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Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET Looks like the long-awaited book on Lil’ Kim‘s life and career is one step closer to release. The New York rapper took to social media with an update on the upcoming memoir titled The Queen Bee, revealing that its in the final stages of the editing process.  “It’s been a long journey beehive,” she wrote on Instagram along […]

Eric Lars Bakke / ESPN Images Usher has tapped 21 Savage and Summer Walker for his new song “Good Good,” expected out Friday, August 4.  The upcoming track will show up on the Grammy winner’s untitled ninth studio album set to drop sometime this fall and will be released via mega, Usher’s music collective founded in part by L.A. Reid.   “Good Good” arrives at a time […]

Taylor Hill/Getty Image Serena Williams and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, have some thrilling news to share — they’re expecting a baby girl! The couple, who are already doting parents to their adorable 5-year-old daughter Olympia, documented the moment in a YouTube video showcasing the fabulous baby shower-slash-gender reveal party to share the exciting news in style. Decked out in a lovely […]

Gregory Bojorquez/Getty Images On August 1, 1963, beloved rapper Coolio was born Artis Leon Ivey Jr. in a small town in Pennsylvania.  After moving to Compton, where his rap career began, he gained notoriety in hip-hop as part of the Los Angeles-based group WC and the Maad Circle in the early ’90s. Coolio went on to achieve mainstream success with his albums It […]

Glover in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ — Lucasfilm Back in 2020, Haunted Mansion director Justin Simien was tapped for another Disney property, but one set in a galaxy far, far away. Simien had been developing a Disney+ show spun from Donald Glover‘s portrayal of swaggering space smuggler Lando Calrissian as seen in 2018’s Solo: […]

Cash Money Records Nicki Minaj readys the release of Pink Friday 2 by teasing fans with what’s to come from the forthcoming album. “Y’all, I’m not even kidding,” she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “In 111 days… Pink Friday 2 is coming to save & restore hope in mankind omg barbz I love you I dooooo!” She added, […]

Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Essence Latto joined legendary rapper Rakim for a remix version of his 1992 classic “Don’t Sweat the Technique.” As part of Sprite’s Limelight program and in celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, the duo released a snippet of the reimagined song and music video film, expected out August 18. Latto teased the new venture on Instagram saying, “I’m not […]

Stephanie Diani/Bravo It’s still summer, but before long it will be fall, which means a new season of Southern Charm is around the corner and Venita Aspen, one of the stars of the show, tells ABC Audio fans are in for a bumpy ride.  “I would tell you to put on not one, but two seatbelts,” she teases. […]

Stewart Cook/CBS Cardi B was the latest victim of a dangerous trend in which artists are hit with objects thrown on stage by an audience member, but this time she got even. In a video making rounds on social media, the rapper is seen throwing a microphone at an audience member who tossed a drink at her […]

Noel Vasquez/Getty Images for Hennessy It’s hard to talk 50 years of hip-hop without mentioning Nas.  Thanks to his decades-long rap career and indelible contributions to the genre, he’s often regarded as legendary or iconic — titles the New York rapper says mean much to him.  “It’s an honor. I don’t take it lightly,” he tells Ebony. “It […]