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Legacy/Columbia Talk about a down-to-the-wire Christmas present: Mariah Carey has unwrapped a brand-new Billboard Hot 100 record. Her song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is spending another week at #1 on the Hot 100, bringing its collective run on top of that tally to 17 weeks. That’s longer than Mariah’s previous longest-running #1 hit, “One Sweet Day,” her […]
Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Denzel Washington‘s next phase of life includes sharing the word of God as a minister. Days before his 70th birthday, the actor rededicated his life to God on Saturday, getting baptized at Harlem’s Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ. He also received a minister license […]
Courtesy of Apple TV Season 2 of Apple TV’s Shrinking is coming to an end, with its finale dropping on Christmas Day. The season saw the addition of Damon Wayans Jr. as Derrick, a friend of Ted McGinley‘s Derek and the new love interest of Gaby, played by Jessica Williams. But Damon admits he knew nothing about the […]
Courtesy of BET+ Christmas is Wednesday, and among the many holiday films available to watch is Style Me for Christmas, streaming on BET+. Mario stars in the movie as Tedee Maxwell, an R&B heartthrob who offers a styling opportunity to Raven Goodwin‘s Tiffany Ford, a woman struggling to prevent eviction and keep her late mother’s boutique afloat. The […]
Gunna has released “Got Damn,” the song initially previewed at the end of the music video for “HIM ALL ALONG.” Produced by Aviator Keyyz, Bloublood and Timpani Beatz, the song finds Gunna demanding some respect while flossing his luxurious lifestyle. “On and off the jet, god damn, I don’t get no rest, god damn, I want my respect, […]
Usher‘s Past Present Future tour has officially come to an end…at least in North America. His final show was on Thursday in Miami’s Kaseya Center, where he brought out special guests Uncle Luke, Jermaine Dupri, DJ Khaled and JT Money. The North American trek sold over 800,000 tickets for 62 sold-out shows, with a lineup of surprise guest including SWV, Keyshia […]
Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images Yung Miami is in her Yams era. For those who don’t know what that means, she breaks it down to Summer Walker on the latest episode of Summer’s Over It Radio. “The Yams era is my solo era. It’s just me on my own and I feel like Yams, for […]
Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella Kid Cudi is ready to share his life story in a memoir that will released over the summer. In an X post Thursday, he announced that Cudi: The Memoir, now available for preorder, will come out Aug. 5 via Simon & Schuster. Cudi’s book news arrives shortly after he’d given fans […]
Disney/Randy Holmes A Doechii and Issa Rae collab might not have been on our bingo cards for 2024, but it’s here. Doechii performed her song “Denial Is a River” for Genius’ Open Mic series, and she tapped Issa to help her with the conversation that’s part of the song. “I had this crazy idea while listening to Doechii’s […]
Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images The Recording Academy has announced the honorees receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Special Merit Awards Ceremony in February, naming the late Frankie Beverly, gospel vocalist and radio host Dr. Bobby Jones, blues musician Taj Mahal, Prince and hip-hop’s Roxanne Shante among the 2025 group. They’ll be receiving the […]