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TDE/RCA SZA has worked her way back to the top of the Billboard 200, securing the position with her album SOS. According to Luminate, the project earned 52,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending April 24, bumping it up from its previous spot at #3. With SOS‘ 13 weeks at #1, it makes Billboard 200 history with the most weeks […]

Courtesy Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Outkast and Salt-N-Pepa‘s contributions to the world of rap have earned them a future induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Outkast is among those being honored in the performer category, securing an induction as first-time nominees. Featuring André 3000 and Big Boi, the group will be […]

Photo by Prince Williams/FilmMagic Too $hort recently added to his catalog with Sir Too $hort Vol. 1 (Freaky Tales), his first album in five years. Speaking to Billboard, he said the break was the result of his perception of the industry, which he notes has drastically changed since he kicked off his career. “I make a lot […]

A federal judge in New York on Friday allowed a video depicting Sean Combs kicking and dragging then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel in March 2016 into his upcoming sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial. “The defense can’t show the footage is inadmissible,” Judge Arun Subramanian said in a ruling from the bench. “There’s no […]

Gravitas Ventures Cory Hardrict is back on the movie screens, starring in the new indie thriller Die Like a Man. The actor portrays a gangster named Solo who has returned home after a 10-year bid to a gentrified neighborhood void of friends who have either died, been jailed or simply moved on with their lives. He tasks himself […]

Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Kehlani will no longer be performing at Cornell University’s Slope Day, an end-of-semester tradition following the last day of classes. Cornell president Michael I. Kotlikoff shared a memo Wednesday to officialize the decision, citing concerns with the singer’s public support of Palestine. “Unfortunately, although it was not the intention, the selection of Kehlani as […]

Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Ravyn Lenae has been hard at work since releasing her first song in 2015, and now, her song “Love Me Not” is a Hot 100 hit. She tells Billboard she received the news on what she remembers as a great day. “I was at home watching TV, and my manager called me and […]

Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images Rema recently kicked off his Heis World Tour, but a slight change has been made to the date of his New York show. Initially scheduled to take place on May 3, the concert has been rescheduled to May 2. The reason for the change is a potential Game 7 between […]

Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for ESSENCE The Roots, Styles P, Big Freedia and Laila! are some of the acts tapped to perform at the 2025 Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, a series of free and benefit shows held in parks across New York’s five boroughs. Styles P will perform at the Coney Island Amphitheater on […]