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Live Nation Urban The Roots have announced a Los Angeles version of their famed Roots Picnic, the Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life concert, taking place next summer. The iconic rap group will headline the show alongside a lineup of beloved hip-hop stars: Queen Latifah, Common, Arrested Development, Digable Planets, The Pharcyde, Dres from Black Sheep and more to be announced. The inaugural event is set to take […]
Top Dawg Entertainment Top Dawg Entertainment, the label that was formerly home to Kendrick Lamar, will host its annual Christmas concert and toy giveaway this month. In its 10th year, the #TDEXMAS holiday tradition features performances by TDE’s current roster of artists — SZA, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Doechii, Isaiah Rashad and SiR — as well as special guests. Entry into the show is complimentary with a donation of […]
Joe Faraoni/ESPN Images Ciara is now a mother of four. The singer took to Instagram Monday, December 11, to announce the birth of Amora Princess Wilson, her daughter with NFL star Russell Wilson. “We Love You so much!” she captioned her post, revealing the newborn weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounce. She announced her pregnancy in August by sharing a sweet video of her dancing to […]
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival A new documentary about Gloria Gaynor is hitting theaters next year. Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival last June, will hit select theaters on February 13. “For the last 40 years I’ve been telling you I will survive,” she says in the new trailer for the flick, referring to her […]
Republic Records Nicki Minaj is welcoming the Barbz to arenas around the world with her highly-anticipated Pink Friday 2 Tour. For her biggest tour to date, Nicki will travel to major cities in support of her long-awaited fifth album, Pink Friday 2. She dropped off the Pink Friday sequel, with features from Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Drake and more, on Friday, December 8, her 41st birthday. […]
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Will Smith took a trip down memory lane and tapped into his Fresh Prince alter ego during a recent performance celebrating 50 years of hip-hop. Joining forces with friend and longtime collaborator DJ Jazzy Jeff at the Grammys Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop, which aired on CBS Sunday night, December 10, Smith helped to celebrate hip-hop’s […]
Top Dawg/RCA In 2023, everything SZA touched turned to Gold … and Platinum. The “Snooze” singer ends 2023 as the Recording Industry Association of America’s most-certified artist of the year. She scored the most certified releases this year — 15 — as well as the Top Album, SOS, certified three-times Platinum, and the Top Single, “Kill Bill,” certified five-times Platinum. Taking […]
“H*es Up Pimps Down” is the theme for Latto‘s annual birthday bash. She revealed the theme by way of a fully-produced visual featuring a voiceover by the party’s host, Flavor Flav. “Everybody grab your mink coats and gather ’round, ‘cus on December 22, player’s ball is taking over the town,” Flav is heard saying. Past party themes include Wild Wild West, […]
Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic Cardi B is a single woman. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper hopped on Instagram Live with an update that she and her rapper husband, Offset, are no longer together. “The last time I got on Live I kind of wanted to tell you guys, but I didn’t know how to tell you, so I was like […]
Maybach Music Group Meek Mill says he’s working on another hit intro. The new song, he says, will outdo the iconic “Dreams and Nightmares” that dropped 11 years ago. “I just laid a new intro …. I think it will top dreams and nightmares!” Meek tweeted. “Nobody can tell me different but the streets!” The “Ima Boss” rapper […]