T his may come as a surprise to no one, but Halsey is pretty good with a knife. Today she is wielding it against a cucumber, which would seem like a joke or a meme — given her man-eater rep in the pop-star pantheon — were it not for the …

The afternoon before Ramadan starts, Ramy Youssef is sitting in a restaurant in downtown Manhattan, dressed in sweats and a black Nike snapback hat. He’s loading up on food: a hearty stack of lemon curd pancakes, a side of turkey sausage, ketchup he liberally seasons with pepper. The 28-year-old has …

Since Mac Miller’s death in September 2018 at age 26, little has emerged in terms of the rapper’s posthumous music. That’s changing. Earlier this month, the Free Nationals released a song that they recorded with Miller. And today, 88-Keys released a heartfelt track he recorded with Miller, which has the …