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Three years ago, the Kentucky-born singer-songwriter was modern country's reigning psychedelic outlaw. Then a serious injury robbed him of his voice and threw him into a wrenching identity crisis. Now he's back, with a new perspective informed by off-the-grid time in Paris and Thailand, a superb new album, and even a new name. “Sturgill served his purpose," Simpson says, "but he’s dead, he’s gone, and I’m definitely not that guy anymore.”

Kendrick and Drake diss each other multiple times in one weekend, A.I. shenanigans, shots fired at and from Future, Metro Boomin, Rick Ross, Weeknd and more in a new chapter in rap geopolitics.

“The reactions are always the same,” the rapper says of his stunt-y social media presence, “and they're exactly what I hope for them to be."

With sequined Loewe shorts, a svelte Prada suit, and a bevy of Martine Rose track jackets, KDot’s new visuals show a gleeful parade of contemporary haute streetwear.

The Ghanian American artist's 2023 album Fountain Baby released to critical acclaim. Now she's all over Childish Gambino's new album, going on tour with Sabrina Carpenter, and evolving her sound on a new EP.

The Compton rapper returns to his stomping grounds in the visual for his summer-dominating Drake diss track.

Shaking off any political faction that would claim him as a spokesman, the Navy vet turned singer-songwriter turned wary country star finds new stories to tell about lives lived and lost by dive-bar light.

The hedonistic album of the summer has left its mark not only on our eardrums, but also our wardrobes.

The Public Enemy hypeman and reality TV star has returned—four years sober, in his Swiftie era, and ready to take your ass to Red Lobster. His new path is paved with good vibes, nonstop selfies, and a truly bizarre AI experiment of a new single. But what’s he really going to do with the time he has left?

Following a fiery acceptance speech at the BET Awards, Mike is keeping his foot on the gas pedal with a new project on the way.

Ahead of a sold-out hometown show, the high school pals turned TikTok sensations talk to GQ about cracking the algorithm, riding CitiBikes with Ed Sheeran, and why “the longer people don’t know we make music, the better.”

The longtime hitmaker and musical pioneer has been touring for almost 20 years, learning important lessons about drinking along the way.

The Houston rapper’s new album, Hardstone Psycho, a hard pivot into bike life, has already become his highest-selling project to date.

Mayer goes long on the creative process behind the Sphere show, the influence of Star Tours and Titanic, Egyptian bats, “utilitarian nausea,” the 2001/"Monster Mash" spectrum, and what it's like to play in the world's most science-fictional venue: “I mean, it's a duet, right? There's the band and then there's the Sphere, and we are dueting every night.”

As his band's new album, I Want to Disappear, hits stores, the frontman tells GQ: “I'm in a much more comfortable place with who I am, where our band has gone, and where it's taken me.”

King Kendrick assembles the West Coast Avengers for a “Not Like Us” victory lap in Inglewood.