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Will Heath/NBC (Note Language) SZA is celebrating her third week atop the Billboard 200 with her sophomore effort, SOS. In an interview with People, she credits part of her success to being bullied in high school. “I was bullied because I wasn’t quiet and I was awkward at the same time,” she says. “I wasn’t this tiny, sad victim, but I was more […]

Craig Barritt/Getty Images for GQ (NOTE LANGUAGE) “Knife Talk” featuring 21 Savage and Project Pat was one of 21 songs to appear on Drake‘s Certified Lover Boy album. Like many other songs, it went through several changes in the studio before it was released. The original version is now available for fans to hear via a post on producer Metro Boomin‘s Twitter account. The song “Gang Sh*t” […]

Steve Jennings/Getty Images Jhené Aiko is giving fans a little glimpse of her and Big Sean‘s son, Noah. In a post shared on her Instagram Story Tuesday, she captured the newborn during what appears to be a breastfeeding session. “Two months,” read a text sticker alongside the photo, a rough indication of how long it’s been since Noah was born.  […]

Courtesy Apple Music Shazam is one of the go-to sources for those who want to find out the names of the artists behind songs they’ve just discovered. With all those analytics in its database, the platform created a playlist featuring 50 artists it predicts may have a breakthrough year in 2023.  According to Shazam, Ice Spice and charlieonafriday are two of five […]

Rich Polk/NBC Life is filled with lessons, many of which can be taught at any moment. Just ask DJ Khaled. The producer was enjoying a golf day in the Bahamas on Tuesday when his cart got stuck in the sand. As seen in a clip shared online, someone pushed the cart away from the curb, causing the vehicle to […]

Jason Mendez/Getty Images Vic Mensa is bringing clean water to three villages in his father’s native Ghana, TMZ reports. The Chicago rapper teamed up with his dad to launch the initiative after seeing the contaminated water and other desolate living conditions in the country. “We’re building three boreholes in different communities in Ghana to provide clean drinking water; the first […]

Disney+ One of the biggest hits of 2022, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is coming to Disney+ on February 1. The film made more than $436 million here and topped $821 million worldwide, landing it in the #2 slot for the highest-grossing films of the year on our shores and #6 globally. Director and co-writer Ryan […]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images YoungBoy Never Broke Again is gifting his fans with new music to start the year. According to Billboard, the rapper’s dropping his new album — the first under his deal with Motown Records — on Friday. The outlet also shared a photo of the artwork for the project, titled I Rest My Case, ahead of its […]

Derek White/WireImage/Getty Images Jury selection in the trial of Young Thug is set to begin in an Atlanta courtroom on Wednesday morning as the rapper faces gang-related charges in a sweeping grand jury indictment in Fulton County, Georgia, according to the Fulton County Clerk’s Office and Young Thug’s attorney. Young Thug, born Jeffery Lamar Williams, was arrested May 9, […]

ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua Gabrielle Union is opening up about her first marriage to NFL player Chris Howard.  The actress, who is currently married to NBA star Dwyane Wade,  appeared on Monday’s episode of the Armchair Expert podcast and admitted that neither she nor Howard were faithful during their relationship.  “In our first marriage, neither one of us felt like the marriage should […]