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Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage Lil’ Kim‘s been gone for a minute, but she’s coming back with a special concert, which is set to start the countdown to the Harlem Festival of Culture in July. Taking place January 26 at the Apollo Theater, The Jump Off with Lil’ Kim and Friends will see the rapper hit the stage […]

YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images Cardi B has another chance to complete the community service sentence she picked up in a plea deal stemming from a 2018 brawl. According to TMZ, the rapper had until Tuesday, January 17, to complete 15 days of community service, none of which she’s done. Her deadline has since been extended to […]

Courtesy Songwriters Hall of Fame Sade Adu, Snoop Dogg and Teddy Riley are among the artists slated to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The stars will be welcomed into the 2023 class during the organization’s 52nd annual Induction and Awards Gala on June 15. Sade’s being inducted for writing her songs “Smooth Operator,” “No Ordinary Love,” “The Sweetest Taboo,” “By […]

Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Amazon Music A$AP Rocky has a released a new song in honor of the many artists who have passed on. “Same Problems,” now available on streaming platforms, sees the rapper reflecting on the consistent deaths and the effect they’ve had on him. “N****s dyin’ every other night, “N****s cryin’, that’s a part of life,” he raps […]

Freeform/Jabari Jacobs Class is officially back in session with Grown-ish returning tonight for the second half of season five. So what’s in store for the students at Cal U this semester? Marcus Scribner, Trevor Jackson, and Diggy Simmons, who portray Junior, Aaron, and Doug on the show, respectively, all agree it’s going to be stressful.  “But that’s what life is, […]

ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua Tracee Ellis Ross is entering the podcast world. The actress is slated to release a new podcast at the end of the month. I Am America — a partnership with Dear Media — will consist of 10 episodes featuring stories of people of color who are positive influences in their community. The intent is “to act as a counternarrative to […]

Motown Records/Quality Control Music Lil Yachty is releasing a new project toward the end of the month. The album, titled Let’s Start Here, will drop on January 27, according to his social media. Along with the announcement, Yachty shared the artwork, which features a group of men and women with distorted faces who are suited up and appear to be […]

Courtesy Universal Music Group Coi Leray has released the music video for “Players (DJ Smallz 732 Jersey Club Remix).” The Nimi Hendrix-directed visual sees Coi and Smallz in the club and streets of New Jersey, surrounded by fans performing the song’s viral dance. It’s currently streaming on Youtube. Coi dropped “Players” in late November, and has since updated DSPs with remixes […]

Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Republic Records A few star-studded video tributes were not played at Gangsta Boo‘s funeral. According to TMZ, there were technical issues that prevented the videos from being played on the church’s projector. The virtual messages were from Three 6 Mafia‘s Juicy J, DJ EFN and Yelawolf, who shared their memories of the late rapper in their clips. Juicy crowned Gangsta Boo […]

Courtesy Lovers & Friends Lovers & Friends is coming back for round two. The festival, which launched last year, will return to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on May 6. Fans will be treated with performances from over 45 artists, including veterans Mariah Carey, Usher, Chris Brown, 50 Cent, Nelly, Lil Kim and Missy Elliott, who hasn’t had a billed performance since 2019. […]