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Ice-T attends the “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” 25th anniversary celebration at Edge at Hudson Yards on January 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/WireImage) Ice-T lost his friends Coolio and Michael K. Williams to drug overdoses in the span of a year, forcing him to have a reality check about drug use. […]

LL Cool J performs onstage during Day 3 of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Caesars Superdome on July 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for ESSENCE) Don’t call it a comeback, but Jeep has returned with the Jeep Cherokee, tapping LL COOL J to help […]

: Big Boi attends a ceremony in remembrance of Rico Wade on May 09, 2025 in East Point, Georgia. A monument in his honor was unveiled at the intersection of Headland Drive and Delowe Drive. (Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images) Outkast‘s “So Fresh, So Clean” paved the way for Big Boi‘s new partnership with home appliance […]

Earl Sweatshirt has released Live Laugh Love, which started off as a satirical critique of the phrase. “It captured both parts of myself … being 16 and also having a family,” he tells The New York Times’ Popcast. The teen Earl makes fun of the phrase, while the current Earl understands it. “Over the course of making it and my life […]

Bryson Tiller has been on the road as part of Chris Brown‘s Breezy Bowl XX Stadium World Tour, and he says it’s been quite the learning experience. He sang CB’s praises while a guest on the New Rory & Mal show. “Man, I’ve learned so much from Chris just being on this tour. He’s such a great […]

Camp Flog Gnaw/Goldenvoice Amidst a tour and the continued rollout for Chromakopia and his surprise album Don’t Tap The Glass, Tyler, The Creator has another announcement: the lineup for his Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival. He’ll be taking the stage at the 2025 event, which will also feature performances from Tems, T-Pain, Childish Gambino, Doechii, A$AP Rocky, […]

Disney/Frank Micelotta Ciara‘s new album, Cici, has arrived, marking her first release since 2019’s Beauty Marks. “It’s time. Honestly, I’ve been working on this album for almost five years. I put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, as they would say, into this project,” she told The Associated Press, noting she’s been “still actively […]

Regina King‘s MianU brand may be another bottle of wine to some, but to her, it’s a way to continue connecting with her late son, Ian Alexander Jr.  “It was kind of an epiphany I had that came from a place of continuing to create memories in Ian’s spirit,” she tells Haute Living. “I’m still here, […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs doesn’t deserve a new trial because “there was more than a sufficient basis” to support his conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, federal prosecutors argued in a new court filing overnight, submitted in response to a July 31 defense motion requesting acquittal or a new trial. Attorneys for Combs, who […]