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It’s been nearly a year since Covid-19 essentially shut down concert tours — the financial backbone of most working musicians – in the United States and beyond. As a result, thousands of musicians and touring professionals, many of whom work as nonunion independent contractors, are still out of work and struggling to make ends meet during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. With no end in sight and no firm forecast for a return to normal touring in the future, they need more help than ever. At the link in bio, Rolling Stone has compiled more than 20 charities that have been providing either direct emergency relief and assistance or crucial advocacy and educational resources to musicians throughout the pandemic.
🎈 Happy birthday, Rihanna 🎈 At the link in bio, we wade through her robust, history-making catalog, taking stock of her best tracks to date. Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images
Kim Kardashian officially filed for divorce from Kanye West after nearly seven years of marriage and four children together. Tap the link in bio to read more. Photo: David Crotty/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images
Last spring, at just 19 years old, Koffee won the Best Reggae Album Grammy for her 2019 EP, Rapture, making history as the first woman and the youngest artist ever to take home that award. For her upcoming debut LP, she wants to focus on the idea of unity. “I want to speak of a solution and of a way that we can come together and get along, even when things are going wrong,” she says. “Positivity is definitely a theme. It will be a very interesting twist for people who knew my music before, and also for people who will discover me. I think it will be really awesome.” Tap the link in bio to read more. Photograph by Adrian McDonald for Rolling Stone. Produced and styled by Tamo Ennis. Hair and Makeup by Michelle Clarke. Flowers by Terrensia Vernon of Galeria Events.
Prince Markie Dee, one third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Fat Boys, died on Thursday at the age of 52. “Forever in my Heart. Prince Markie Dee was more than a rapper; he was one of my very best and closest friends,” the group’s manager, Louis Gregory, shared. “My heart breaks today because I lost a brother. I’ll always love you Mark and I’ll cherish everything you taught me. Tomorrow is your birthday, swing my way big bro.” Link in bio to learn more. Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images
The first African American woman to win a Nobel prize, Toni Morrison was known for her unflinching and relentlessly lyrical evocation of the black American experience, in all its brutality and beauty. Born Chloe Ardella Wofford on February 18th, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, Morrison was perhaps best known for her master work, 'Beloved,' which is widely considered to be one of the best, if not the best, books about American slavery, and was later adapted into a film produced by and starring Oprah Winfrey. But although 'Beloved' was probably Morrison’s most widely read work, it is not always considered her most stylistically significant or groundbreaking work (that honor usually goes to 'Song of Solomon') nor is it arguably her most personal ('The Bluest Eye'). Nor were novels the only books that Morrison wrote: she dabbled in many different genres, writing children’s books and essays well into her later years. Tap the link in bio for nine of the most essential works in the Morrison canon. Photo: Deborah Feingold/Corbis/Getty Images
Texas is currently facing an unprecedented blackout crisis, leaving nearly three million people without electricity during the state’s biggest ice storm in years. Boil water notices have been issued to residents of Houston and Austin, warning them to heat their water due to possible contamination from broken pipes, low water pressure, and offline treatment plants. Without access to power, and with roads across the state blocked off due to snow, Texans are relying on local assistance and help from their neighbors now more than ever. Here are five mutual aid groups in Texas that are assisting in the ongoing blackout relief — and that are currently accepting donations. Tap the link in bio for more info.
U-Roy, the influential reggae artist who specialized in the art of toasting and whose style became a key precursor in the early development of hip-hop, has died at the age of 78. The singer and producer died in his native Jamaica Wednesday after a long illness, Loop Jamaica reported. Tap the link in bio to read more. Photo: David Corio/Redferns
In a world where young stars are shouting for attention, Julia Garner says it all with a glance. At the link in our bio, the two-time Emmy winner talks 'Ozark,' her harrowing film 'The Assistant,' and her upcoming Netflix series about socialite scammer Anna Delvey. Photo: Michael Schwartz/ @trunkarchive
@kehlani's 2021 mantra is love. Fresh from a year of personal growth, the singer says her new music is a reflection of the brightness she’s finding in her own life. Tap the link in bio to read more. Photo: Erica Hernandez (@e_h_) for Rolling Stone
Rush Limbaugh, the right-wing talk show host who gleefully stoked division in America and helped polarize our national politics, died Wednesday at the age of 70. The cause of death was lung cancer. His wife, Kathryn, confirmed the host’s death on Facebook. Over three decades on the national airwaves, Limbaugh promoted profoundly offensive ideas and trafficked in bigotry and cruelty, often referring to feminists as “feminazis”; long calling AIDS “the Rock Hudson disease”; and once observing that the NFL “looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons.” Following his cancer diagnosis, he received the presidential medal of freedom from Donald Trump during the 2020 State of the Union, in recognition of what Trump called Limbaugh’s “tireless devotion to our country.” Tap the link in bio to read more.
Ten years ago today, the members of Odd Future made their late-night TV debut. Tyler, the Creator was 19 years old, Hodgy Beats about 16 months older, and Earl Sweatshirt was still sequestered in Samoa. For a generation weaned on the blog era, the set was an instant classic, on par with Elvis Costello on SNL or the Foo Fighters on Letterman. It was the chaotic energy of the internet, manifested IRL. Which is why nobody was prepared for Odd Future to make the jump to TV, at the time still an arbiter of mainstream success. This mysterious L.A. collective, equipped with nothing but a handful of free MP3s and a vaguely sinister aura, would soon be introduced to meemaws and papas all over America. At the link in our bio, Questlove and Jimmy Fallon recall the unforgettable performance. Photo: Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty Images
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