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Top Dawg/RCA SZA‘s SOS album doesn’t need anyone to rescue it: It’s just notched its 10th week at number one on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. The last woman to have an album spend that many weeks at number one was Adele, whose album 25 did it between 2015 and 2016. SOS has the […]
ABC/Craig Sjodin (NOTE LANGUAGE) Latto‘s early memories of rapping stem from her childhood, when she was rushing to the studio with her father at just 10 years old. Her experience led to her win on Lifetime’s The Rap Game and later her breakthrough single “B**** From Da Souf,” but 2021’s “Big Energy” catapulted her to an even higher level. […]
Leon Bennett/Getty Images for BET The 54th NAACP Image Awards, hosted by Queen Latifah, aired on BET Saturday night live from the Pasadena Civic Center Auditorium in Pasadena, CA. The night’s big winners included Abbott Elementary, which picked up multiple awards including Outstanding Comedy Series; Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which nabbed Outstanding Motion Picture; and […]
ABC Rihanna will be performing “Lift Me Up” at the Academy Awards next month, and one of the artists she’s going head-to-head with in the Best Original Song category says he’s dying to meet her. M.M. Keeravani co-wrote the Oscar-nominated song “Naatu Naatu,” which won the Golden Globe in January. At age 61, he’s been making […]
Courtesy Rolling Loud Rolling Loud is expanding into Germany, and the country’s first iteration will debut this summer. Set for July 7-9 at Messe München, the festival will be led by headliners Wizkid, Kendrick Lamar and Travis Scott. Per the advertisement, Wiz will headline on July 7, followed by performances from Kodak Black, Lil Uzi Vert, Soulja Boy, Fireboy DML, Lakeyah, Mariah the Scientist and more. Kendrick […]
Courtesy Amazon Studios Those anticipating the forthcoming Prime Video series Swarm have been gifted a first look. Released Friday, the trailer gives a glimpse of the dark side of fandom. In the clip, viewers are introduced to Dominique Fishback‘s character, Dre, “a young woman obsessed with the world’s biggest pop star who sets off on an unexpected cross-country journey.” That […]
It’s the last Friday of the month, and it’s flooded with new releases. Here’s a list of some of the newest music to hit the culture. Don Toliver, Love Sick — Don’s third album features Kali Uchis, GloRilla and Lil Durk, Wizkid, Charlie Wilson, Brent Faiyaz and more. Jozzy, Songs For Women, Free Game For N**** — The album is the first of Diddy‘s Love Records. He says Jozzy’s […]
Courtesy Apple Music Rihanna‘s Super Bowl halftime show earned mixed reviews, with some fans loving it and others deeming it lackluster. Another group of viewers shared their thoughts by filing complaints with the Federal Communications Commission. Billboard reports more than 100 complaints from across the country said Rih’s performance was overtly sexual and far from family […]
Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Here’s a fun fact about Lil Wayne: he doesn’t go to the gym. In fact, the only “gym” he says he knows is Jim Jones. The rapper shared the tidbit on a recent interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, where he also discussed his diet, his relationship with Drake and Billboard/Vibe‘s list of the 50 greatest rappers of all time. […]
Scott Kowalchyk/CBS At 49 years old, Nas is still pushing out new music for his fans, but he doesn’t get his inspiration from hip-hop artists his age. Speaking on Stephen Colbert‘s late night talk show, the rapper explained that a lot of his peers are simply not releasing much material. “I’m really trying to figure out what my next move is, and I […]
