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mega/gamma Usher‘s ninth studio album, Coming Home, has finally arrived.  The 20-track project includes appearances by H.E.R., The-Dream, Summer Walker, 21 Savage and Latto, with a title song featuring Burna Boy. It also follows the release of the #6 track, “Ruin,” and its matching music video featuring Nigerian artist Pheelz.  Coming Home comes after a 2023 that saw Usher’s well-attended My Way Las Vegas residency go viral — and kicks off an action-packed 2024 with an upcoming headlining […]

Streamcut & RCA Records Latto is taking things to church with her latest new single, “Sunday Service,” making it clear to any doubters that she’s the IT girl.   “I don’t sing R&B but, b****, I’m really her, f*** wrong with n*****?” she raps on the chorus. “I hang up the phone on n***** (Click) You ain’t my […]

Usher during the Black Eyed Peas’ halftime show in 2011; Christopher Polk/Getty Images Bringing out special guests during the Super Bowl halftime show has become a thing in recent years — except for Rihanna, unless you want to count the baby in her belly at the time as a “guest.” This year’s Super Bowl halftime performer, Usher, […]

On this day in Black history, February 9: — In 1953, author Ralph Ellison became the first Black writer to win the National Book Award for his debut novel, Invisible Man. — In 1971, Leroy “Satchel” Paige became the first Negro League veteran to be nominated for the Baseball Hall of Fame. The pitching legend was inducted in August 1971. […]

Ethan Miller/Getty Images While trying to decide which of his many iconic hits he’ll try to jam into his halftime at the Super Bowl Sunday, Usher‘s criteria can be summed up in one word: celebration. “What I did is, I was very mindful of my past, celebrating my present, which is here in Las Vegas, and thinking […]

ABC/Michael Le Brecht II Lola Brooke has released her latest single, a tribute to rappers who have died called “God Bless All the Rappers.” On the new track, the New York native makes mention of a few rap artists who were victims of gun violence, including Pop Smoke and PnB Rock.  In one of the verses Lola raps, “How could you kill Chinx Drugz, King […]

CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images It’s been 50 years since the iconic TV sitcom Good Times first aired on CBS, and this weekend, TV One is celebrating with a three-day marathon.  Starting Friday, February 9, at 8 p.m. ET and continuing through Sunday, February 11, the network will air Good Times 50 Still Golden, an exclusively curated event featuring special content […]

Billboard They were first announced as a Billboard Women in Music award recipients, but now, the publication reveals Victoria Monét and Tems will be performing at the show, too.  Monét, the recipient of the Rising Star Award, and Tems, who’s recognized as the Breakthrough Honoree, will take the stage to play some of their hits at this year’s event, which is hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross. They’ll join previously […]

Courtesy Apple Music By necessity, most Super Bowl halftime shows clock in at about 13 or 13 1/2 minutes, though some past shows have pushed it a bit. Well, you can count Usher in the “pushing it a bit” camp: He says he managed to convince the powers that be to let him have a whole 15 minutes […]