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In celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, ABC Audio is breaking down each decade with important dates and memorable moments of the genre. The 2000s and 2010s ushered in a new digital age, so we’ve listed some artists of each decade and their top Billboard hits. Risk-takers of the 2000s — Jay-Z, “Empire State of Mind“Eminem, “Lose Yourself” Diddy, “I’ll Be Missing […]
ABC/Ashley Riegle Lil Tay, the child rapper and YouTube star, has died. According to reports, she was 14 years old. The family of Tay, born Claire Hope, issued a statement about her death in a post on Instagram Wednesday, August 9. A cause of death has not been revealed. “It is with a heavy heart that we share the devastating news […]
ABC Jamie Foxx is proving he’s still got moves as he recovers from that undisclosed medical emergency that led to his hospitalization in April. Olympic volleyball veteran turned pickleball player Casey Patterson posted to Instagram part of a doubles match he was recently playing against the Oscar winner and a teammate. Jamie returned Patterson’s teammate […]
Motown/UMe The 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s classic album Let’s Get It On will be celebrated with a new deluxe edition of the album, dropping digitally on August 25. The expanded edition will include 33 bonus tracks, 18 of which have never been released before. The bonus material consists of unheard mixes from the six-months of recording sessions that went […]
Austin Hartgroves Looking for Labor Day weekend plans? Boyz II Men is heading up Fontainebleau’s famed LIV nightclub in Miami Beach on Friday, September 1. The Grammy-winning group, responsible for top ’90s songs “On Bended Knee” and “I’ll Make Love to You,” will make their third BleauLive appearance as they host an intimate night of their top R&B hits and […]
Walt Disney Television/Yolanda Perez Amid the ongoing Hollywood strikes, actor Billy Porter shared the personal toll it has taken on him revealing that he has no choice but to put his house up for sale. “I have to sell my house,” Porter shared in a recent interview with the Evening Standard. “Because we’re on strike. And I don’t […]
Stewart Cook/CBS The microphone that Cardi B threw into the audience at a Las Vegas show late last month has been sold to an eBay buyer for $99,900 on Tuesday morning. The microphone — originally listed at $500 — belonged Las Vegas audio production company owner Scott Fisher, who says 100% of the profits would be split between Friendship Circle Las Vegas, an […]
In celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, ABC Audio is breaking down each decade with important dates and memorable moments of the genre — with the “Golden Age” of the ’90s, the takeover of “hip-hop rap” and the birth of legendary artists credited for changing the game. Representing for the West Coast — Compton group N.W.A, formed by Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Arabian Prince and Ice […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for shooting and injuring Megan Thee Stallion in July 2020. Lanez, 31, who was convicted on Dec. 23, 2022 for shooting and injuring the hip-hop star, whose legal name is Megan Pete, was initially set to be sentenced in January but […]
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images In October of 2022, Steve Lacy was performing his #1 hit “Bad Habit” at a show in New Orleans when a fan threw a disposable camera at him and hit him in the chest. Steve smashed the camera, cut the show short and refused to apologize. He was vilified for it, but he says […]