Rolling Stone (USA)

TODD SNIDER 1966 2025

In his own shambolic way, Todd Snider was a master songwriter — a follower of John Prine and Jerry Je Walker who specialized in sharp, often hilarious, story songs about all manner of downand-out characters, himself very much included. After his death...

QUESTLOVE REMEMBERS D’ANGELO

MUSICIANS ON MUSICIANS 2025

What happens when today’s superstars meet their idols, old friends get to catch up, and mega-talents make surprising connections with their peers? Welcome to our annual issue pairing some of the world’s biggest artists.

ROY WOOD JR. ‘I KNEW EVERYTHING UP UNTIL I DIDN’T’

CONTRIBUTORS • ISSUE 1403

JEFF IHAZA Senior Music Editor The main thing Je Ihaza learned from spending a few days in Paris with cover star Steve Lacy is how cool, calm, and collected the Grammy-winning musician is. “It was a nice change of pace from what you typically get...

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ

t’s an early May afternoon in Washington, D.C., and as a group of demonstrators gather outside of the Capitol protesting cuts to Medicaid, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is in her congressional office, excitedly pulling bright pink, blue, and yellow...

TOWNSHEND! KAI CENAT! HAIM!

RANDOM NOTES Kai Cenat and his Twitch “Brat Pack,” the AMP collective, are taking over the internet one stream at a time (p.11). We break down Spanish producer Rusowsky’s best new tracks, and interview cult-favorite pop singer Marina (p.13). Eva...

LIL WAYNE LIVES BY HIS OWN RULES

Future of Music REMA

Plus: The 25 Artists Shaping the Sound of Tomorrow

INSIDE THE HIP HOP ECO CULT

BAD BUNNY ‘I NEVER EXPECTED TO GET TO THIS LEVEL.’

When you’re Bad Bunny, elevators are a careful maneuver. At any point, as the bell dings, you might be recognized, and when you happen to be the mostlistened-to Latin artist on planet Earth, the statistical probability of running into any kind of fan —...

On the heels of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, an ode to one of cinema’s greatest-ever villains, Denzel Washington

You will know the most gleeful, instantly gratifying, oh-this-is-goingto-be-good moment in Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s long-awaited sequel to his 2000 Oscar-winning epic, when you see it. It’s not Paul Mescal unleashing hell on Roman centurions, or a...

STEVIE WONDER ON QUINCY JONES

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & ZACH BRYAN

COCO JONES &AYRA STARR LISA & TYLA TIMBALAND & METRO BOOMIN CHRISTINA AGUILERA &RAYE LEON BRIDGES &NATALIA LAFOURCADE RENEÉ RAPP & CYNTHIA ERIVO

THE ALL NEW PLAYER II SERIES

MODERN “C” NECKS WITH ROLLED EDGES ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARDS NEW VINTAGE COLORS

THE ALL NEW PLAYER II SERIES

MODERN “C” NECKS WITH ROLLED EDGES ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARDS NEW VINTAGE COLORS

BAD BOY FOR LIFE

As he took the stage at the BET Awards in June 2022 to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, Sean “Diddy” Combs was elated. “Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!” he bellowed, punctuating his words with triumphant jumps. The adoring crowd —...