Barack Obama

We are shocked to learn that basketball legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash at age 41. Tributes have also come in from Taylor Swift, Vince Staples, Liz Phair, Cardi B, Killer Mike, Ryley Walker, and more.

The Nipsey Hussle memorial service is happening right now at the Staples Center in LA, and Barack Obama, Jay-Z, and Kendrick Lamar have penned tributes to Nipsey for the occasion...

It's officially 2019 but before we jump fully into the year's new music, there's still some 'Best of 2018' catching up to do...

”Aretha helped define the American experience”... ”She will forever be our Queen of Soul.”

We lost one of the all-time great voices in music today and the world has been paying tribute to Aretha Franklin since learning the sad news...

Chance also said "I wanna become the Mariah Carey of Thanksgiving" in his monologue, and starred in a handful of other skits. Watch them here.

The video was directed by Allan Sigurðsson and Icelandic performance and installation artist Ragnar Kjartansson, the latter of whom also appears in the video. Ragnar previously collaborated with The National at their six-hour MoMA PS1 performance A Lot of Sorrow.

Like most departing presidents before him Barack Obama pardoned some 270 people. Among them hotel magnate Ian Schrager who was also co-owner of Manhattan's most famous nightclub of the disco era, Studio 54....

The last Christmas with Barack still here...

President Barack Obama announced earlier this month that he'd be hosting his very own SXSW-style festival at the White House this year. Now, with the festival imminent (it happens on October 3), the lineup has been announced.