As Fashion Week approaches in February in New York City, Rolling Stone has made a list of “The 25 Most Stylish Musicians Now,” and Lil Nas X leads the list, whose top 10 also includes Cardi B and fashionable couple Rihanna and A$AP Rocky.

Writing about the “Industry Baby” rapper, Rolling Stone notes, “He’s managed to turn his every look into a conversation starter.” Cardi, who is number three on the list behind Lady Gaga, has a fashion sense “as effortlessly bold as her raps,” says the magazine.

“Not everyone can seamlessly blend the coveted threads of Chanel and tawdry pieces from Fashion Nova, but she does it with ease,” the publication adds.

Rihanna is number seven and Rolling Stone writes of the richest woman in entertainment, “In 2021, she delivered another noteworthy show with her size-inclusive lingerie line, Savage X Fenty, and turned the streets of New York into her runway in vintage Dior.”

Rih’s significant other Rocky is number eight, thanks to his “fiercely individualistic aversion to flashy trends,” says Rolling Stone.

Both Knowles sisters are on the list: Solange at number ten, and Beyoncé at twelve.

“When it comes to understanding the sense of wonder that comes with getting dressed, Solange is in a league of her own,” the publication writes about the “Sandcastle Disco” singer, while Queen Bey is praised for her “constantly evolving, ever-adaptable, and enduringly influential” fashion sense.

Kanye West is number eleven, between Solange and Beyoncé.  “As polarizing as his creations as a designer have been, Kanye West has set his own standard in combining music and fashion,” Rolling Stone writes of Ye.

Other artists on the list include Lizzo at #14, Doja Cat at #18, and Tyler, the Creator at #23.

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Taylor Swift‘s fans are back with the wild theories and believe she’s about to release a secret album.

According to Buzzfeed, it’s believed Taylor recorded an album in 2016 called Karma, but her feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian derailed its release.  Taylor emerged a year later with 2017’s Reputation.  Fans believe the timing between Tay’s last album, 1989, and Reputation did not mesh with the meticulous release schedule she had going — releasing albums every two years. 

The standing theory is Karma was meant to go out in 2016, exactly two years after 1989.  Fans also note the singer is known to embrace a look that matches her music era and feel her “bleachella” phase in 2016 — when she suddenly rocked the grunge look — was promoting Karma. 

Theorists also look to the 2017 track “Look What You Made Me Do,” which contains the lyric, “All I think about is karma.”  The music video may also have a clue when 14 Taylors appear at the end, with one standing on a plane that had TS6 on it and sawing off its wings.  

In addition, in the music video for “The Man,” Taylor’s character is seen urinating on a subway wall with all her album’s names on it — with Karma written between 1989 and Reputation.

Also raising eyebrows is an answer Taylor gave to Vogue for their 73 Questions bit, which she said, “Karma is real” with the ‘K’ capitalized in the captions.  Also, fans believe Taylor further hinted to the album at the 2019 American Music Awards by dancing with eight girls, instead of 7, who supposedly represented the seven albums sold along with her master recordings.

So, is Karma real?  Only time will tell. Keep your eyes peeled in case Taylor starts leaving out more Easter eggs!

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Rolling Stone has announced that it’s increasing its fashion coverage going forward and it’s kicking off the new initiative with a list of “The 25 Most Fashionable Musicians Right Now” — a list that includes Machine Gun Kelly, WILLOW and Måneskin.

The list was voted on by a group of journalists, designers and fashion industry insiders like stylists and image consultants. Out of the 25 artists listed, MGK was the highest-ranked rocker at #16, thanks to what the magazine calls his “goth-glam looks.” Examples include the hot-pink suit he wore to the VMAs in 2020, or his unbuttoned black suit and matching dyed-black tongue from the 2021 Billboard Awards. 

WILLOW is in at #20, since she’s been what the mag calls “a fashion renegade” since she was nine years old. Since then, she’s gone pop-punk, pairing a hot-pink dress with tall black combat boots and shaving her head on camera last year while performing “Whip My Hair.”

Måneskin is #22 on the list by virtue of their “vintage Bowie-Queen swagger,” which includes “BDSM harnesses, heavy black eyeliner” and “tailored suits.” Grimes is #25 on the list thanks to her futuristic looks.

Speaking of Måneskin, the band has postponed their European tour dates because the ongoing pandemic has restricted venue capacity. 

“We are extremely sorry,” they write on Instagram.  “We worked a lot for this tour and everything was set and ready to go but unfortunately in the last few days we had some bad news about the capacity of the venues.”

The band adds that they’ll announce rescheduled dates no later than March 1, and all their outdoor shows are still confirmed.

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Days before the official launch of his Down Home headlining tour, Jimmie Allen is expanding the trek. 

The outing, which is Jimmie’s debut headlining tour, is scheduled to kick off on February 3 at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California, and he has added four new dates to trek, including a stop at the famed Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth on May 21. 

The singer’s other new dates will take place at the Orpheum Theatre in Wichita, Kansas, on April 22; The District in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on April 23; and the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey, on May 14.

American Idol season 19 contestant Chayce Beckham and Madeline Merlo have been added as opening acts, alongside previously announced opener Neon Union, made up of the duo of Leo Brooks and Andrew Millsaps, who are the inaugural act signed to Jimmie’s management and production company, JAB Entertainment.     

Additionally, Jimmie has announced that he will headline his second annual Bettie James Fest on August 13 in his hometown of Milton, Delaware. Named after his late grandmother Bettie and father James, the country singer hosted the inaugural event in August 2021.

In 2020, Jimmie released the seven-track Bettie James EP, featuring his hit collaboration with Brad Paisley, “Freedom Was a Highway,” followed by the Bettie James Gold Edition full-length album released last year.

“I’m looking forward to the start of my first headlining tour ‘Down Home’ Tour. We are gonna be play a lot of songs from Bettie James Gold Edition album,” Jimmie reveals on Twitter. 

Tickets for the newly added dates go on sale to the public this Friday, January 24, at 10 a.m. local time.

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Eddie Vedder‘s new solo album Earthling was produced by Andrew Watt, and now the Pearl Jam frontman says Watt may also be behind the board for his band’s next studio album, the follow-up to 2020’s Gigaton.

Vedder is featured in the new issue of U.K. magazine MOJO and, according to Bang! Showbiz, in the interview, he says, “We’ll make a record with Andrew, I believe. We’ve already talked about it.”

Vedder also noted that Pearl Jam will “be recording, because now we’ve got a healthy ambition to do so,” adding, “I think we’ll move quick for a year or two, then I can see us slowing down for a little bit.”

Reflecting on Pearl Jam’s future plans, Eddie noted, “We have the ability to play better than ever, but also know what we want to maintain the health of the group and want to keep coming back.”

Watt also produced “E-Ticket,” Vedder’s collaboration with Elton John on Elton’s 2021 album The Lockdown Sessions, and Ozzy Osbourne‘s album Ordinary Man. When Vedder launches a U.S. solo tour in February, Watt also will be part of his backing band, The Earthlings, along with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, ex-RHCP guitarist and Pearl Jam touring member Josh Klinghoffer, Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney, and singer-songwriter Glen Hansard. 

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The on and off again marriage between Princess Love and Ray J appears to be ending for good.

“Officially single August 2022…Legally,” Princess wrote on her Instagram Story over the weekend, The Jasmine Brand reports.

Her estranged husband, Ray J, filed for the couple’s third divorce in October 2021. They married in August 2016, and Love first filed for divorce in May 2020, however the couple reconciled that July and she asked the court to dismiss her request. Four months later, Ray J was the one to file for divorce, only to call things off again in March 2021. The couple has two children: daughter Melody, 3, and son Epik, 1.

Brandy‘s brother showed he’s moving on by his Instagram Live post requesting his female fans to send him the “freakiest” pictures. 

“I’ma keep looking. I need all the freakiest pics coming to my page,” the singer/actor/reality star told his followers. “I’m doing a freaky Friday, Saturday, Sunday pic. I’m flying somebody out to hang out and talk. It’s a very platonic situation but the pictures gotta be the opposite of platonic to get to the platonic.”

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