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Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday. He was 87.

R. Kelly claims the media are attempting to distort and destroy his legacy by reporting allegations that he sexually mistreats women. The R&B artist is “heartbroken” by the accusations, he said in a statement Friday.

The Time’s Up campaign is taking aim at R. Kelly over allegations he has sexually abused women. The organization devoted to helping women in the aftermath of sexual abuse issued a statement Monday urging further investigation into Kelly’s behavior, which has come under closer scrutiny over the last year as women have come forward to accuse him of everything from...

Dwayne Johnson is a dad again — and even more outnumbered by girls. The 45-year-old star shared on social media Monday that his longtime partner, Lauren Hashian, recently gave birth to a baby girl named Tiana. This is the couple’s second daughter together and his third overall. Johnson and Hashian, 33, are parents to Jasmine, 2. He also has a...

Bon Jovi reunited onstage with former members for a powerful performance celebrating its admission into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the late icon Nina Simone was welcomed to the prestigious music club with show-stopping performances from Lauryn Hill and Andra Day.

Dwayne Johnson is revealing what’s behind his now-notorious beef with his Fast 8 co-star Vin Diesel. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Johnson looks back on his public feud with the action star and explains what caused them to butt heads on “The Fate of the Furious” set in 2016.

Legendary U2 frontman Bono has criticized what he called the “girly” state of music these days and revealed that a recent near-death experience inspired the themes of his band’s latest album. The rocker spoke to Rolling Stone for the magazine’s January 2018 cover story and worried about the lack of male rage in today’s rock ‘n’ roll music.

Tom Petty, an old-fashioned rock superstar and everyman who drew upon the Byrds, the Beatles and other bands he worshipped as a boy and produced new classics such as “Free Fallin,’ “Refugee” and “American Girl,” has died. He was 66. Petty died Monday night at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles a day after he suffered cardiac arrest at his...

In the Aug. 25 issue of Rolling Stone, the actress reveals why she didn’t buy into the hype surrounding a role that took 75 years to bring to the big screen. “When you’re a beginner, you get excited about having a job,” Gadot, 32, explains. “That’s where I was.”

Fifty years after he launched an underground newspaper that changed music journalism and a great deal more, Jann S. Wenner finds Rolling Stone being showcased in a once-unthinkable forum: a museum.

Frank Ocean has taken shots at producers of the Grammy Awards over their criticism of his performance at the 2013 edition of the show. Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich tells Rolling Stone’s Music Now podcast that Ocean’s vision for the performance was “faulty.” Ocean fired back on his personal Tumblr blog that he experienced “technical difficulties” during the song. He went...

Wood was previously married to actor Jamie Bell, with whom she shares her 3-year-old son.

The 18-year-old tells Rolling Stone in a wide-ranging interview that she battled depression and drug addiction and was entered into a residential therapy program after her last attempt at age 15.

A defamation trial against the magazine is set to begin on Monday over the November 2014 article about the woman identified only as “Jackie” and her harrowing account about being gang raped in a fraternity initiation.