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Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images After a week of teasing, Nicki Minaj dropped her new single “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” at midnight Friday.  The track is the rapper’s first release of the year and samples Lumidee‘s catchy 2003 hit “Never Leave You (Uh Oh).” On the single, she references her street-fighter alter ego Chun-Li, which is also featured in the promotional […]

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Michael B. Jordan now has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He received the 2751st star on Wednesday, celebrating alongside family and friends. Actor Jonathan Majors and director Ryan Coogler honored MBJ with heartfelt speeches during the ceremony. Coogler reflected on meeting Michael at a Starbucks back when he was considering him for Fruitvale Station. “We sat down […]

Francis Specker/CBS California Rep. Robert Garcia instantly became a fan of Beyoncé when he saw her perform with her former group Destiny’s Child. The newly elected member of Congress is such a “huge fan” that he decided to honor her Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. “Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the end of Black History […]

ABC/Gilles Mingasson Twelve women were selected to be on TIME‘s Women of the Year list, and among them are actresses Angela Bassett and Quinta Brunson.  Angela’s career spans over three decades and includes an Academy Award-winning role as Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do With It. Most recently, she earned another Oscar nomination for portraying Queen Mother of Wakanda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Having played characters who […]

Courtesy Audible Inc. Kelly Rowland is back to judging, this time for Audible Inc.’s new podcast Breakthrough. The former X Factor judge has been tapped alongside Sara Bareilles to judge what is the first singing competition show launched exclusively in this kind of format. The pair will mentor and guide five contestants, whose physical appearances will be concealed as they go through […]

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic The Weeknd is going from making original songs for movies to starring in them. Billboard heard from his rep that the singer will star in his first feature-length film. Previously, he’s contributed original songs to movies such as Avatar: The Way of Water and 50 Shades of Grey. He also made a cameo in the 2019 movie Uncut Gems. As for […]

Courtesy Dreamville Records/Dreamville Festival Dreamville Festival will be making its return in April, with headliners Drake, J. Cole, Usher and Burna Boy.  Usher will headline the first night, April 1, after performances from artists including Lil Durk, Ari Lennox, City Girls, Sean Paul, Key Glock and Sir. On the second and final day, Drake and Cole will headline, as will Nigeria’s own Burna. Summer Walker, J.I.D., GloRilla, Waka Flocka Flame, Mario and more will warm up […]

Walt Disney Television/Yolanda Perez For a “slap heard ’round the world,” precious little has been heard publicly from the guy on the receiving end of it, Chris Rock. As reported in April 2022, Rock mentioned onstage he wouldn’t talk about it at length until he gets “paid” for it — and it seems Netflix brought […]

Stewart Cook/CBS Cardi B has been carrying out community service work as a result of her involvement in a 2018 strip club fight and it appears she’s having a great experience. Taking to Twitter Saturday, she said, “Community service has been the best thing that has happened to me.” Her work, Cardi says, has been “[a]lmost like a spiritual journey because […]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images for MGM Studios Michael B. Jordan has a memory longer than his filmography, and he proved it over the weekend when he encountered a woman who admittedly used to tease the “corny” kid from Newark. Podcast host Lore’l had used MBJ’s name to score some cred on her show, boasting how she […]