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Photo by Dominik Bindl/WireImage Jack Nicholson, Spike Lee and Billy Crystal may not be tall enough to dunk, but nonetheless they’ll be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Sunday.  The trio, along with businessman Alan Horwitz, will be recognized by the organization, technically called The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. They’ll be […]

E. JASON WAMBSGANS/AFP via Getty Images R. Kelly‘s appeal of his federal sex crime convictions in Chicago has been rejected. The Associated Press reports the Supreme Court declined to hear the singer’s appeal, providing no reason for their decision. Though the law currently allows a person to be charged as long as the accuser is still […]

Lovett Music/RCA Records/ Photo Credit: Adrienne Raquel Victoria Monét thought Usher up when working on their song “SOS.” As she reveals in Rolling Stone‘s The Breakdown, she’d been listening to Confessions and “studying that album top to bottom” when she received a call from Usher. “I was like, ‘What the f*** is going on?!’ The energy […]

ABC/John Argueta Tyla‘s self-titled debut album will now get the deluxe edition treatment. The singer announced that Tyla (Deluxe) will arrive Friday, featuring three new tracks: “Push 2 Start,” “Back to You” and “Shake Ah” featuring Tony Duardo, Optimist and Maestro. The album also features new artwork, which finds Tyla soaked in a brown corset and a hose around her […]

Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar reportedly turned down an offer to headline Coachella, per an article on Bloomberg. As festivals have been struggling financially, the two were desired potential headliners that organizers believed would help “restore the luster of the largest music festival in North America.” However, Rihanna “didn’t need the money or the exposure,” and Kendrick is […]

RCA Records Roughly a month after postponing his The New World Tour, Donald Glover has canceled the trek’s remaining dates. In a statement released on X, he explained that he’s set to have surgery for “an ailment” that he’s been dealing with and will need time to recover. “After my show in New Orleans, I went […]

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Normani, the powerhouse solo singer/dancer known for hits “Motivation” and “Wild Side,” is opening up about being the only Black member of the former girl band Fifth Harmony. According to People, she joined Keke Palmer and fashion stylist Law Roach for the book launch of Law’s How to Build a Fashion Icon: Notes on Confidence from […]