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Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Will Smith is not getting jiggy with the memes connecting him to Diddy‘s freak-offs. During a performance in San Diego Friday, he took some time in his set to clarify he’s never participated or witnessed the alleged sex trafficking that was involved in the alleged drug-fueled orgies. […]

Ethan Miller/Getty Images via ABC Drake donated $10,000 toward the prize money for a contest looking for his doppelgänger. The Casuals Cakery bakery in Toronto hosted the event on Saturday. It shared a screenshot capturing the moment Drake offered up the prize money. “I’m adding 10 bands to the look alike contest. As the main prize,” he […]

Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images Doechii is an animated rapper who makes use of dynamics, different flows and sound changes in her music, and she explains why in a conversation with Brittany Howard for Rolling Stone‘s latest Musicians on Musicians series. “There’s so many different emotions that I feel like you don’t have to emote in one […]

ABC/John Argueta 2024, naming Tyla as #1. She jumps up from being #14 last year, thanks to her hit single “Water” and its 51-week run on the weekly U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, as well as her self-titled album having 10 of 14 songs reach the chart. “Water” is the #1 track on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs year-end […]

LL COOL J, Inc. LL COOL J is still celebrating his comeback album, The FORCE, hence the release of his limited-edition skate decks and triptychs. A partnership with THE SKATEROOM, the exclusive line brings together graphics inspired by The FORCE‘s artwork and the artistry of skateboarding culture, according to a release. There are only 200 solo decks […]

DMX was a man of God, a side of him displayed in his second posthumous project, Let Us Pray: Chapter X. Produced by gospel’s own Warryn Campbell, it features eight tracks: four songs of DMX’s prayers on Warryn’s beats and their respective instrumentals. Killer Mike, MaryMary, Lecrae, Snoop Dogg, Terrace Martin, Lena Bird-Myles and RoyzNoyzOrchestra appear on the […]

Death Row/Aftermath/Interscope Records The wait is over: The highly anticipated Dr. Dre-produced Snoop Dogg album, Missionary, is officially out. Featuring Eminem, 50 Cent, Method Man, BJ the Chicago Kid and singles “Outta Da Blue” with Anus, the Sting-assisted “Another Part of Me” and “Gorgeous” with Jhené Aiko, the album marks Snoop and Dre’s first collaborative album […]

New Citizen/Epic Records Mario is back with a new album, Glad You Came, an invitation to a new era in his life and a journey of confidence, flirtation, love, intimacy and vulnerability.  The project pays homage to the music Mario loves, starting with a jazz and R&B fusion and turning into more contemporary songs along the […]