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National Geographic National Geographic has tapped Oscar nominees Angela Bassett and Jeremy Renner, and Emmy nominee Awkwafina to narrate a trio of shows bound for Disney+.  Bassett, who was nominated for playing Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, will produce and narrate Queens, which “features matriarchies and female leaders around the world to tell a story of sacrifice and resilience but […]

Getty Images via ABC There’ll only ever be one Michael Jackson.  But as far as record setting within the music industry goes, there’s a rapper who’s gunning for MJ’s top spot.  According to Billboard, Drake tied Jackson with 13 Hot 100 #1 songs in the list’s history of entries by a solo male artist. Drake achieved the feat with “First Person […]

Opium Records/LVRN/Interscope Records Summer Walker is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Last Day of Summer with the upcoming remix release of one of the album’s most popular songs.  She’ll soon put out the Girls Need Love (Girls Mix) EP, a compilation album of five remix versions to the original 2019 track “Girls Need Love.”  Comprising the project, expected out October 20, […]

ABC/JENN ACKERMAN President Biden honored George Floyd on what would’ve been his 50th birthday, releasing a statement in which he promised to continue to fight for police accountability.  “George Floyd should be alive. He should be celebrating his 50th birthday with his young daughter Gianna, family, and friends. He deserved so much more,” Biden said in his October 14 White […]

Cole Burston/Getty Images Watch out, music world — Drake‘s son might just be the next best thing in rap.  In celebration of Adonis‘ birthday on October 11, Drake unveiled “My Man Freestyle,” the six-year-old’s first publicly-released song.  After previewing the track on his new album, For All the Dogs, Drake released the full, close to 4-minute-long single that sees Adonis […]

Sexyy Red announced she’s expecting a baby, sharing a series of images of her growing belly to social media over the weekend. “Team Boy or team girl,” Sexyy wrote alongside a few pictures, including one in which her hand is positioned under her stomach and another with SZA, who posed as if she was unveiling the rapper’s secret. Sexyy then confirmed the news with […]

ABC Will Smith has responded to his wife Jada Pinkett Smith‘s forthcoming memoir Worthy and the revelations about their marriage. In an email shared with The New York Times, Smith candidly expressed that his wife’s revelations in her memoir “woke him up,” adding that it made him realize that she had experienced a life on the edge, uncovering a newfound appreciation […]

Marcus Ingram/Getty Images for BET Oftentimes, rapper Boosie can be found on the internet yelling loudly into his phone about something that may be bothersome, speaking candidly on topics he deems important or acting as the life of the party, like he did from his seat at the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards. When asked on the carpet of […]