Rolling Stone - USA (2019-07)

28 | Rolling Stone | July 2019

FKA Twigs’

Huge Return

 FREAKY
FRIDAY
Megan Thee
Stallion is one of
the year’s big
breakout artists,
with her rap hit
“Big Ole Freak.”
She hung
backstage at a
Hot 97 event in
New York, part of
a promo tour she’s
been on while
also attending
classes as a
full-time student
at Houston’s
Texas Southern
University. “I try
not to make being
a rapper a huge
deal,” she tells
ROLLING STONE.
“I try to get all my
work done and
turned in as soon
as I can.” She
plays Lil Wayne’s
New Orleans
music festival in
September.

 THE MOTHERSHIP LIFTS OFF George Clinton played a bash at Los Angeles’ JammJam fest to

celebrate his recent Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was joined by Ice Cube, a massive

P-Funk fan who recently released a tribute song, “That New Funkadelic.” “[I was] reaching for the

litness,” Clinton says of this photo. He’s on what he recently called his final tour, though his band

will continue: “I would love to keep on doing this, but I’ll be 78. Even though I feel like I’m just

getting started, the reality is the group needs to go ahead and keep it going.”

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In New York,

Roger Waters

sells out MSG —

but he still takes

the subway.

The singer was

caught napping

on the 6 train.

He recently

joined old

bandmate Nick

Mason at the

Beacon Theatre.

FKA Twigs hasn’t released a new album

since 2014’s LP1, which pushed the U.K.

dance genre “grime” in a bold, bracing

new direction. She finally returned to the

stage with a new show, Magdalene, in New

York, which combined her dark synth-pop

with choreography, costume changes and

even a sword dance. She is set for more

performances this summer.

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 DIPPING IN Diplo made a big entrance at

Baltimore’s InfieldFest, where he skydived in front

of the festival audience before running directly

onstage. He just announced a country-music

project, which he will release as Thomas Wesley.