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AEG Presents and Free Lunch Keyshia Cole is about to embark on her The Way It Is 20th anniversary tour. The singer, who released her debut album in 2005, tells Billboard fans can expect the tour to be a representation of her journey as both an artist and as a person. “I’m excited, as it’s been my goal […]

Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage Big Freedia is taking a break from bounce music to get back to the music that shaped her and helped her through some tough times. She tells Billboard her new gospel album, Pressing Onward, is her attempt to provide the world with “a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel” as “we’re living […]

CMG/Interscope Records GloRilla has released the new music video for her song “Rain Down on Me.” In the Benny Boom-directed clip, she praises God in the middle of a desert alongside gospel greats Kirk Franklin, Kierra Sheard, Chandler Moore and Maverick City Music. The video also follows a homeless, single mother as she is blessed with money […]

Parkwood Entertainment Beyhive fans in the crowd at Beyoncé‘s final Cowboy Carter show in Paris were treated to quite the surprise. While wrapping the weekend in the City of Love, the family affair included one more person from the Carter clan: Bey’s husband, Jay-Z. He joined Bey for their songs “Crazy in Love” and “Drunk in […]

Jussie Smollett is engaged. The Empire alum revealed the big news on Instagram over the weekend, posting a series of photos from his proposal to boyfriend Jabari Redd. Smollett shared that the moment unfolded just one day before his 43rd birthday celebration. “I’ll be spending my birthday with my Fiancé,” he wrote in the caption. “He said YES.” The snaps in […]

Photo by Timothy Norris/Getty Images for Coachella Amaarae has kicked off her Black Star era with a new song, “S.M.O.” It’s an acronym for “slut me out,” an indication of the grown women vibes fans will hear on her forthcoming album. “Black Star to me is the genesis of me feeling sure and confident in myself as a […]

Joseph “Fat Joe” Cartagena is being accused of sex trafficking, fraud and more in a new lawsuit brought by a former employee. The 157-page lawsuit was filed June 19 in the Southern District of New York by lawyer Tyrone Blackburn on behalf of Terrance “T. A.” Dixon, who says he worked with Cartagena for over […]

John Legend has added Las Vegas as a stop on his Get Lifted 20th Anniversary World Tour. He’ll be making his way to Sin City on Sept. 26 for a show taking place at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Tickets will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. PT via ticketmaster.com. Joey Bada$$ and […]

Disney/Randy Holmes Halle Bailey is getting candid about motherhood, postpartum depression, her appearance and more in a new song titled “Braveface.” “Sittin’ on the floor, curled up in a ball/ Lookin’ in the mirror and I feel so f*****’ small,” she sings in the first verse over a guitar-plucked instrumental. “Then I grab my makeup bag and […]