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NPG Records/Paisley Park Enterprises/Sony Music Entertainment The 20th anniversary celebration of Prince’s 28th studio album, Musicology, continues with the digital release of “Magnificent,” which originally came out as a virtual B-side to the album’s title track. This is the first time the song has ever been released to streaming services; it was sourced from master tapes discovered in […]
Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage If you’re a fan of SZA‘s acting in the “Kill Bill” video, you’ll see more of her skills pretty soon. Deadline reports the singer has secured her first feature acting gig, a role opposite Keke Palmer. The pair will star in an untitled buddy comedy film that will be produced by Issa Rae and her Hoorae company, Sara […]
Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Pepsi Mary J. Blige has reteamed with Pepsi for a scholarship supporting organizations that empower underserved women from her hometown of Yonkers, New York. She launched the fund Thursday, April 25, at Westchester Community College on Pepsi x Strength of a Woman Community Day. The Pepsi x Mary J. Blige Strength of a Woman […]
From a lead single to the fourth iteration of an album series, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. Tems, “Love Me Jeje” — Featuring an interpolation of Seyi Sodimu‘s song of the same name, the song’s the lead single off Tems’ debut album, Born In the Wild, due out in […]
From a lead single to the fourth iteration of an album series, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. Tems, “Love Me Jeje” — Featuring an interpolation of Seyi Sodimu‘s song of the same name, the song’s the lead single off Tems’ debut album, Born In the Wild, due out in […]
Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images The Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash Festival is coming back for its sixth year, with a lineup filled with stars ready to hit the stage. The three-day event is taking place June 14-16 at the Seatgeek Stadium in Chicago, with headliners Travis Scott, Playboi Carti and Chief Keef. The performance will […]
Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Fantasia Barrino says she’d love to replace Katy Perry as a judge on American Idol. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight released Thursday, April 25, Fantasia said she wasn’t aware Katy was exiting the singing competition show at the end of this season, but she would be up to replace […]
Chris Haston/Warner Bros. Is Zendaya eying a return to music? During her appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show Friday, April 26, to promote her new movie Challengers, the actress/singer gave an update on whether she’d release a new song any time soon. “I love music, and it’s something that’s been special to me,” she says. […]
L-R: Brown, Sullivan — Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Sterling K. Brown took to Instagram Friday with his former This Is Us co-stars Chris Sullivan and Mandy Moore to announce they’re launching a new podcast about their former NBC hit. This Is Us aired from 2016 to 2022 on NBC and followed the […]
Hugo Comte Normani’s new single, “1:59,” is finally here. The singer dropped the sultry track, featuring Gunna, as the first taste of her debut album, Dopamine, which comes out June 14. “When I get you alone/boy what you gon’ do with it?” she sings on the chorus. “Don’t talk too much, just do this sh**/Boy, […]
