Nas discussed the origins of his long-awaited rarities collection, The Lost Tapes 2, during an interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show Tuesday. The compilation arrives July 19th, 17 years after the highly acclaimed first installment, which collected unreleased tracks from Nas’ 1999 album I Am… and 2001’s Stillmatic. …

R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty on a 13-count indictment in U.S. District Court in Chicago on Tuesday. The indictment includes seven charges related to child pornography, five counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. The …

On a visit to New York City last week, the Nigerian star Mr. Eazi visited a shisha bar in midtown Manhattan and heard “Como Un Bebé,” his recently released collaboration with J Balvin and Bad Bunny, three different times. “They were playing the same thing when I went out to …

R. Kelly was arrested Thursday evening on federal sex crime charges, NBC New York reports. The singer was apprehended in Chicago and is expected to be brought to New York. NYPD detectives and Homeland Security investigator agents arrested Kelly Thursday night at 7 p.m. local time on sex trafficking charges …

Five years after its final episode aired, the soundtrack to Lilyhammer has been released. Scored by Steven Van Zandt — who starred as mobster Frank “The Fixer” Tagliano who flees to Norway under the Witness Protection Program — the expansive soundtrack has been released in two volumes. The first is …

Everyone laughed at Ross Perot. If the biggest third-party threat to the presidency since the Bull Moose Party hadn’t existed, late-night comics would have invented him. In the early nineties, when Perot took on Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush for the presidency and became a political phenom, Perot impersonations …

Jay-Z will join the California-based cannabis company Caliva as Chief Brand Strategist as part of a new multi-year partnership. The rapper will help the company with creative decisions, outreach efforts and strategy, though a big component of his role will focus on the social justice issues surrounding legalization. Specifically, Jay …

When Pete Shapiro co-founded the youth voter registration non-profit HeadCount in 2004, he hoped to merge his twin passions: live music and political activism. “The idea,” says the music industry veteran, “was to use shows, festivals, arena concerts and club gigs to reach people, get them activated, engaged and registered.” …

The Bird and the Bee — the duo of singer Inara George and producer Greg Kurstin — have tapped Beck for a delightfully campy cover of Van Halen‘s “Hot for Teacher.” The track will appear on the Bird and the Bee’s upcoming covers album, Interpreting the Masters: A Tribute to …

Young the Giant try to find a cure for the beachside blues in the new video for “Heat of the Summer.” In the clip, frontman Sameer Gadhia is tormented in true summer bummer fashion by a raincloud that hangs only over him as he tries to enjoy a day at …