Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. The verdict comes nine months after a New York jury found him guilty on nine counts, including one charge of racketeering and eight counts of violations of the Mann Act, a sex trafficking law. On Wednesday,…… Read More
The Big Climate Thing festival is set to feature The Roots, HAIM, Sheryl Crow and many more. The 3-day festival, which takes place September 16-18 at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, will benefit the EarthPercent organization’s mission of combating climate change. Proceeds from the event will support EarthPercent, a nonprofit launched by Brian Eno, although…… Read More
Cardi B recently revealed that her upcoming single “Hot Sh*t” will feature Kanye West and Lil Durk. “My new single ‘Hot Sh*t’ available everywhere THIS FRIDAY 7/1,” Cardi wrote on Twitter. She took to Twitter again the following day to share the single’s steamy cover art. She captioned her post, “Hot Sh*t featuring Lil Durk…… Read More
Hip-hop legends Eminem and Snoop Dogg have teamed up for a new track, “From The D 2 The LBC.” “This probably should have happened a while ago,” Em says at the start of the song. “Put your doobies high if you reside in 213, let’s see them blunts raised,” they rap in the song’s chorus,…… Read More
Lizzo has pledged to donate $500,000 to Planned Parenthood, after the U.S. Supreme Court last Friday issued a decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The “Truth Hurts” singer also revealed in a tweet that Live Nation will match her initial $500,000, which brings the total to $1 million toward Planned Parenthood. “I’m pledging $500k from my…… Read More
Lil Nas X took another shot at BET with his new single, once again venting his displeasure at receiving zero nominations from the network for Sunday’s BET Awards. The song, “Late to Da Party,” featuring NBA YoungBoy, starts and ends with the chant “F- BET (yeah), f- BET (yeah), f- BET (yeah, yeah).” Lil Nas…… Read More
Singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and entrepreneur Brandy has signed a partnership with Motown Records. Their first joint venture will see Motown Records making their debut release of an upcoming album by the Grammy Award-winning R&B icon very soon. It will be Brandy’s eighth full-length album. Brandy said she always wanted to work with Ethiopia Habtemariam, Motown’s…… Read More
Jazmine Sullivan won the Best Female R&B/Pop Artist award and The Weeknd won the Best Male R&B/Pop Artist award at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 26. This is the first win for The Weeknd in the category after being nominated six previous times. Megan Thee Stallion and Kendrick Lamar were named best female and…… Read More
Drake has earned his 11th No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with Honestly, Nevermind. The album, released on June 17, made its debut on top of the Billboard 200 chart dated July 2. Honestly, Nevermind earned 204,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending June 23, according to Luminate. Almost…… Read More
The music video for Chris Brown’s latest single, “WE (Warm Embrace),” shows the singer getting very intimate with Normani. The visual, directed by Arrad, shot at the Invisible House in Joshua Tree, California, begins with a sneak peak snippet of Brown’s track “Sleep At night.” It shows the R&B superstar abruptly waking up after a…… Read More