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‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026′ performers. (Courtesy DCP) 50 Cent, Chance the Rapper, BigXTthaPlug and Ciara will be celebrating the start of 2026 with ABC. They’re announced as part of the lineup for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026.  Other artists slated to perform include Leon Thomas, […]

Rapper and actor Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and director Alexandria Stapleton discuss their new ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ docuseries on ‘Good Morning America.’ ABC News Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is opening up about his decision to executive produce a new docuseries about fellow rapper and mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently serving time in prison […]

Key art for ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ (Netflix) 50 Cent‘s documentary about Sean “Diddy” Combs now has an official release date. Sean Combs: The Reckoning will make its way to Netflix on Dec. 2. The doc was directed by Alexandria Stapleton, with 50 serving as an executive producer. Sean Combs: The Reckoning will examine the life and career of Diddy, including […]

‘Finally Over It’ cover art (LVRN/Interscope Records) Summer Walker has walked her way down the aisle and into the Billboard 200. Her album Finally Over It, which had a wedding-themed rollout, has debuted at #2 on the music chart. It earned 77,000 equivalent album units, 69,000 SEA units and 8,000 sales in the United States in the week ending […]

A studio group portrait of Labelle in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1975. (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns) R&B/funk group Labelle, best known for their iconic hit “Lady Marmalade,” is the subject of a new rock opera now in development. The show, titled Labelle, is being written by band member Nona Hendryx and Tony Award winner Lynn Nottage. It […]

Jimmy Cliff performs live on stage on Day 1 at the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix Marina Bay Street Circuit at the Padang on September 18, 2015 in Singapore. (Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images) Jimmy Cliff, a Grammy Award-winning singer and actor, who helped Jamaican reggae music find its place within global pop culture, is dead at […]

De La Soul has released their 10th studio album, Cabin in the Sky. It’s their first new album in nine years and the first since the death of late member Dave “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicouer. The latest in Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It series, it features Killer Mike, Black Thought, Common, Nas and more. “Releasing this album today feels like […]

Cover of Prince and the Revolution’s ‘Around the World in a Day’/(NPG Records/Legacy Recordings) Prince and the Revolution’s seventh studio album, Around the World in a Day, has just been reissued to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The album has been remastered and remixed in Dolby Atmos for the first time, which means fans can enjoy […]

Chadwick Boseman’s star is seen as the actor is honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 20, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images) Chadwick Boseman is the latest actor to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The late Black Panther actor received a posthumous star on Hollywood […]

(l-r) Maseo and Posdnous of hip hop group De La Soul during an interview on Thursday, March 16, 2023 — (Photo by: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images) De La Soul is gearing up for the release of their first album in nine years, Cabin in the Sky, and Kelvin “Posdnuos” Mercer tells Billboard he’s “feeling absolutely beautiful.” […]