Category: Music

An almost 30-year-old beef between rappers Ja Rule and 50 Cent came to a head Sunday morning on a flight bringing a couple of Fitty’s G-Unit Records labelmates from West to East. The weapons of choice? Angry words and airplane pillows. The exchange went down after the unfriendly parties apparently spotted one another on a… Continue reading Ja Rule and Tony Yayo throw down (and throw a pillow) on flight

In the lead-up to the Super Bowl LX halftime show, Bad Bunny fans placed bets on which Puerto Rican star would appear beside the singer. Would it be reggaeton legends like Daddy Yankee and Don Omar? Or even Tego Calderón? But as the halftime show went underway, Ricky Martin appeared. Nine minutes into the performance,… Continue reading Ricky Martin Super Bowl performance was an act of justice for the ’90s

At 75, keyboardist Tony Banks should probably be savoring the near-mythic afterglow of the work he created with the band Genesis during the ’70s and ’80s — rewriting and expanding the tenets of British progressive rock, and selling over 100 million records in the process. One would imagine that, like most surviving prog legends of… Continue reading Why Tony Banks, the quiet genius behind Genesis, is hesitant to create new music at 75

Chappell Roan has left her booking agency, Wasserman Music, over its founder Casey Wasserman’s ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein and convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. “As of today, I am no longer represented by Wasserman, the talent agency led by Casey Wasserman,” Roan wrote on Monday in a post to social media. “I… Continue reading Chappell Roan leaves Wasserman Music over exec’s Epstein ties

Bad Bunny scored a touchdown before either team did during Super Bowl LX on Sunday, marching down the field during his halftime show before spiking a football at the end zone. His metaphoric touchdown culminated a 13-minute Latin-fueled performance and was an homage to the countless artists that came before him, said Harriet Cuddeford, the… Continue reading How Bad Bunny pulled off a historic Super Bowl halftime show

Greg Brown, a founding guitarist of the band Cake who left the Sacramento group before its third album came out, has died, his former bandmates announced over the weekend. He was 56. “It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of Greg Brown’s passing after a brief illness,” Cake said on its Facebook… Continue reading Greg Brown dead: Cake founding member wrote ‘The Distance’

Thanks to Bad Bunny, it’s been a banner month for us Puerto Ricans. Coming off the heels of his emotional, history-making Grammy win for album of the year, which made it the first time an all Spanish-language album has won the category, Bad Bunny continued to break ground on Sunday with his Super Bowl halftime… Continue reading Essay: Decoding Bad Bunny’s triumphantly Puerto Rican Super Bowl halftime show

A real couple said “I do” at the Super Bowl halftime show — and Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga were there to bless the union. For those analyzing the details in Bad Bunny’s 15-minute halftime performance, there was a real wedding that took place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara in front of 75,000 fans.… Continue reading Bad Bunny fit in an actual wedding, with cake, in Super Bowl halftime show

At a time of widespread fear and distrust in the United States, Bad Bunny offered a loving and optimistic vision of the American experience during his halftime show at Sunday’s Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Leading an expansive and multigenerational crew of singers, dancers and musicians, the 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar… Continue reading Bad Bunny brings Puerto Rico to the Super Bowl halftime show

One of the most coveted pieces of Super Bowl merch this year won’t be sold in stores, and the NFL probably doesn’t want to see it in the stands. It’s a rally towel with a cute, punting bunny graphic from acclaimed L.A. illustrator Lalo Alcaraz on one side, honoring this year’s halftime show performer Bad… Continue reading How did those Bad Bunny-themed, anti-ICE towels get into the Super Bowl?