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Courtesy Life is Beautiful Kendrick Lamar, Khalid, Blxst, Baby Tate and more have been recruited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Life is Beautiful festival. The artists will take the stage at this year’s event, with Kendrick taking on headlining duties. K. Dot will end the show the second night, following performances from Chika, Ferg, Yung Gravy and more. The first night […]

Courtesy Universal Music Group Coi Leray has earned her first top-10 Hot 100 hit thanks to her viral hit “Players.” Billboard reports the song leaped from its previous position at the #12 spot to #9 on the music chart, with 58.5 million in airplay audience (an 11% increase), 4,000 sold (up 5%) and a total of 10.5 million streams, which is […]

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Suge Knight, co-founder of Death Row Records, is reportedly looking to bring his life story to the small screen. TMZ reports the former label executive, who is currently incarcerated, has teamed up with brother Brian Brown for a television biopic that will follow his upbringing in Compton, his childhood desire to be a football coach and […]

Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Don’t count Wendy Williams out just yet. The TV and radio personality’s rep, Shawn Zanotti, says Williams has several projects in the works. “We are still working behind the scenes on several projects,” Zanotti told Entertainment Tonight. It’s those projects that he says the former talk show host was […]

Arturo Holmes/Getty Images Lola Brooke‘s dreams are becoming a reality, thanks to her viral hit “Don’t Play With It.” She teamed up with fellow Brooklyn rapper Billy B for the song, but says she’s surprised by how quickly it took off. “I always felt that ‘Don’t Play With It’ was special, but I didn’t think it was that special!” […]

Emma McIntyre/Getty Imagesfor Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 presented by Prime Video Damson Idris got his green card with some help from his idol Jay-Z. In his cover story for Complex, the actor confirmed that Hov was one of the many references for his permanent residence card.  “Hov didn’t offer that up. I had to ask […]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images DJ Drama has tapped Queen Latifah to help promote his upcoming album, I’m Really Like That. In a clip on social media, he recreates a scene from the 1992 film Juice, taking on Omar Epps‘ role of Q, while Queen reprises her role as Ruffhouse M.C. in the film. The remade scene, directed by Jim Jones, captures the interaction between Q […]

Apple Music 1 Latto is taking it to the radio, but it’s not for the release of another record. The rapper will soon be heading 777 Radio, a limited series radio show set to air exclusively on Apple Music. “I’m going to keep it very personal and play what I actually listen to,” Latto says in a […]

Scott Kowalchyk/CBS A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that Childish Gambino‘s “This Is America” didn’t infringe on the copyright of another song. In a decision issued Friday, Judge Victor Marrero dismissed the 2021 suit, which claimed the rapper’s hit was “practically identical” to Kidd Wes‘ 2016 song “Made In America.” “A cursory comparison with the challenged composition reveals that the content […]