Rihanna attends the ‘Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets’ European Premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on July 24, 2017 in London, England. (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)
Rihanna’s mansion was struck by gunfire on Sunday afternoon while the singer and businesswoman was home, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and sources with knowledge of the investigation.
The suspect, a 30-year-old woman, has been arrested, the LAPD said. The motive was not immediately clear and the investigation is ongoing.
Sources told ABC News Rihanna was at home, but nobody was hurt.
Multiple shots were fired at the residence, but none penetrated the inside of her home, only the exterior, sources said. Multiple rounds did hit the outside of the home, though, as well as a vehicle parked out front.
Sources said that the weapon allegedly used by the woman was an AR-style gun.
In dispatch audio, officials are heard saying the suspect’s Tesla was followed by an LAPD helicopter into a mall parking garage, where she was pulled over and detained by patrol units.
Steven Tyler attends the 7th Annual Jam For Janie GRAMMY Awards Viewing Party at Hollywood Palladium on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)
Steven Tyler’s annual Jam for Janie Grammy Viewing Party, put on by his Janie’s Fund charity, raised $4.1 million for the organization.
Janie’s Fund posted a video on Instagram featuring highlights from the bash, which took place Feb. 1 at the Hollywood Palladium. The footage includes such rock stars as The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson, Yungblud, former Guns N’ Roses/Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum, Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt and others.
“Thank you for 10 years of belief, compassion and love that heals,” a choked up Tyler says in the clip. “Tonight, tonight means everything to me and I know it means everything to you.”
The video also features highlights of another Janie’s Fund event, the Sounds of Laughter Comedic Soiree, which took place Jan. 29 at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles.
Tyler launched Janie’s Fund in 2015 to help girls who’ve been abused or neglected. A press release announcing the Grammy party noted that over the last decade the organization had raised over $23 million, which has helped provide 350,000 days of counseling and trauma-informed care for more than 2,200 girls and young women.
Jason Aldean performs on ABC’s “CMA Fest presented by SoFi’ (Disney/Connie Chornuk); Ed Sheeran performs o ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ (ABC/Paula Lobo)
Jason Aldean has followed up his 31st #1 hit, “How Far Does A Goodbye Go,” with a new single, “Don’t Tell On Me.” It’s just entered the BillboardCountry Airplay chart, and as the publication notes, it’s his milestone 50th entry on that tally.
“Don’t Tell On Me” is from Jason’s upcoming album, Songs About Us, due out April 24. It involves a man having heart-to-heart conversation with, well, his actual heart.
“Basically the guy’s talking to his heart, saying, ‘Don’t let people know what’s happening, don’t tell on me,'” Jason explains. The thing he wants his heart to keep private? He still has feelings for his ex.
“This guy’s just kind of basically talking to his heart and saying, ‘Listen: You know it and I know it: I’m a mess, you’re broken … but just, like, don’t let the cat out of the bag, don’t let anybody know that this has happened,'” he explains. “Like, ‘You’re the only one you know that I can kind of trust with this.'”
Jason calls the track, which was co-written by John Morgan, “one of my favorite songs” on the record.
Meanwhile, tickets for Jason’s upcoming Songs About Us Tour are now on sale. It kicks off July 16 in Bangor, Maine.
Cover art for Jill Scott’s ‘To Whom It May Concern’ (Blues Babe Records LLC)
It’s been almost a month since Jill Scott released her first album in a decade, To Whom This May Concern, and she’s happy with the reception thus far.
“When you are working on something so diligently and with so much love, it’s scary to lend your baby to the world,” she says in an interview with People. “But people are responding well and treating my baby kindly and actually listening, which gives me the greatest joy.”
To Whom It May Concern peaked at #4 on the Top R&B Albums chart, with lead single “Pressha” atop the radio charts and in the top 20 of Billboard‘s Adult R&B Airplay. It’s a far cry from the amount of support she was told she’d get if she didn’t meet the industry’s beauty standards.
“I had somebody tell me in the beginning of my career that if I didn’t lose weight, or if I didn’t straighten my hair or whatever, that I’d never sell any records,” Scott says. “That sucked, but luckily I didn’t listen to them and decided to just continue to be myself.”
She credits her mother for giving her advice that helped her stay positive during her rough upbringing in Philadelphia.
“We were in a community where you would hear gunshots on a regular basis,” Scott says. “There was a summer when I lost a lot of friends, young men that I knew. My mother taught me to keep looking for beauty no matter what. I just kept finding a reason to believe in myself, to have some joy and create joy around me.”
To Whom This May Concern is available on streaming services.
Harry Styles attends The BRIT Awards 2026, Feb. 28, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Harry Styles isn’t scheduled to host Saturday Night Live until March 14, but he showed up unexpectedly on the March 7 installment of the show, hosted by Ryan Gosling.
As Ryan began his monologue, he stopped and said, “Is that Harry Styles?” The camera revealed Harry sitting in the front row. Asked why he was there, Harry replied, “Well, I’m hosting next week, and it’s been a while. So I just wanted to watch and get a feel for it.”
That led to a bit in which Ryan attempted to continue with the monologue, but was distracted by Harry’s “coolness.” Much to Ryan’s dismay, the camera kept cutting away from him and to Harry; the cameraman was later revealed to be wearing an “I Heart Harry” sweatshirt.
Ryan then attempted to sing Harry’s song “Sign of the Times,” which he said one of the characters sings during karaoke in his new movie, Project Hail Mary. “I genuinely hate this,” Ryan said, about having to sing Harry’s song in front of Harry. Finally, he stopped and switched to his Oscar-nominated track, “I’m Just Ken.”
In other Harry news, he premiered his new album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., live Friday night in Manchester, England. After opening the show with “Aperture,” he closed the show with the song again — as Billboardnotes, there was a slight technical difficulty with the first one.
And as the BBC reports, Harry provided 100 tickets to the show to students at his former school, Holmes Chapel Comprehensive in Cheshire, England, where he studied until he was 16. The school’s headteacher, who was there when Harry attended, told the BBC, “I am so pleased that he has kept a place in his heart for his roots and for the village and school where he grew and thrived.”
Black Stone Cherry has premiered the video for “Deep,” a track off the band’s new EP, Celebrate.
The somber clip focuses on a family dealing with the loss of a child. If that’s something you can handle, the video’s now streaming on YouTube.
Celebrate is out now and also includes a cover of the Simple Minds ’80s classic “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” which features Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman.
“It feels so good to release this new music!” Black Stone Cherry says in a Facebook post. “It was a really fun and new process to put time and energy into a handful of songs at one time for an EP instead of a full length album. We can’t wait for everyone to love them as much as we do! This collection of songs is chocked full of riffs, big drums and bass, but most importantly its transparency.”
Black Stone Cherry will be touring with Shinedown starting in May.
Barns Courtney “Green Door” single artwork. (Avenue A/Virgin Records)
Barns Courtney has released a cover of the song “Green Door,” originally recorded by Jim Lowe in 1956.
As a press release puts it, “Courtney completely transforms the old crooner pop staple into a swaggering modern rock spectacle with wailing vocals and inspired production that makes the new version unmistakably his own.”
A preview of the cover was used in the trailer for the 2025 Netflix miniseries Wayward. The full version is out now on digital outlets.
Courtney’s most recent album is 2024’s Supernatural, which spawned singles in the title track and “Young in America.”
You can catch Courtney live on a solo acoustic tour launching in April.
SZA attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026, in Paris, France. (Photo by Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images for Louis Vuitton)
SZA’s been working on her third studio album and says she’s motivated by her desire to preserve humanity.
Speaking to i-D, she explains that desire comes from the proliferation of AI.
“I feel like I’m at war because of AI,” she says, reflecting on the rise of AI-generated songs and artists.
“It’s happening disproportionately with Black music. Why am I hearing AI covers of Olivia Dean, when Olivia Dean just came the f*** out? She can’t even collect the streams,” she says. “I’m also really offended by the type of Black music that’s coming out of AI. Weird, stereotypical struggle music.”
While there are many other women in the music industry, SZA says she feels like she’s competing against “anti-intellectualism and doing things easy,” rather than fellow pop and R&B stars.
“The type of blend of information my human experience provides, AI can’t even be prompted to f*** with,” she says. “I want to just let this angst drive me into bizarre directions.”
SZA adds she’s “been dabbling [in] a little bit in everything,” working with Steve Lacy and a live band.
“I’m trying to just open my brain and open my heart, channelling awesome humanity s*** right now,” SZA explains. “Humanity is my ‘why’—preservation of what’s left, extreme expression of what is, and a desperate plea.”
SZA has always had a driving factor for her albums. “With Ctrl, I wanted to set myself apart,” she says. “I wanted people to know that I can write.”
Her intention with SOS was to prove she had more to show the world. “I could bang in a mainstream space if I wanted to,” she says. “I could do my little angry rap, and I didn’t have to keep it just for me. I could let other people hear it.”
Cover art for Eve’s 25th anniversary ‘Scorpion’ vinyl (Courtesy of Interscope)
Eve released her sophomore album, Scorpion, 25 years ago. In honor of the milestone, she’s released a 25th anniversary limited-edition vinyl.
The two-LP red-and-black vinyl is now available for purchase and includes an insert signed by Eve. Eve also posted a photo of herself posing with the special release and a video of herself playing it on a record player.
“I haven’t, honestly, heard that years. … But immediately I’m like, it’s so Ruff Ryders. Like, that is that Ruff Ryder, Harlem, New York flow,” she says when listening to her song “Cowboy.” She then reacted to album cut “You Had Me, You Lost Me.”
Scorpion also included songs “Who’s That Girl” and “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” featuring Gwen Stefani, which she and Gwen looked back on in a new episode of Vevo’s Footnotes.
“I remember being so excited about where my career was headed and the music I was making,” Eve says. “The record is meant to be fun and cocky and celebratory.”
She adds she “had always been a fan of No Doubt and just had this gut feeling that Gwen and I would sound great on the track, vibe-wise.”
Though there was initially pushback about the pairing, Gwen says they had chemistry “because we came from completely different worlds, but we had similar tastes, interests, and creativity. We appreciated each other’s worlds and coming together we knew we were going to create something new and have this fresh energy.”
Eve says they “had a great time on set,” while Gwen says feeling “like a fish out water” was part of what made the video so cool.
“Let Me Blow Ya Mind” went on to win the 2001 MTV VMA for best female video and the 2002 Grammy for best rap/sung collaboration.
Lola Young is ready to get back onstage, but she’s taking things slow. She announced on Instagram that instead of jumping back into a big tour, she’s doing “a small run of shows” in the U.K. in June. She’ll play London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow, and tells fans, “I’d love you to come.”
Winners for the GLAAD Media Awards, which honor LGBTQ+ representation in media, were revealed on Thursday night. KATSEYE won outstanding breakthrough music artist, while Chappell Roan’s episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast tied with an episode of the I’ve Had It podcast for outstanding podcast episode.
Selena Gomez shouted out her bestie Taylor Swift with an Instagram Story visible to her “secret friends” list. In the clip, she sings along to Taylor’s “Father Figure” and captions it, “Does anyone else love a profoundly clever and smart lyricist or is it just me???”
