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Astana Music Inc/ BFD/The Orchard Kool & The Gang is back with new music. The band, led by founding members Robert “Kool” Bell and George “Funky” Brown, will drop the brand new album, People Just Wanna Have Fun, on July 14. It features the already released first single, “Let’s Party,” featuring Sha Sha Jones.  “You’ve got the funk, you’ve got the […]

Courtesy Apple Music Nielsen’s update on the viewership numbers for Super Bowl LVII have revealed another accomplishment for Rihanna. As USA Today reports, the singer’s halftime performance garnered 121 million views, making it the most-watched in Super Bowl history. Rih’s halftime show included live renditions of hits “Work,” “Pour It Up” and “Wild Thoughts,” some marketing for her Fenty Beauty brand and, […]

Courtesy of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame The Spinners are finally being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Henry Fambrough, the last surviving founding member, couldn’t be happier. “It feels great. I really does,” Fambrough tells Billboard. “I just wish all the other guys were here to see it. It really is […]

Courtesy of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Months after making history as the first female hip-hop artist nominated to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Missy Elliott has been announced as part of this year’s 2023 class. The rapper will be inducted in the HOF’s performer category, which honors artists whose music impacted and influenced […]

Lemonada Media, Ryan Pfluger, and August Image. Darlene Love is the latest guest on Lemonada Media’s new podcast Wiser Than Me, hosted Julia Louis-Dreyfus.  The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer chats with the former Seinfeld star about a whole host of subjects, including her early career working as a backup singer for Elvis Presley, working with Phil Spector and more.  Love describes […]

Manny Hernandez/Getty Images Shaquille O’Neal teams up with Blackway on his new single “King Talk,” his official rap return since dropping songs in the ’90s. Speaking to People, he says the song, released in time to celebrate the NBA Playoffs, is “the type of record that gets me hyped like I’m walking out for Game 7 of the finals.” It […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Teyana Taylor abided by the theme for the 2023 Met Gala, but she did her own thing when it came to the food she consumed. The star brought some food from Chik-fil-A to the event, opting out of the menu, which included salmon, asparagus and pea soup. Pusha T captured Teyana’s meal on his Instagram Story, […]

Sonja Flemming/CBS Another debatable list has been shared in honor of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary. This time, Rolling Stone ranked its picks for the 100 Greatest West Coast Hip-Hop Songs of All Time. The list features the likes of veterans Tupac, Dr. Dre and N.W.A, as well as modern-day stars Kendrick Lamar, Tyler, the Creator and Saweetie.  The #1 pick is Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg with “Nuthin’ But A […]

Courtesy Live Nation Chance the Rapper‘s extending the celebration of Acid Rap‘s 10-year anniversary with two new shows. While on Late Night with Seth Meyers, he announced he’ll be performing in New York and LA. Chance’s New York show will take place August 26 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. His concert in LA will go down September […]

NBC Ten years ago this year, Chance the Rapper released his Acid Rap mixtape, which he believes is a “cult-classic.” Speaking to Complex, he says the project’s sound was incomparable to other albums that were out at the time. “There’s definitely nothing that sounds like Acid Rap if you go back to 2013,” he said. “Like, you got [Kanye West’s] Yeezus, you got [Drake’s] Nothing […]