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Roy Rochlin/Getty Images For over 40 years, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival has been taking place in New York’s Prospect Park. It’s one of the city’s longest-running outdoor performing arts festivals — and it’s free. The summer-long festival kicked off last week and Executive Producer Diane Eber dished to ABC Audio on what festival-goers can expect. “First and foremost, […]
Republic Records After dropping his surprise album Honestly, Nevermind at midnight on Friday, Drake has released the music video for “Falling Back.” In the nearly 10-minute clip, Drake marries 23 women and gets a wedding day pep talk from – of all people – Khloe Kardashian’s cheater ex Tristan Thompson. The video also features a brief […]
Gotham/FilmMagic In a new interview for the ABC News special Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration, airing Friday night, Grammy-winning singer and now record label owner Ciara opens up about owning her recording masters. For her, ownership is about the freedom to create the kind of art she wants to without seeking the approval of […]
Courtesy of Songwriters Hall of Fame Mariah Carey decided to reference the controversial “All I Want for Christmas Is You” copyright lawsuit when she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday. Mariah has been sued by songwriter Andy Stone — who is better known by his stage name Vince Vance — for $20 million in damages. Vance wrote a song […]
Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for ELLE Magazine Doja Cat is officially recovering from tonsil surgery and is letting fans know she is in good spirits. The “Woman” rapper announced last month that she required an immediate operation on her tonsils, which meant she had to pull out of The Weeknd‘s global stadium tour. “The surgery is routine but […]
Lil Nas X picked up the prestigious Hal David Starlight Award on Thursday night and was honored among the new class of inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The award is presented to “gifted young songwriters who are making a significant impact in the music industry via their original songs.” Previous winners include Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Alicia […]
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall of Fame June is Black Music Month and Black excellence in music was on display Thursday night in New York City, as the Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted The Isley Brothers, Mariah Carey, The Neptunes and legendary Motown songwriter and executive William “Mickey” Stevenson. Lil Nas X received the […]
Amy Sussman/Getty Images Surprise! Drake‘s seventh studio album Honestly, Nevermind is here! The Canadian rapper released the project at midnight Friday, just hours after he announced it in an Instagram post Thursday evening. Alongside a shot of the album’s artwork, Drake wrote, “7th studio album, “HONESTLY, NEVERMIND” out at midnight.” Shortly after, the 35-year-old shared the tracklist. The album, which was co-produced by […]
Earl Gibson/Bounce TV Xernona Clayton‘s entrance onto the blue carpet of the 2022 Trumpet Awards in April was quiet but grand, similar to her humble recollection of the history-rich 91 years of her life. Though welcoming of questions about her mission as the creator of the Black awards show, Clayton was eager to delve into her career and life story […]
HBO — Mathieu Bitton/Netflix (NOTE LANGUAGE) Comedian Jerrod Carmichael has flamed Dave Chappelle about jokes he made that some saw as transphobic. In a conversation with GQ about coming out in the HBO comedy special Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel, Carmichael didn’t hold back about the controversy surrounding Chappelle and his rallying against cancel culture. Netflix employees […]
