Jerry Lee Lewis, rock and roll’s first wild man, best known for his songs Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, has died at the age of 87.

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It had been exactly 2,465 days since Rihanna released her last solo music. That’s nearly seven years! Since 2016’s ANTI, Rihanna has been busy doing everything but releasing music. She starred in the fifth season of Bates Motel, the 3D space opera Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, the heist comedy Ocean’s 8, and Donald Glover’s musical Guava Island. She published an eponymous 504-page visual autobiography. She launched beauty, skincare, and lingerie businesses. She brought her Fenty fashion line to LVMH, becoming the first black woman to lead a major fashion house. She received the NAACP President’s Award. She became the 11th national hero of Barbados. She became America’s youngest female self-made billionaire. And, she welcomed her first child with rapper A$AP Rocky. At some point along the way, the 9x Grammy award winner must’ve remembered she was pretty good at making music too and headed back to the studio.