Grammy-nominated musician John Forté found dead at 50 in Massachusetts home

Grammy-nominated musician John Forté found dead at 50 in Massachusetts home

John Forté, the Grammy-nominated musician known for his work with the Fugees and the Refugee Camp All-Stars among others, has died at age 50. He was found dead Monday afternoon in his home in Chilmark, Massachusetts, according to police. Chilmark Police Chief Sean Slavin said in a statement that there were no signs of foul … Read more

Adam Sandler questioned over ‘SNL: 50’ song calling out antisemitic musician

Adam Sandler questioned over ‘SNL: 50’ song calling out antisemitic musician

Don’t mess with the Sandman. Adam Sandler is setting the record straight on the meaning behind a scathing lyric in his “SNL:50” song. During the 50th anniversary special of “Saturday Night Live,” the comedian, 58, sang an original track titled “50 Years.” Adam Sandler during the “Adam’s Song: 50 Years” sketch on February 16, 2025. … Read more

Eddie Palmieri, Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner from East Harlem, dead at 88

Eddie Palmieri, Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner from East Harlem, dead at 88

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s daughter Gabriela told The New York Times that her father died earlier that day at his home in New Jersey after “an extended illness.” … Read more

Rock musician Dave Edmunds, 81, hospitalized and fighting for life after ‘major’ cardiac arrest

Rock musician Dave Edmunds, 81, hospitalized and fighting for life after ‘major’ cardiac arrest

Rocker Dave Edmunds, most popular for his 1970 hit “I Hear You Knocking,” has been left hospitalized and fighting for his life after suffering a “major” cardiac arrest. The popular Welsh musician’s wife, Karin Cecilia “Cici” Edmunds, shared the shocking news in a lengthy Facebook post on Thursday, July 29. “My beloved husband of 40 … Read more

Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife clings to musician in first outing since attempted murder arrest

Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife clings to musician in first outing since attempted murder arrest

Scott Shriner’s wife clung to her husband as she broke her cover after being arrested for attempted murder. Jillian Shriner, 51, held onto the Weezer bassist while emerging from their home in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon. The outing marked the first time she’s been seen in public since she … Read more

Rapper Lil Durk charged with murder-for-hire in retaliation for the killing of musician King Von

Rapper Lil Durk charged with murder-for-hire in retaliation for the killing of musician King Von

Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk has been charged in a murder-for-hire plot targeting rapper Quando Rondo over his alleged involvement in the killing of up-and-coming musician King Von in 2020 in Atlanta. The “All My Life” hitmaker, whose real name is Durk Derrick Banks, is currently being held at Broward County Jail in Florida without bond. Federal charges … Read more

Move over, Rihanna: Taylor Swift is now the richest female musician with $1.6 billion net worth — but by how much?

Move over, Rihanna: Taylor Swift is now the richest female musician with .6 billion net worth — but by how much?

She never goes out of style. Taylor Swift has officially surpassed Rihanna as the richest female musician in the world. An update from Forbes revealed that Swift, 34, is now worth $1.6 billion. She reached billionaire status in October 2023 with a $1.1 billion net worth, Bloomberg reported at the time. Meanwhile, Rihanna, 36, is … Read more

How an NYC chef and a musician turned their love story into Harlem’s hottest Mexican restaurant

How an NYC chef and a musician turned their love story into Harlem’s hottest Mexican restaurant

New York’s hottest love story is cooking inside a tiny 400-square-foot Mexican restaurant in Harlem where the kitchen is in the bar, a piano sits front of house and romance (as well as the irresistible scent of beef birria) is always in the air. Husband-and-wife team Karina Garcia, 31, and Eduardo “Lalo” Rodriguez, 36, met while … Read more

Grammy-winning Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes dead at 83

Grammy-winning Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes dead at 83

Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes has died at 83. The cause is reportedly health challenges related to long-term Covid.  Mendes’s family told The Guardian in a statement that he “passed away peacefully” in his Los Angeles home.  “His wife and musical partner for the past 54 years, Gracinha Leporace Mendes, was by his side, as were … Read more

Musician Jesse Malin gives health update after revealing he was partially paralyzed following spinal stroke

Musician Jesse Malin gives health update after revealing he was partially paralyzed following spinal stroke

Jesse Malin is continuing to heal after being left partially paralyzed following a spinal stroke in May 2023. The punk rocker took to social media on Thursday to share his recovery journey with followers.  “Hey everybody,” Malin said in his Instagram video while holding onto a walker. “I just want to give you guys an update. It’s been a while, and I’ve been working real hard with … Read more

Britney, too? Audiences are sick and tired of formulaic musician biopics

Britney, too? Audiences are sick and tired of formulaic musician biopics

Something you never hear when a biopic of a musician is announced? “I’m so excited to see that!”  No other movie genre inspires such a collective exasperation from the public while still getting made by Hollywood en masse. Nevertheless, in an attempt to get free-spending millennials to give a fig about them, plans for a … Read more

Musician Jelly Roll sworn in as deputy sheriff in Michigan: ‘From convict to deputy’

Musician Jelly Roll sworn in as deputy sheriff in Michigan: ‘From convict to deputy’

Country music star Jelly Roll has been given a special title in Flint, Michigan. Earlier this week, a radio station in Detroit shared a video of Jelly Roll being sworn in by Sheriff Christopher Swanson as a deputy with the Community Cares Task Force. On Saturday, 99.5 WYCD shared to their Instagram account the moment Jelly Roll was … Read more

Suri Cruise’s dashing prom date revealed as budding musician, high school classmate Toby Cohen

Suri Cruise’s dashing prom date revealed as budding musician, high school classmate Toby Cohen

Swooning and crooning. Suri Cruise’s dashing prom date has been identified as budding musician Toby Cohen — a fellow senior at LaGuardia High School. Cruise, who turned 18 in April, was seen beaming as she stepped out arm in arm with Cohen at the event, held Tuesday night on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Suri Cruise’s … Read more

Dear Abby: I’m dating a musician who’s nine years younger than me — I like him but he’s always broke

Dear Abby: I’m dating a musician who’s nine years younger than me — I like him but he’s always broke

DEAR ABBY: I have been going out with a man who is nine years younger than I am. He’s a musician who plays bass guitar in several bands. I am retired. I love going out dancing with him and being social with other friends. I met him at a social club a year and a … Read more

‘Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus’: A Parting Gift From a Master Musician

‘Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus’: A Parting Gift From a Master Musician

Sakamoto filmed the concert over a week in September 2022. He and the film’s director, his son, Neo Sora, meticulously designed the look of the movie, including storyboards to show how the lighting would change. It is a kind of monochromatic take on the shifting of light as morning turns to afternoon, then evening. By … Read more

NYC musician throws joint baby shower for all five women he got pregnant

NYC musician throws joint baby shower for all five women he got pregnant

The more the merrier! New York City musician, Zeddy Will, 22, recently hosted a joint baby shower for his five pregnant baby mommas, one of his partners Lizzy Ashliegh claimed on TikTok. Ashleigh, 29, revealed the startling achievement by showing off the party invitations, which showed the shower being hosted in Queens on Jan. 14. … Read more

Country musician Cody Tate calls out moms for raiding Halloween candy bowl outside his house

Country musician Cody Tate calls out moms for raiding Halloween candy bowl outside his house

A mother and her family are being slammed on social media after video captures them wiping out an entire bowl filled with Halloween candy in front of a country musician’s Texas home. Cody Tate, a musician from the well known country band Whiskey Myers, posted security footage to his Instagram showing the family ravaging a … Read more

Ex-Mumford & Sons musician says artists who defy progressive orthodoxy receive ‘professional punishment’

Ex-Mumford & Sons musician says  artists who defy progressive orthodoxy receive ‘professional punishment’

Former Mumford & Sons musician Winston Marshall shared his frustrations about the apparent “professional punishment” for artists who dare to challenge progressive ideology in a new interview. Marshall made headlines in 2021 after he left the folk-rock band Mumford & Sons following the uproar after he tweeted his support for a book by conservative author Andy Ngo … Read more

Atlanta musician almost lost leg — and life — from brown recluse spider bite: ‘I was really scared’

Atlanta musician almost lost leg — and life — from brown recluse spider bite: ‘I was really scared’

An Atlanta musician was days away from losing his leg, and even possibly his life after he suffered a brown recluse spider bite last month. Singer-songwriter Gabe Lustman told The Post Thursday he doesn’t know where or exactly when he got bit by the poisonous spider, which he initially thought was a “mosquito bite or … Read more

Legendary musician Jimmy Buffett dead at 76

Legendary musician Jimmy Buffett dead at 76

Legendary musician and entertainer Jimmy Buffett has died. He was 76. News of the star’s death was announced by his family on social media just months after he was forced to pull the plug on his shows following a series of hospitalizations. “Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, … Read more