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Isaiah Rashad had the courage to start over. The TDE rapper gave us unique access to himself and his community in anticipation of his long-awaited comeback album, ‘The House Is Burning.’ Tap the link in our bio to read his interview. Photos by Carlos Gonzalez for Rolling Stone Styling by Cynthia Sanchez
President Biden announced on Thursday that he will require all federal employees and contractors to either attest that they were vaccinated against Covid-19, or submit to a variety of preventative protocols including regular testing, mask wearing, and social distancing. “Every federal government employee will be asked to attest to their vaccination status,” Biden said. “Anyone who doesn’t attest or isn’t vaccinated is required to mask—no matter where they work—test one or two times a week, social distance and generally will not be able to travel for work.” Biden also said similar standards will apply to federal contractors. The president is also asking the Department of Defense to add the Covid-19 vaccination to the list of vaccinations troops are mandated to receive. And earlier this week, the Department of Veteran Affairs began requiring health care providers and personnel to be fully vaccinated. “The administration will encourage employers across the private sector to follow this strong model,” the White House said in a fact sheet released ahead of Biden’s Thursday remarks. “Every day more businesses are implementing their own vaccine mandates. And the Justice Department has made it clear that it is legal to require Covid-19 vaccines,” Biden said. “We all want our lives to get back to normal. And fully vaccinated workplaces will make that happen more quickly and more successfully.” The announcements come as the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 sweeps the nation, causing a spike in cases at a time when many believed the pandemic to be nearing its end. It’s not, and on Wednesday the World Health Organization announced that the United States registered more cases in the past week than any other nation. Tap the link in our bio to read more.
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who played with the Texas blues rock trio for over 50 years, has died at age 72. “We are saddened by the news today that our compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, Texas,” surviving members Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard said in a statement. “We, along with legions of ZZ Top fans around the world, will miss your steadfast presence, your good nature, and enduring commitment to providing that monumental bottom to the ‘Top’. We will forever be connected to that ‘Blues Shuffle in C.’ You will be missed greatly, amigo.” This story is developing. Tap the link in our bio for more updates. Photo: Paul Natkin/Getty Images
Break out your collection of face masks: on Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated guidelines recommending that many fully vaccinated people once again wear masks indoors. This reverses the agency’s announcement nearly three months ago that those who had received their full dose of Covid vaccine could ditch their masks in most settings, both inside and outside. The policy shift follows a surge in Covid-19 cases as the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus spreads rapidly among those who are not vaccinated. What many find perplexing isn’t this reversal; it’s why the May 13th announcement was made in the first place, given that the country was nowhere near anything resembling herd immunity or the vaccination rates necessary to take a step like that. Technically, the CDC never said that everyone could stop wearing masks — just those who are fully vaccinated. But operating within the confines of the honor system was never going to work — especially considering the overlap in people who choose not to be vaccinated with those who believe that mask mandates infringe on their constitutional rights. The CDC’s policy reversal also raises the question of whether the Delta variant would have been able to gain such a stronghold in the U.S., causing a significant increase in Covid-19 cases. Tap the link in our bio to read more.
Joey Jordison, Slipknot’s founding drummer and co-writer of many of their biggest hits, died on Monday at the age of 46. A rep for his family said he died peacefully in his sleep but did not specify a cause of death. “Joey’s death has left us with empty hearts and feelings of indescribable sorrow,” reads a statement from Jordison’s family. “To those that knew Joey, understood his quick wit, his gentle personality, giant heart, and his love for all things family and music. The family of Joey have asked that friends, fans, and media understandably respect our need for privacy and peace at this incredibly difficult time.” The family intends to hold a private funeral service. This story is developing. Tap the link in our bio for updates. Photo: Jeff Hahne/Getty Images
Just two songs into Green Day’s headlining set at the Hella Mega tour launch at Arlington, Texas’s Globe Life Field, Billie Joe Armstrong asked for the houselights to be turned on so he could see the roughly 35,000 people in the audience. This was quite possibly the largest rock audience that had assembled anywhere in the world since the start of the pandemic, and he wanted to bask in their glow. “Take a look around you,” he said. “This is human contact. We cannot be locked up anymore. We need to be together.” It was a sentiment shared by every performer throughout the five-and-a-half hour concert, which also featured the Interrupters, Weezer, and Fall Out Boy. Tap the link in our bio to read our Hella Mega review. Photos by @natperezphoto
Britney Spears’ new lawyer has filed a petition to remove her father, James “Jamie” Spears, from her conservatorship, The New York Times reports. Mathew S. Rosengart, who became Spears’ lawyer earlier this month, reportedly filed the petition in Los Angeles probate court Monday, July 26th, although it was not made immediately available to the public. Rather, the petition was mentioned in a separate public filing that sought to name a replacement for Jamie Spears. The public filing requested that Jason Rubin, a certified public accountant in California, be named as the conservator of Spears’ estate. Referencing Spears’ approved request to appoint Rosengart as her attorney, the filing noted “that Ms. Spears has sufficient capacity to choose her own legal counsel, she likewise has sufficient capacity to make this nomination.” Tap the link in our bio to read more.
130 artists and thousands of attendees gathered in Miami for #RollingLoud 🔥 Swipe through and tap the link in bio to see more photos by @ysaperez.
Happy birthday, Mick Jagger! Read our 1970 cover story on the musician at the link in bio. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Scenes from the 2021 Tokyo #Olympics. Swipe through and tap the link in our bio to see more. Photo credits: Patrick Smith/Getty Images; Wally Skalij /Los Angeles Times/Getty Images; Ben Curtis/AP; Francisco Seco/AP; Mike Egerton/PA Wire/AP
Few 18-year-olds anywhere are having a better summer than Olivia Rodrigo, who’s so far spent the season bringing rock guitars back to the top of the charts with the killer single “Good 4 U,” and hanging out with Joe Biden and Anthony Fauci at the White House while encouraging young people to get vaccinated. Rodrigo is the year’s biggest breakthrough star (even if the numbers favor Morgan Wallen), and in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt to trace her rapid rise, her musical lineage, and much more. Sheffield credits the “Taylor Swift effect” – Rodrigo is part of what he predicts will become a whole generation of artists inspired by Swift’s songwriting, in her case quite directly, as the songwriting credits on her debut, 'Sour,' suggest. We also play audio from Spanos’ recent interview with Rodrigo and producer Dan Nigro, who go in-depth on the making of “Deja Vu.” Tap the link in our bio to hear the entire episode. Photo: Susan Walsh/AP
Houston’s hip-hop culture has often been miles ahead of the mainstream, and right now a new crop of young musicians are pointing toward what's to come. At the link in our bio, meet the city’s next generation. Photos: @chrisklee_jpeg
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