The Rolling Stones are the newest addition to the star-studded lineup for “12-12-12,” a concert to benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy that will take place at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 12. The concert will be largest gathering of m... more info

(LOS ANGELES) — Notorious B.I.G. was killed by a single bullet that pierced several vital organs in a 1997 drive-by shooting, a long-sealed autopsy report released Friday shows. The rapper was hit four times in the shooting, which 15 years late... more info

Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five’s 1982 hit “The Message” is the number 1 song on Rolling Stone‘s first-ever list of “The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time.” (LIST: Listen to TIME’s Top 10 Songs of ... more info

If a movie about stammering King George VI could score a $400-million triumph at the worldwide box office and a near-sweep of the 2011 Academy Awards, then a film about George VI’s friendship with Franklin Delano Roosevelt is a lock for a billi... more info

Eight episodes into its run, ABC’s Nashville is settling into a zone of narrative and musical style somewhere between Treme and Glee. (Maybe the highest compliment I can pay the show right now is that I watch it, and Smash is not the first comp... more info

If you missed the Grammy nomination concert last night, the most important thing that you need to know is that within the first few minutes of the show Taylor Swift was beatboxing. The other thing that you should know is that by the end, there was a ... more info

Earning a spot on a magazine’s annual year-end top-10 list can be great news for an actor—like the two French stars who topped TIME’s list of the year’s best movie performances—but it can be a dubious honor. The latter i... more info

(HARTFORD, Conn.) — Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as “Take Five” caught listeners’ ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91. Brubeck died Wednesday morning of h... more info

In June 1832, a group of students, immigrants and insurrectionists took to the streets of Paris, demanding change. The fervor of the French Revolution had withered amid vast economic inequality, food shortages and a cholera outbreak. The rebels occup... more info

From Fiona Apple to Killer Mike, TIME music writer Douglas Wolk selects the best albums of the year. MORE: See the Top 1o Albums of 2012 MORE: See All the Top 10 Lists for 2012 more info