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Photo by Eric CATARINA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images 5 Album Releases That Defined 1988
A most honorable mention to N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton, released in August 1988.
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Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for iHeartMedia A TikTok Influencer Was Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Hire Someone to Kill the Pop Singer She Shares a Child With
Why Don’t We singer Jack Avery was the target of an alleged murder-for-hire plot that ended with the mother of his child in jail.
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Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Dave Benett/Getty Images for The Ivors Harry Styles Lost His Virginity to This 90s Alt-Rock Band, and It Honestly Explains So Much
You can lose your virginity to Radiohead all you want, Harry Styles, but maybe keep it to yourself next time, huh?
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Photo by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images Vince Staples Praised Two Hip-Hop Heroes Who Made Him a Better Rapper: ‘I Was Just Doing What Everybody Else Was Doing’
Vince Staples recalls learning how to make music early on in his career and how his two friends, Mac Miller and ScHoolboy Q, made him better.
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Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns This Grunge Band Scrapped a Morbid Soundtrack Song After the Film’s Lead Actor Tragically Died During Filming
Stone Temple Pilots wrote a song for ‘The Crow’ called ‘Only Dying’ but scrapped the song after actor Brandon Lee died during filming.
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Photo by Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images Public Enemy (Literally) Went Back to School On Political Protest Anthem ‘March Madness’
Public Enemy donated all proceeds from the track to two nonprofits, one supporting Black artists and the other working to end gun violence.
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Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for dcp The BTS World Tour Is Sold Out. But Here’s How You Can Still Get Tickets
You might not have to sell that kidney after all.
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Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images That Time Nirvana Sabotaged Their Own Concert After the Audience Got Violently Hostile With The Opening Act
Nirvana once stood up for their heckled opening act by refusing to play their big hits.
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Photo by Roc Canals/Getty 90s Britpop Band Reunited and Returning to North America for the First Time in Almost 25 Years
Britpop rockers Gene split up in 2004 but reunited in 2025 and are now mounting their first North American tour in decades.


