Urban AC

Spotify has officially crowned its 2024 Songs of Summer, and Kendrick Lamar‘s Drake diss track “Not Like Us” made the list in the top five. Also included on Spotify’s Songs of Summer playlist are Tinashe‘s “Nasty” and Tommy Richman‘s “Million Dollar Baby.” Electronic supergroup Swedish House Mafia is teaming up with Alicia Keys for a […]

Netflix/Perry Well Films 2 Netflix has dropped a teaser to The Six Triple Eight, the based-on-real-life drama from Tyler Perry. Kerry Washington plays the no-nonsense Maj. Charity Adams in the World War II film: She was the leader of what was known as the U.S. Army’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The group was comprised […]

Atlantic Records Kehlani‘s new mixtape, While We Wait 2, has arrived. The 14-track collection features the recently released single “When He’s Not There” featuring Lucky Daye, as well as “Know Better” featuring Lil Mo and Vince Staples, and an “After Hours” remix featuring Ludmilla. While We Wait 2 is the sequel to Kehlani’s previous mixtape, […]

Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella Lauryn Hill and the Fugees may have canceled their 2024 tour, but Ms. Hill gave her former high school classmates an impromptu live performance earlier in August.  The singer showed up to her Columbia High School reunion in Maplewood, New Jersey, and sang some of her hits, including “Ex-Factor” off […]

Dan MacMedan/Getty Images Lupita Nyong’o is remembering her friend and former Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman Wednesday, on the fourth anniversary of his death. Boseman was just 43 when he lost his private battle with colon cancer on Aug. 28, 2020. “Remembering Chadwick Boseman. Forever,” Lupita captioned a black-and-white photo of the actor she posted […]

ABC A few days after saying she was taking a “gap year” and “protecting my peace,” Lizzo was back on Instagram talking about the theme of her next album. Lizzo, who still appears to be on vacation in Bali, posted a “before and after” video of herself. She wrote, “I wasn’t gonna post this on […]

Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage Marsha Ambrosius‘ song “One Night Stand” off her latest album, Casablanco, has consistently been on the Urban/R&B charts in the last few weeks, with its peak at #1. It marks another notable feat for the singer, who has previously received Grammy nominations as a solo artist. Having been introduced to the world as half […]

–LL Cool J has joined the lineup of the MTV VMAs, airing live from New York’s UBS Arena on Sept. 11. He’ll be performing five days after his new album, The FORCE, drops. GloRilla is also on the award show’s lineup.  –John Legend went under the needle for his two youngest children, Esti and Wren, and his wife, Chrissy […]

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Despite his multiple attempts to get out of jail, the only man ever accused of the murder of Tupac Shakur will stay behind bars as he awaits his trial, the Vegas judge overseeing his case ruled Tuesday. Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been trying to bail out of jail to house arrest for […]

Mattel All of John Legend loves all of the new Fisher-Price toys that will feature his music. The singer is releasing a children’s nursery rhyme album, called My Favorite Dream, on Friday. It came about after the fan response to his November 2023 cover of the Fisher-Price song “Maybe.” And now Fisher-Price is offering a […]