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VMA The MTV VMAs have unveiled the nominations for four social categories: Best Trending Video, VMAs Most Iconic Performance, Song of the Summer and Best Group. The nominees for Best Trending Video include Beyoncé for “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM,” Megan Thee Stallion ft. Yuki Chiba for “Mamushi” and Tinashe for “Nasty.” Beyoncé is also nominated in the […]

Def Jam Recordings Big Sean’s sixth studio album, Better Me Than You, has arrived. The follow-up to 2020’s Detroit 2 includes 21 tracks and a slew of features, including Charlie Wilson on the song “Break the Cycle,” Gunna on “It Is What It Is,” and Bryson Tiller and Kodak Black on “This N That.”  Sean […]

Ashanti is set to perform at the Raising the Bar benefit concert to raise awareness and support for victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse. The concert will take place Oct. 24 at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, and tickets are on sale now. Pharrell’s movie musical with […]

ART@WAR/Atlantic Records Cordae is teaming up with Anderson .Paak again for the new single “Summer Drop,” out now. The track marks their third collaboration, following last year’s “Two Tens” and 2019’s “RNP.” All three songs were produced by J. Cole.  “Summer Drop” also comes with an official music video, directed by Samba, which features the two […]

Michael Kovac/Getty Images for LACMA A$AP Rocky‘s new single may have been leaked, but he’s just shaking it off. The rapper announced Thursday that his song “Tailor Swif,” which was previously leaked, will be released on Friday. The song, which is named after pop superstar Taylor Swift but is otherwise not associated with her, is […]

Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images After TLC was forced to cancel two shows due to T-Boz’s illness, the singer took to Instagram to clear up some of the rumors surrounding her medical issues. She said she experienced an abominable blockage due to scar tissue from a surgery she had 24 years ago and that it had nothing […]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET via Getty Images Tinashe had a viral moment this year with her song “Nasty.” Now, the singer is reflecting on what it was like to have the world matching each other’s freak — all because of her song. “Going viral is fun. It’s everything that you expect it to be. […]

Spotify has officially crowned its 2024 Songs of Summer, and Kendrick Lamar‘s Drake diss track “Not Like Us” made the list in the top five. Also included on Spotify’s Songs of Summer playlist are Tinashe‘s “Nasty” and Tommy Richman‘s “Million Dollar Baby.” Electronic supergroup Swedish House Mafia is teaming up with Alicia Keys for a […]

Netflix/Perry Well Films 2 Netflix has dropped a teaser to The Six Triple Eight, the based-on-real-life drama from Tyler Perry. Kerry Washington plays the no-nonsense Maj. Charity Adams in the World War II film: She was the leader of what was known as the U.S. Army’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The group was comprised […]

Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella Lauryn Hill and the Fugees may have canceled their 2024 tour, but Ms. Hill gave her former high school classmates an impromptu live performance earlier in August.  The singer showed up to her Columbia High School reunion in Maplewood, New Jersey, and sang some of her hits, including “Ex-Factor” off […]