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Top Dawg/RCA SZA‘s album SOS has returned to the top of the Billboard album chart for an eighth total week at #1. As Billboard notes, the last album by a woman that spent that long on top was Taylor Swift‘s folklore, back in 2020. The last R&B/hip-hop album to do so was Drake‘s Views in […]
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation All of the lights and eyes were on Rihanna as she took over the field for the Super Bowl 2023 halftime show. The Barbadian singer descended on a platform from the air as she kicked off the 13-minute set with her hit “B**** Better Have My Money.” From there she sang […]
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation Rihanna‘s halftime performance at the Super Bowl Sunday night was even more exciting than fans imagined — because she took the opportunity to reveal her pregnancy. During her performance, Rihanna, 34, displayed what appeared to be a baby bump, leaving the zipper of her red jumpsuit down to unveil […]
Dave Jolicoeur, aka Trugoy the Dove, a member of the beloved hip hop trio De La Soul, has died, Rolling Stone has confirmed. He was 54. No cause of death was given. Dave, whose stage name was “Yogurt” spelled backwards, had suffered from congestive heart failure in recent years. De La Soul took part in […]
Terence Patrick/CBS While 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, it also marks a milestone accomplishment for 50 Cent, who will be celebrating 20 years of his debut album. Reflecting on the early years of his career, he talked to Rolling Stone about his feud with Ja Rule, admitting he was went too far when he sparred against Fat Joe and all of Ja’s […]
Long in ‘The Best Man: The Final Chapters’ — Peacock/Clifton Prescod In an interview with The Cut, You People star Nia Long tells Hollywood she’s got a bit of a bone to pick for the movies she hasn’t been offered. Specifically, the Best Man veteran really wanted to be Neytiri in James Cameron‘s blockbuster Avatar […]
Legendary actor Laurence Fishburne takes an animated step into the Marvel Universe as the mysterious, mischievous and nearly all-powerful The Beyonder in the new Disney show Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. The series, which debuts Friday on Disney Channel and February 15 on Disney+, centers on 13-year-old super-genius Lunella Lafayette and her 10-ton T. rex, Devil Dinosaur. When an […]
Here’s some new music to add to your playlist. Eric Bellinger & Hitmaka, 1(800) HIT-EAZY: LINE 2 — The singer and producer reunited for another installment of their 1(800) HIT-EAZY series. “If you listen to the project from start to finish, you hear a 14-track story filled with love, vulnerability, and betrayal, but this time from the male’s perspective,” Bellinger said of the release. Mariah […]
Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Common is walking down memory lane in a recent installment of Vevo Footnotes. As part of the platform’s exclusive content celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, the rapper revisited the visual for “The Light,” off his 2000 album, Like Water, Like Chocolate. Common credited J. Dilla for the track’s production and Erykah Badu for inspiring the song, which is about the “different dimensions of […]
PRNewsfoto/PepsiCo,Frito-Lay North America Jack Harlow and Missy Elliott say they have high expectations for Rihanna and what she will do at her Super Bowl halftime show. Both chatted with Billboard about their excitement for Sunday’s performance, with Missy detailing, “I expect nothing less than the best from Rihanna.” Missy performed in the 2015 halftime show with Katy Perry and Lenny Kravitz. “When Rihanna steps out she […]
