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Motown Gospel Tasha Cobbs Leonard is well known in the gospel world, but she has yet to release a studio album. That time has finally come, as she’s announced her debut, Tasha, will arrive on July 25. The album will feature 15 songs infused with gospel, worship, pop, hip-hop and ‘80s R&B influences. The album features John Legend, […]
Photo by Aeon/GC Images Lizzo flexes her rap skills on her surprise mixtape, My Face Hurts From Smiling, a project she feels has healed her depression. The mixtape, she tells Rolling Stone, was a spontaneous one inspired by the success of her freestyle to “Whim Whammie” by Pluto and YK Niece. “The process for this mixtape […]
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 […]
