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Courtesy Live Nation Alicia Keys is personally giving fans the Keys to the Summer when she heads out on tour this June. The trek follows her sold-out The Alicia + Keys World Tour, but will feature a new set list, and a reimagined and redesigned concert experience. “The Keys to the Summer Tour is going to be completely […]
Theo Wargo/WireImage Frank Ocean reportedly made some last minute changes to his Coachella set after suffering a serious ankle injury just days before his performance. Billboard reports the singer hurt himself on site while rehearsing his set. Frank’s production had initially included an ice rink specifically built for his set. He had even cast some skaters for the performance, […]
Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal In Netflix’s new romantic comedy The Perfect Find, Gabrielle Union plays Jenna Jones, a 40-year-old woman attempting to pick up the pieces after losing her fashion industry job and long-term boyfriend. A first look of the film has been shared, featuring photos of Gab as Jenna and her eventual love interest Eric, played by Keith Powers. He’s a younger co-worker […]
Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal In Netflix’s new romantic comedy The Perfect Find, Gabrielle Union plays Jenna Jones, a 40-year-old woman attempting to pick up the pieces after losing her fashion industry job and long-term boyfriend. A first look of the film has been shared, featuring photos of Gab as Jenna and her eventual love interest Eric, played by Keith Powers. He’s a younger co-worker […]
MEGA/GC Images Kanye West‘s recent controversial behavior has inspired a documentary that’s making its way to BBC. According to Variety, We Need to Talk About Kanye explores how his behavior affects his position in pop culture. “Ye’s recent behavior has prompted both condemnation and a re-evaluation of his place in popular culture,” says Jeremy Lee, a producer on the documentary. “With […]
Todd Owyoung/NBC Offset is thankful Calvin Harris paid homage to his cousin Takeoff last weekend at Coachella. The musician had honored the late rapper by playing a previously unreleased version of his hit “Slide” on which Take was featured. “This so hard, man, thank you,” Offset wrote alongside a post about the tribute. “Slide” was originally heard on Funk Wav Bounces […]
Lil Wayne‘s Welcome to Tha Carter Tour made a stop at New York City’s Apollo Theater Sunday, April 16, where fans were surprised by special guest Cam’ron. The rappers united onstage to perform “Touch It or Not” for the very first time. “Weezy, I love you! It’s the first time we ever performed this,” Cam said […]
Peacock Jay-Z‘s put a twist on the 2009 track “Empire State of Mind,” replacing Alicia Keys‘ chorus with a snippet from Gil Scott Heron‘s “New York is Killing Me.” Titled “New York (Concept de Paris),” the release comes after his performance of the song at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in support of the Basquiat x Warhol. Painting Four Hands exhibition. He also took the […]
Eddy Chen/HBO It hasn’t even premiered yet, but The Weeknd‘s much anticipated HBO series The Idol has been the target of some negative press courtesy of Rolling Stone. The artist says he doesn’t really care what people say about him, but he’s upset on behalf of the hundreds of people who are working on the show with him. “I’ve […]
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Lil Durk is giving back to college students in his latest venture. Teaming up with his Neighborhood Heroes foundation, Amazon Music’s Rotation and Howard University, the rapper’s launched his Durk Banks Endowment Fund, which will give two lucky Chicago students $50,000 toward their tuition at the historically black university. “Change the narrative,” Lil Durk tells Billboard. “It’s stuff we […]