Chris Riotta

After a long hiatus, Gorillaz has returned to the music world in the most idiosyncratic way possible: with a series of bloody animations and a colorful fantasy storyline. Posted to Twitter in the form of a short story titled The Book of Noodle, the…

Solange Knowles' A Seat at the Table is her most matured, immersive and issue conscious project to date, and the world she's built around it grew a little bigger. Solange dropped two videos Sunday from the album, one for "Don't Touch My Hair"…

On Friday, Solange Knowles released her most mature and socially conscious album to date, A Seat at the Table, focusing on black beauty and race relations in America. The project is essentially an invitation to take a seat at the Knowles' dinner…

Solange Knowles dropped A Seat at the Table on Friday, inviting fans to take a seat with one of the most famed musical families as they discuss their thoughts on racial relations in America. Even in its quietest moments it contains multitudes: It…

John Legend has become a prominent voice for social activism in recent years, throwing his support behind San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest, creating anthems like "Glory" inspired by the movement for black…

Mary J. Blige is already catching flack for her interview with Hillary Clinton, and Apple Music hasn't even premiered the full video yet. After the streaming giant teased the first episode of Blige's new show The 411 showing a clip of Blige singing…

Another story of Donald Trump making offensive remarks about a woman — this time 1996's Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado — has sparked a nationwide controversy about his famed "temperament." Even those who don't typically comment on politics have…

The Weeknd released "False Alarm" on Thursday morning, the second track off his forthcoming album Starboy, set for a Nov. 25 release. The single arrives with artwork seemingly borrowing the aesthetic of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things. It…

Solange Knowles' last album True was released back in 2012, and it seems she's done a whole lot of soul-searching since. On Wednesday, the New Orleans-based singer-songwriter released an epic 112-page digital book compiling lyrics and photographs to…

A week ago, The Weeknd revealed to the world he had cut his hair, getting rid of his signature dreadlocks. The internet, as many could've expected, lost its collective chill. Wednesday, in a new visual for his "Starboy" single featuring Daft Punk,…

Fans have been dissecting the symbolism and multilayered meanings Beyoncé injected into her transformative album Lemonade since its release in April. Now, students at the University of Texas at San Antonio will put their Lemonade literacy to the…

Gucci Mane is living his best life after being released from a federal penitentiary earlier this year — a life few likely saw coming for the former lean-sipping, regularly incarcerated rapper. The rapper has made a full 180, staying sober, slimming…

Sunday night, Drake kept fans up late into the night to deliver a long-awaited epic. At midnight, Toronto's own released a 22-minute-long action-packed and sexually charged bombshell of a music video/short film, titled Please Forgive Me and directed…

Kid Cudi is recruiting some of the biggest names in the music industry for his forthcoming album Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'. The artist revealed the track list for his long-awaited next project on Twitter Monday, including 18 tracks featuring…

The summer festival season doesn't have to end in September if the Obamas don't want it to. The White House announced the lineup for its first South by South Lawn music, film and interactive festival on Sunday, along with some special guests,…

The absolute deluge of new music that's come crashing down in 2016 is not set to let up anytime soon. A steady stream of new albums from some of music's brightest will continue to arrive throughout the fall, adding to a range of transformative…

Kesha has been traveling across the country on her Fuck the World tour, performing in smaller, more intimate venues and reintroducing herself to her fans. Thursday night, the singer took a moment to thank the audience at her Brooklyn stop for…

T.I. released Us or Else, his most socially conscious EP, in the wake of continued police brutality and burgeoning racial tensions across the nation. The six tracks include several nods to the Black Lives Matter movement, the failed war on drugs,…

Drake and Kanye West are teasing a joint project that may never see the light of day. Adele claimed she's done touring for a decade and wants to focus on her family instead. Frank Ocean has already slipped back into the shadows after releasing two…