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Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Live Nation Urban Usher‘s been on a roll.  The eight-time Grammy winner has added another music achievement to his repertoire: he earned another #1 on the Billboard charts. “Good Good,” Usher’s hit collaboration with Summer Walker and 21 Savage, has topped the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, marking the singer’s 16th song to nab the top spot.  “Mann..I just want to […]

ABC/Jeffrey Neira Fresh off the release of his surprise double album, I Might Forgive… But I Don’t Forget, Jeezy is gearing up to deliver more to fans with a tell-all conversation featuring actress Nia Long.  In the teaser clip shared to Instagram and YouTube Monday, the Grammy-nominated rapper seems to address personal life struggles, including trauma, betrayal and imposter syndrome. “Your truth will set you free, […]

Richard Bord/Getty Images Offset joined forces with Vevo to release a live performance of one of his latest songs, “On the River.” The nearly two-minute visual, curated as part of Vevo’s Ctrl series, marks the rapper’s debut performance with his toddler son, Wave Set Cephus. With Wave in his arms, Offset stands in front of a studio microphone and raps the intro […]

ABC Missy Elliott‘s mom seems to have been drinking from the fountain of youth.  After the newly inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer treated the internet to rare images of her mother, Patricia Elliott, fans were stunned by her youthful appearance and beauty.  Missy, who became the first female rapper inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, unveiled not one […]

ABC/Randy Holmes With a few days until the release of his new album 11:11, Chris Brown dropped off his latest song, “Nightmares.” The dancehall-inspired single, featuring reggae artist Byron Messia, is one of 22 tracks expected to show up on Brown’s 11th studio project, which’ll double as a two-sided album and is set for release on Saturday, November 11.  The […]

Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press via Getty Images Kendrick Lamar is set to headline Move Afrika: Rwanda, a groundbreaking touring project by Global Citizen and Lamar’s creative entity, pgLang. The inaugural Move Afrika event will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, on December 6 at the BK Arena and marks the first step in the organization’s ambitious plan to expand […]

Netflix Kevin Hart leads an all-star cast in the upcoming Netflix action-comedy Lift. The movie from Friday and Fate and the Furious director F. Gary Gray has the funnyman playing Cyrus Whitaker, a crack thief who is tasked by a law enforcement agent played by Loki‘s Gugu Mbatha-Raw to pull off one big score — […]

Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for The Webby Awards SZA‘s list of accomplishments is growing by the day. The singer was recently named Variety‘s Hitmaker of the Year, an honor she’ll receive at the trade’s annual Hitmakers celebration. “The goal of Hitmakers always has been to honor the top artists and songs of the year, and especially the […]

Scott Dudelson/Getty Images After years of jokes and complaints about her tardiness at live shows, Ms. Lauryn Hill is addressing the matter.  “They say, ‘Oh, she’s late’ and ‘She’s late tonight,’” Hill told fans Saturday during her show at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. “Yo, y’all are lucky I make it to this bloodclot stage every […]