Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's 'Reunions' Rules Country, Rock Album Charts

As music fans continue to champion a potential Verzuz battle between Kanye West and Pharrell, on Thursday (June 11), they received endless gems in a new interview between the two hip-hop luminaries.

Kanye West has objected to the references made for Michael Jackson in media. Defending the King of Pop, Kanye West recently said that media should not "tear down our heroes." Kanye West also denounced using references like "Wacko Jacko" and other names given to Michael Jackson by several agencies and media.

Kanye West has defended Michael Jackson in a new interview, saying “companies” and “documentaries” shouldn’t be allowed to “tear down our heroes.”In a conversation with Pharrell Williams for i-D Magazine, West appeared to reference the Dan Reed-directed documentary Leaving Neverland. That film focused on testimony by Wade Robson and James Safechuck, both of whom claimed that Jackson sexually abused them when they were children.

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit plan to hit the road with special guest Lucinda Williams next year for an unforgettable summer jaunt.

Gone West, “Canyons” (Triple Tigers Records) The full-length debut album from Gone West sets the tone right from the album cover — the four members languidly walking up a road in Malibu, California. It's warm and they are sun-kissed.

Pink paid tribute to Rosa Parks while attending a Black Lives Matter protest with her husband, Carey Hart.The “Just Give Me a Reason” singer, 40, shared a picture via Instagram on Saturday, June 6, from a protest in California.

Elisabeth Moss has played her fair share of women on the edge, but she’s taking it to a whole other level in “Shirley”, portraying writer Shirley Jackson.

For “Shirley” director Josephine Decker, Elisabeth Moss was always the “top choice” to play author Shirley Jackson in her drama.

Josephine Decker's prickly, unnerving “Shirley,” is set mostly in the Bennington, Vermont, home of the reclusive writer Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss) and her husband, the literary critic Stanley Hyman (Michael Stuhlbarg). But it also takes place in the gothic, heightened realm of one of Jackson's own stories.

Joey Moi tallies his 10th week at No. 1 on Billboard's Country Producers chart (dated May 30), thanks to three production credits on the latest Hot Country Songs chart. Morgan Wallen's "Chasin' You," which Moi solely produced, leads

NEW YORK -- Jason Isbell had big plans for this summer, between a new album specifically designed to introduce his music to a wider audience and a schedule that had him onstage most nights from May to September.

Alan Jackson plans to hit the road next month in Alabama, but his fans can only meet him out there if they stay in their cars.

By Jeff Vasishta

Tristan Thompson has gone on the offensive against Kimberly Alexander, after the woman has been claiming that he’s the father of her five-year-old son, even after he took a paternity test that said he wasn’t the dad. The NBA player has now filed a civil suit against her for libel after she called him a “deadbeat dad” and is asking for damages, in addition to paying his legal cost for filing the lawsuit against her.

In a bonus conversation, Isbell digs further into the craft that went into writing his "Reunions" album, and talks about how he approaches humor differently than his late pal Prine.

The singer-songwriter's seventh album continues his reign as one Americana's master craftsmen.