Fresh from announcing the ‘Lover Tour,’ Pop force Taylor Swift has been unveiled as Rolling Stone‘s newest cover star.

And beyond posing for a striking feature shoot, she seizes the moment to get all sorts of candid about a number of topics.

Within her accompanying interview, she waxes honest about the fall-out with her former label head – a split which facilitated Scooter Braun‘s controversial purchase of her master recordings.

Elsewhere, she also opened up about the public duel with Kanye West – stressing that there were precursor events that the masses aren’t privy to.

All this and much more.

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Rolling Stone has its eye on Billboard’s crown!

A full report on the publication’s plans to shake the industry up below…

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Camila Cabello crowns a year of solo success with a coveted Rolling Stone cover.

The 21-year-old shooting star appears a front of the magazine’s latest issue; and while  she makes for an arresting sight, her feature within the publication’s inner-pages is equally as compelling.

While celebrating racking up a billion streams of her music, she also recounts more challenging times – including her acrimonious split from Fifth Harmony and the pre-release drama surrounding break-out hit ‘Havana.’

Excerpts below…

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Cop a gander of Cardi B!

Hip-Hop’s hottest new star aptly covers the “Hot Issue” of Rolling Stone. 

The coveted slot comes after a year of slayage for the the Bronx bred belle.

Single ‘Bodak Yellow’ topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks and became the most successful solo song by a female rapper in 19 years.

And with her lengthy list of features flying up the charts, the former reality star looks to be on the cusp of even more successes.

Reacting to being picked, she told her followers:

Issa DREAM COME TRUE !!!! I can’t believe it!! I can’t believe when I got the call, and I still can’t believe I’m seeing it now!! The cover of ROLLING STONE!!!! WOW!!! Thank you sooo much for choosing me!! I’m so blessed and honor ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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JAY-Z re-affirmed his spot atop of the Hip-Hop pyramid this week with the premiere of his most candid album yet, ‘4:44.’

Unleashed on his streaming service TIDAL, the LP has taken social media by storm following truth bearing lyrics surrounding his relationship with Beyonce and a whole lot more.

The project is reportedly set to hit all digital and physical outlets after the end of its one week exclusivity period with TIDAL and Sprint. And it appears Jigga gas more up his sleeve.

During an interview with Rolling Stone, the album’s sole producer No I.D revealed that there are three more songs on the way.

The confirmation came after he was quizzed about the shortness of the project – which, in its current incarnation, clocks in at the 35-minute mark.

Peep the excerpt below:

RS: So the concise 10-song length was important for that purpose?
No I.D: Yes. There’s three more songs that are coming out as bonuses. James Blake came in and joined into the process. There’s more coming shortly that’s equally as revealing.

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Smart.

Jay, along with Bey, have made it clear that they are playing by their own rules. Case in point ‘Lemonade’ still being a TIDAL streaming exclusive.

However, it’s a cool to see that Mr Carter is giving added incentive to pick-up his album at retail post this wave of excitement.

One has to wonder whether the “three new songs” appear on the physical edition only, or whether they’ll also be present on the version serviced to rival streaming services.

Pending an answer, what are…

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R&B veteran Usher is officially ready to usher in the next era of his storied music career.  After word hit the net his 8th studio album, ‘Hard II Love,’ is due in stores September 16th, the star took to Facebook Live! to not only confirm the news was true, but also that fans could pre-order it tonight!

As if that’s not exciting enough, the singer/songwriter is also set to show off his acting chops as Sugar Ray Leonard in ‘Hands of Stone’ – the biographical sports film set to take box offices by storm tomorrow (August 26th).  But, while fans wait to get their eyes and ears on the new flick, they’ve been invited to hear a tune from its official soundtrack – ‘Champions’ and ‘Missin U’ (found on ‘Hard II Love’).

Get into them both below and weigh in:

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Ariana Grande is leaving no stone unturned in the quest to cement current single ‘Into You’ as a hit.

With the original version reaching #23 on the Billboard Hot 100, the songbird has hatched a remix aimed at furthering its reach.

To bolster the charge, the 23-year-old has re-teamed with ‘The Way’ collaborator Mac Miller.

Released moments ago on SoundCloud, the latest incarnation of ‘Into You’ awaits after the jump…

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With less than a week to go before the release of her fifth studio album, ‘Milestone,’ R&B diva Chrisette Michele is giving fans another taste of what they can expect from the forthcoming project.

Tapping former ‘Aston Martin Music’ co-star Rick Ross for a redo, despite their highly publicized beef, the songstress has unveiled their newest collabo ‘Equal.’

Coming as the official second single from ‘Milestone,’ in stores June 10th, tuck in below to hear their newest musical tag team:

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It’s Adele season! As such, as the release of new album ’25’ draws near, the singer is covering all bases. The latest is the front of Rolling Stone magazine.

Though the accompanying feature story has yet to surface, the cover itself has. Check it out above.

The coveted RS spot arrives as the British megastar gears up for a whirlwind few weeks, which will culminate in two televised TV specials – one for the BBC and another for NBC during Thanksgiving Week.

’25,’ which is tipped to hit 2 million in US sales first week, hits stores November 20th via Columbia/XL.

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Sultry chanteuse Ciara delves onto the dark side on the haunting ‘Paint It Black.’

The track, a cover of the Rolling Stones song of the same name, features on the soundtrack for new Vin Diesel movie ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ and serves as the first new material from the 29-year-old since the release of sixth album ‘Jackie’ earlier this year.

Notably, the cut embraces a brand of edgy Ciara had yet to experiment with until now.

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Ciara certainly knows how to keep her name in the mix.

Indeed, beyond releasing new album ‘Jackie’ back in May, the 360 siren has been living up to said billing by appearing in TV shows, fronting fierce fashion campaigns, and now getting in on the film arena.

The 29-year-old has been tapped to record her own rendition of ‘Paint It Black’ by the Rolling Stones for Vin Diesel‘s new movie ‘The Last Witch Hunter.’

In a brand new trailer unleashed moments ago, a preview of the song features — and it’s not what folk may expect to hear from the R&B belle.

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The reclusive Lauryn Hill returns to the spotlight in honor of soul legend Nina Simone.

In a rare move, the critically hailed songstress has covered a track – namely Simone’s signature hit ‘Feeling Good.’

The former Fugees front-woman offered up her rendition for Netflix’s upcoming documentary on the diva titled ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?’

Rolling Stone reports that Hill initially signed on to record a duo of songs for the project, yet was so stirred that she ended up recording six (and becoming the soundtrack’s co-producer).

Speaking on Simone’s impact, the 40-year-old, whose ‘Miseducation’ LP was inducted into the Library of Congress, gushed:

“Because I fed on this music, both hers and lovers like her, like my basic food, I believed I always had a right to have a voice. Her example is clearly a form of sustenance to a generation needing to find theirs. What a gift.”

Listen to Lauryn as she tackles the 1965 smash below…

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