Urban AC
Page: 151
Photographed by Tyler Mitchell; Styled by Sara Moonves While The Weeknd has “died” in his videos multiple times, the artist, born Abel Tesfaye, says he’s getting ready to kill off his alter ego once and for all. Speaking to W magazine, Tesfaye says he’s currently experiencing an identity crisis, and not just because he’s playing a character on his upcoming HBO series The Idol. […]
Courtesy Lovers & Friends Chris Brown is setting the record straight following reports about his behavior at the Lovers & Friends festival over the weekend. After footage circulated of him in what appeared to the beginning of a scuffle backstage, he provided some context via a comment on NoirOnlineOrg‘s Instagram page. “Yall been geeked all weekend , y’all dragging it now. […]
Stewart Cook/CBS Cardi B has kept fans entertained with singles and guest verses, but it’s been five years since she released her debut album. In a recent Instagram Live, however, she said her next project is on its way. Seemingly directed toward a friend who was watching the livestream, Cardi said, “You gotta listen to my single. […]
HelloBeautiful/Dalvin Adams Over 20 years into her acting career, Taraji P. Henson is embracing it all … even the roles that come with being an “older” woman in Hollywood. In HelloBeautiful’s recent cover story, she discussed her latest role as a mother, specifically Jeanine Teagues’ mother on Abbott Elementary. “At first it was like, ah, mom? Why can’t I be […]
BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images Drivers in Minnesota will soon be able to ride down a highway named after the legendary Prince. According to The Associated Press, Minnesota lawmakers voted Thursday to rename a portion State Highway 5 after the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, who passed away in 2016. The purple-sign-lined Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway, near […]
Prince Williams/Wireimage Drake put on his executive producer hat for a documentary about African American art star and provocateur David Hammons. Deadline reports the rapper’s DreamCrew Entertainment executive produced The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons alongside Rosie Filmwaze LLC. The documentary film paints a portrait of the life and work of Hammons, whose body prints, sculptures made of hair and […]
Courtesy RCA Records Kirk Franklin is back with a new single. His first solo song since 2019’s LONG LIVE LOVE album, “All Things” is a reminder to all those who listen that all things are possible with God. Franklin, who wrote and produced the song, also released its accompanying video, which finds him performing random acts of kindness for people. “In spite of the […]
New Music Friday means there’s a set of new albums, singles and videos that have been released by some of today’s artists. Here’s a few that came out in the culture. Conway the Machine, Won’t He Do It — Conway’s third studio album includes 14 tracks and features from Fabolous, Sauce Walka, Dave East, Juicy J, and Griselda family Westside Gunn and Benny The Butcher. His […]
Francis Specker/CBS Miguel‘s single “Sure Thing” is making Billboard history more than a decade after its release. The song has been one of Billboard‘s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for 76 weeks, now holding the title as the track to spend the most weeks on the music chart. It replaces Mary J. Blige‘s “Be Without You,” which spent 75 weeks on the list from 2005 to […]
Fat Joe is independent, and it’s because he thinks the “major label system is a Ponzi scheme.” The rapper, once signed to Atlantic Records, spoke to Wall Street Journal about his decision to leave the label years ago. “I don’t believe in these people. For one, I feel like the major label system is a Ponzi scheme,” he told WSJ’s Jason […]
