“We hear you and we are sorry”The post Dave Chappelle stand-up gig cancelled by venue following backlash appeared first on NME.

On Monday, famed Minneapolis venue First Avenue announced a surprise show from Dave Chappelle, who came under fire last year for his 2021 Netflix stand-up special The Closer, which included remarks that many viewers deemed transphobic. Now, after receiving backlash on social media, First Avenue has canceled the sold-out set, previously scheduled...

Last year, the genre-agnostic New York-based musician Steven Raekwon Reynolds released his promising debut album Where I’m At Now. A couple of months ago, he followed that record with the standalone Mother’s Day single “Single Mom’s Day.” Later this summer, the man known as S. Raekwon will releas...

Brandy herself says that while she "didn't understand it at first", she's "just glad he got a tattoo of me"The post Ray J defends tattoo he got of sister Brandy, says she was “a little uneasy about it” appeared first on NME.

Performing seated and reading your lyrics off a music stand does not rock according to the usual understanding of the word. But Jason Pierce is not your average rocker. Backed by a crack squad of musicians and a trio of grinning, dancing backup singers, the man known as J. Spaceman put on a powerhouse display on the first night of Pitchfork Musi...