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Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Beyoncé‘s artistic work, specifically from 2013 to 2024, will be the focus of a new class at Yale. Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music will be taught by Daphne Brooks, professor of African American studies and music, as a byproduct of her class at Princeton […]

Universal Motown Records Kid Cudi is expressing gratitude for the support he’s received on his sophomore album, Man on the Moon: The Legend of Mr. Rager. On the album’s 14th anniversary Saturday, he posted a letter to social platform X reflecting on that dark time and the way his fans helped him work through it. “14 years ago […]

Nelly and Kelly Rowland took it back to 2002 at the 2024 Baby2Baby Gala Saturday, where they performed their song “Dilemma.” “Since I have an angel up here, since I have a Baby2Baby representative, I think it’s only right to work some magic,” Nelly said before the beat dropped, and they danced and sang the […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs sought again on Friday to be released from pretrial detention by offering a “far more robust” bail package and by asserting the government’s criminal case against him “is thin,” according to a new court filing. Combs is now suggesting home detention with round-the-clock security monitoring and “near-total restrictions on Mr. Combs’ ability to contact […]

Columbia Records Tyler, The Creator is thankful for the reception of Chromakopia, his latest #1 album on the Billboard 200. “Thank you to everyone who has listened, skimmed through, put it on repeat, turned off, loved it, hated, grew on, grown off, related to, was foreign to, anything,” Tyler wrote in an Instagram Story Thursday. […]

Ethan Miller/Getty Images via ABC Latto brought Sugar Honey Iced Tea to Toronto on Thursday and received an onstage visit from Drake, who joined her for a performance of their song, “Housekeeping Knows.” He rapped his verse from the upper tier of the History, before throwing back to Latto and showing support as she did her part. […]

Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for Electus Digital It’s been a while since Ab-Soul released an album, roughly two years, but the follow-up to 2022’s Herbert is finally here. Soul Burger is an ode to his late friend Doe Burger, but it’s also a project that helps him bridge the gap between the young rappers and OGs in […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images It’s officially time. Mariah Carey kicked off her annual Christmas Time tour in Highland, California, on Wednesday. The Queen of Christmas celebrated the 30th anniversary of her album Merry Christmas during the tour’s opening night, where she reintroduced two beloved holiday tracks to the set list: “O Holy Night” and “Miss You […]

John Parra/Getty Images Tekashi 6ix9ine will serve a month behind bars after violating the terms of his release, according to a deal he recently struck with federal prosecutors. The Associated Press reports the month in jail will be followed by one month of home incarceration, one month of detention and one month of curfew, with […]