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Credit: Maggie Conarro Beyoncé‘s hometown show in Houston Saturday was marred by a scary moment. Towards the end of her show, Bey performs “16 Carriages” while riding in a red Cadillac that’s suspended in the air. But on Saturday night, the car began tipping to one side, and then got stuck that way, leading to […]
Paramount+ LL Cool J is showing you where hip-hop was born in a new docuseries on Paramount+. A trailer for Hip Hop Was Born Here finds the rapper taking a trip to the park in the Bronx where DJ Kool Herc founded the genre. Also featured in the clip are Rev. Run, who discusses block […]
Andre D. Wagner Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s Grand National Tour is far from over, but it’s already become the highest-grossing co-billed tour in Billboard‘s Boxscore history. Billboard reports the two grossed $256.4 million, beating Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s On the Run II Tour by 1%. The tour also leads Billboard‘s list for the 40 biggest co-billed tours of all time and has […]
Teyana Taylor/Def Jam Recordings Teyana Taylor and beau, Aaron Pierre, lay in a “Bed of Roses” in the music video for the song. The visual starts with a monologue by Issa Rae, who is assuring her lover that he is in a safe space and can open up. “Did I imagine us? Did I imagine these feelings, did […]
Frank Ocean‘s debut album, Channel Orange, is now on vinyl 13 years after its release. It’s available as a gatefold two-LP with alternate cover art, but it excludes the song “White” featuring John Mayer. Fans can purchase the vinyl on Ocean’s Blonded website, though you should “allow 4-6 weeks for fulfillment.” Public Enemy has surprised fans with Black Sky Over […]
Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage Nelly and Ashanti now grace our small screens as stars of a new reality series, We Belong Together. The show will give fans a glimpse of their everyday lives as a rekindled romance, a story Ashanti believes can inspire fans. “I think people have seen us go through ups and downs, a […]
The 20th anniversary celebration of Keyshia Cole‘s debut album, The Way It Is, continues with the release of the album on vinyl. It’s been reissued as a two-LP limited-edition Rose Garden Pink Translucent vinyl, with the two-LP black vinyl also available. The limited-edition comes with “Love (Acapella)” as a bonus track as well as pictures […]
Disney/Christopher Willard T-Pain has expressed his gratitude for those who’ve supported him throughout his musical career, but he has no desire to make a new album. Speaking on the Crash Dummies podcast, he shared he simply doesn’t want to do a press run where he’d be “convincing people that my album is good.” “To put all this work […]
Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images It’s been a decade since Kehlani released You Should Be Here, and she’s grateful for the life-changing mixtape. “At the time I recorded it, I was just a hungry 19-year-old trying to follow up the splash that my first project made, trying to get my emotions down, trying to explain myself, trying […]
Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Federal prosecutors, discussing with the defense and Judge Arun Subramanian what instructions will be given to the jury, have afforded jurors 10 possible predicate acts to find Sean Combs guilty of racketeering conspiracy. To convict, they must unanimously agree on two of the so-called predicate acts. Two of the predicate […]
