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Tish Cyrus, the mother of Miley, has filed for divorce from Billy Ray Cyrus following 28 years of marriage, TMZ reports. Tish filed for divorce in Williamson County, Tennessee, citing “irreconcilable differences.” This marks the third time Billy Ray and Trish have attempted to separate since first tying the knot in 1993.  Billy Ray first filed for divorce in 2010 before withdrawing the […]

It’s been nearly two years since Lil Nas X first blessed the world with his singular hit “Old Town Road,” and the song is still breaking records.  According to Billboard, the remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus has become the highest certified song ever by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), reaching 14-times platinum status […]

Time flies when you’re having fun. On Sunday, Miley Cyrus celebrated the 10th anniversary of an infamous moment in her celebrity career. The singer posted the then-scandalous footage of herself smoking a bong with her friends when she was 18.   “Happy 10th anniversary to the groundbreaking video of a teenager smoking a bong & saying dumb […]

Diplo is jumping on the EDM-country train. The prolific producer/DJ returned Thursday night with his much-anticipated project, Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Chapter 1: Snake Oil. Diplo announced the “country” effort over a year ago, when he dropped the Cam-assisted single “So Long.” Diplo has spent the past several months promoting the LP on social media […]

The heavily memed and remixed “Old Town Road,” which took home the awards for Best Music Video and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at Sunday’s Grammys ceremony, expectedly hit the stage via a star-stacked performance at the Alicia Keys-hosted broadcast. Lil Nas X opened the performance sitting next to a Kobe Bryant jersey, before being joined onstage by […]

As the usual end-of-year hoopla continues, fellow students of pop culture are dually met this time around with meditations on the closing out of a particularly stacked decade.  Adding to the conversation this week is the release of Spotify’s annual ranking of the year’s most-streamed artists, accompanied this go-around by similar stats for the decade. […]

Though he’s not president anymore Barack Obama is still doing that thing where he shares his summer playlist because, well, it’s not exactly something you need to be president to do. “With summer winding down, here’s a sampling of what Michelle and I have been listening to—some new, some old, some fast, some slow,” Obama […]

During a recent interview with Taste of Country, Billy Ray Cyrus revealed that a line referencing marijuana was cut from the verse he originally wrote for Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town (Remix),” which you probably knew busted the record for most weeks sitting atop Billboard’s Hot 100. Cyrus told the outlet that he was tasked […]

Lil Nas X just bagged another huge achievement with his breakthrough single “Old Town Road.” The song has now matched the record for most weeks at No. 1 after topping the Billboard Hot 100 for its 16th week, tying with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” featuring Justin Bieber in 2017, and Mariah Carey’s 1995 collaboration with Boyz […]

Lil Nas X’s chart-topping hit “Old Town Road” has helped a non-verbal autistic boy speak. Sheletta Brundidge, who goes by the username @TwoHauteMamas1, shared a video of her son singing Lil Nas and Billy Ray Cyrus’ remix. “We had an #oldtownroad miracle at my house,” she wrote. “My son Daniel has #autism and doesn’t talk. […]