McConaughey got the inspiration for the poem listening to ZZ Top's "Just Got Paid" while on a road trip. Emlyn Travis is a news writer at Entertainment Weekly. She has been working at EW since 2022.

ZZ Top delivered a late-career classic in 2012 with the song I Gotsta Get Paid, from the band’s 15th album La Futura. But as guitarist and lead vocalist Billy Gibbons admitted, it wasn’t easy working ...

Alright, alright, alright! Matthew McConaughey and Kelly Clarkson teamed up with her band to perform a rocking rendition of his poetry on The Kelly Clarkson Show. In a preview clip for Tuesday’s ...