sky, without even the threat of a cloud, became a memorable feature of one of the darkest days in American history, helping remind us how the perfect and the terrible are often stitched together, almost as though one lays the groundwork for the other. This week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration released some 170,000 pages of long-concealed air-quality documents, forced into view by…
Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners has hit out at Reform UK for using their song ‘Come On Eileen’ at a recent conference – saying that they are “disgusted” by the move and “passionately against Nigel Farage’s politics”. The right-wing political party played the song when leader Farage walked onto the stage at the NEC in Birmingham last week (Friday September 4). Soon after, the band took to their social media channels to hit out at the classic ‘80s Number One being used without their permission. They shared an image of a billboard in the UK, which showed Farage along…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foray into the foldable smartphone market, unsurprisingly got most of the attention at the Cupertino company’s “Surprise and Shine” launch event this week. But the lineup also included the admittedly less flashy but arguably more practical iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max models, with both devices featuring meaningful upgrades in battery life and camera quality. Now, T-Mobile is offering the iPhone 18 Pro on them with a new line, while existing members upgrade…
The estate of the late former Mastodon member Brent Hinds has filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta metal band, claiming the guitarist is still owed money for his share in the group. Hinds died in a motorcycle crash in August 2025, just five months after Mastodon announced that the band and their co-founding guitarist had “mutually decided to part ways.” In the lawsuit filed in Fulton County Court on September 3, Hinds’ estate says that Hinds and the band hadn’t reached an agreement to relinquish his ownership share in Mastodon — including their music and merchandising — at the time…
This essay, by the late novelist David Foster Wallace, appeared in the Oct. 25, 2001, issue of Rolling Stone. Location: Bloomington, ILDates: 11-13 Sept. 2001Subject: ObviousCaveat: Written very fast and in what probably qualifies as shock Synecdoche In true Midwest fashion, Bloomingtonians aren’t unfriendly but do tend to be reserved. A stranger will smile warmly at you, but there normally won’t be any of that strangerly chitchat in waiting areas or checkout lines. But now there’s something to talk about that outweighs all reserve, like we were somehow all standing right there and just saw the same traffic accident. E.g.,…
The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority is still deciding on a final new title for the Nashville International Airport that will incorporate the country icon’s name and legacy All six board members from the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority have voted to rename Nashville International Airport after Dolly Parton. The unanimous decision is the first step in the rebranding process, which will continue to unfold in the coming months, the MNAA said. “While a final name has not yet been determined, we are working closely with the appropriate parties to thoughtfully determine how Dolly Parton’s name and legacy will be incorporated,” the…
