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Todd Owyoung/NBC Killer Mike has released a new single featuring thankugoodsir and his Run the Jewels partner El-P. Titled “Don’t Let the Devil,” the track dropped on Mike’s 48th birthday and will appear on his newly announced album, Michael, set to release on June 16. “[Run the Jewels] is the X-Men. This is my Logan,” Mike tells Rolling Stone. “It’s our 10-year anniversary, and Michael is an […]
ABC Essence Festival’s celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary just got a little bigger. For the first time in the festival’s history, it has a headlining lineup of all Black women in hip-hop: Megan Thee Stallion, Ms. Lauryn Hill and new to the bill, Missy Elliott. Elliott, who previously headlined Essence Fest in 2019, will return to the stage to entertain fans with some […]
20th Century Studios/Hulu 20th Century Studios has released the first trailer to the Hulu-bound reboot of the 1992 classic White Men Can’t Jump. Rapper Jack Harlow makes his feature-length film debut as Jeremy, with Friday Night Lights‘ Sinqua Walls as Kamal, succeeding Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes in the original film. As before, hustling at […]
Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images Days after Drake released “Search & Rescue,” the single secured a spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The song made its entry as #2 on the chart dated April 22, coming after Morgan Wallen‘s “Last Night.” It’s now his 35th top-five hit on the music list. “Search & Rescue” dropped Friday after previously being teased on Drake’s Sound 42 radio […]
Theo Wargo/WireImage Frank Ocean‘s headlining set at Coachella may have been met with mixed reviews, but it’s also had a positive affect on his streams. Billboard reports the singer’s on-demand U.S. streams between April 15, the day of the show, and April 17 went from 5.2 million to 10.1 million, a 94% increase, according to Luminate. Songs that particularly saw a […]
Francis Specker/CBS Beyoncé‘s BeyGOOD initiative is officially a 501(c)(3) public charity program now titled BeyGOOD Foundation. Initially founded to make positive changes in cities along the Mrs. Carter World Tour, the news comes as the initiative celebrates its 10th anniversary. “I am hugely proud of the work we have done over a decade at BeyGOOD, here in the […]
Scott Kowalchyk/CBS This year’s Tribeca Film Festival will feature documentaries about Alicia Keys, Tierra Whack and the late Biz Markie. According to the festival website, All Up in the Biz, directed by Sacha Jenkins, highlights the mark Biz Markie made on hip-hop via a combination of rare clips, reenactments, playful animation and interviews with the likes of Nick Cannon, Fat Joe, Big Daddy Kane, Doug E Fresh, Dapper Dan and Darryl […]
Kelly Balch/Getty Images for ABA MTV’s new female-led comedy Pretty Stoned has arrived and star Brandee Evans is sharing what its all about. “It’s like our female stoner comedy, which I don’t think that you’ve ever seen,” she tells ABC Audio. “You know, we’ve got the boys club doing their thing, but now you finally get to see the way […]
Rich Polk/NBC Yung Miami‘s career’s expanded since her introduction as half of City Girls to include a clothing line, podcast, acting and more. In an interview with The Cut, she says her busy workload helped stall a deep depression following the death of her son’s father, Jai Wiggins. “I always say I never got a chance to go through the […]
Theo Wargo/WireImage Frank Ocean will not be performing at weekend two of Coachella. Ocean’s PR rep confirms to ABC News that he suffered two fractures and a sprain in his left leg — an injury he sustained on festival grounds leading up to his weekend one performance. On “doctor’s advice,” he’ll be sitting out this […]