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Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Black Music Action Coalition Quality Control Music, the label behind Migos, Lil Baby, City Girls and Lil Yachty, has been acquired by Scooter Braun‘s HYBE. Billboard reports CEO Kevin “Coach K” Lee and COO Pierre “P” Thomas sold the label and its parent company, QC Media Holdings, to the South Korean music company in a deal worth $300 million in cash and stock. “P […]

Courtesy AK Worldwide Productions, Inc/ RCA Records Alicia Keys has dropped the music video for “Stay,” her collaboration with fellow R&B star Lucky Daye. The visual, released in time for Valentine’s Day, finds the singers performing their respective verses on a sandy beach by the water. “Stay” was one of the additional tracks on Alicia’s Keys II, the deluxe version of her […]

Courtesy P Music Group, Inc. Babyface is back with a new song, his first solo single since 2015’s Return of the Tender Lover. Released Thursday, “As a matter of fact” also marks the release of his first track under the P Music Group Label. The song, co-produced by Tommy Brown, finds him singing about the emotions experienced when falling […]

Jamie Hawkesworth/Vogue If there’s one star who’s been known for her unique sense of style, it’s Erykah Badu. Since her early days in the music industry, she’s had what Vogue called an “ethereal personal style and signature sound” that she continues to flaunt. Funnily enough, Badu only recently learned about fashion brands. She tells Vogue that she was more concerned […]

Sonja Flemming/CBS There was a meeting of the Trevors at the 65th annual Grammy Awards. Host Trevor Noah shared the moment in which he encountered Busta Rhymes, born Trevor Smith Jr., at the event. In the clip posted to Instagram, Noah walks up to Busta while singing the chorus to his 2001 song “What It Is.” He then praised Busta’s performance in […]

Dana Trippe John Legend is back with a reimagined version of his last album, Legend. Legend (Solo Piano Version) features stripped-down versions of a few songs from the 2022 album, as well as covers of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and Sade’s “By Your Side.” “The album was a lot of fun to put together,” Legend tells People of his new album. “I’d […]

Netflix/Parrish Lewis You People, the romantic comedy that sees co-writer Jonah Hill desperately trying to impress his girlfriend’s rigid dad, played by Eddie Murphy, kept ’em laughing for another week on Netflix. The movie held onto the #1 slot on the streaming giant’s English Language film list, with another 65.6 million hours viewed last week. […]

CBS/Recording Academy Jay-Z may have 24 Grammys to his name, but he’s had moments where he felt slighted by the Recording Academy. For that reason, the rapper now looks at Grammy nominations as a marketing strategy. “I remove myself from the process and hope they just get it right,” he said in an interview with TIDAL. “It got […]

Dave Hogan/Getty Images Michael Jackson’s huge catalog of music is reportedly the next one to be sold. Sources tell Variety that the late singer’s estate is working on a deal to sell half of its interests in Jackson’s catalog, possibly to Sony and a financial partner. The deal is reportedly worth between $800 and $900 million. It […]

Rich Polk/NBC Hulu is giving fans a first look at a new documentary series featuring some of hip-hop’s visionaries and emerging stars. Rap Caviar Presents will see the likes of City Girls, Roddy Ricch, Coi Leray and more “tackle some of today’s most provocative issues” through their respective stories. In the teaser, Tyler, the Creator and Pharrell Williams share their memories of the encounter and […]