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Dave Chappelle was tackled onstage while performing at the Hollywood Bowl last night (May 3). The attacker was supposedly carrying a replica gun that can eject a blade, according to a Los Angeles Police Department statement to NBC Los Angeles. This morning, the LAPD identified the attacker as Isaiah Lee, 23, and charged him with assault with a deadly weapon, The New York Times reports. It is unclear whether Lee tried to use the weapon. Chappelle appeared to recover quickly, joking about joining in with the security guards who had proceeded to beat the attacker, according to BuzzFeed News reporter Brianna Sacks, who was at the show. Shortly before being attacked, Chappelle had said he needed more security due to controversy over his repeated use of transphobic material. After the attack, Ch...

When I was a child, my father the painter would tell me the Picasso quote: “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” He tried to teach me to hold on to that wonder and clear vision, but holding on proved impossible. As I wrote this song, I watched it take on this theme of beauty and impermanence. I imagined making it a duet that would feel like a conversation between two constellations. I wanted to be sung a mythical bedtime story, one that Bill Callahan might write. So I asked him to write and sing it with me. Could we capture that stellar perspective?—seeing the world from before we learned the sense of triumph or of tragedy; before we learned what we should be proud of or what we should fear.

Anderson .Paak is ready to make his directorial debut. Media company Stampede Ventures has revealed that the rapper and multi-instrumentalist is set to direct K-POPS!, a new comedy drama film. Anderson .Paak will star in the movie as a washed-up musician who travels to Korea to write songs for K-pop stars, only to learn that his long-lost son (played by his real-life son Soul Rasheed) is fronting one of the country’s newest rising acts. “My mom is from Korea but she was adopted so I never knew anything about my Korean heritage until I met my wife. This movie is a reflection on my experience learning about this part of myself alongside my wife and son – and spending even more time with them,” said .Paak in a statement. “I knew this would be something I should write and direct, and Stampede ...

Howie Pyro, the punk rocker arguably best known for his work a member of the ’90s punk band D Generation, died today. His representative confirmed the news in a statement, saying he died of complications from COVID-19-related pneumonia following a liver transplant and liver disease. He was 61. Pyro was part of the New York City punk scene in the 1970s as a member of the underage band the Blessed, who played Max’s Kansas City and CBGB. After D Generation released their 1994 self-titled debut, they signed to Columbia for the follow-ups: 1996’s No Lunch and 1998’s Through the Darkness. The band remained active in recent years; their final album was 2016’s Nothing Is Anywhere. In addition to his work with D Generation, Pyro was a prolific collaborator. He worked with artists including Danzig, ...