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Erika Goldring/Getty Images Mannie Fresh has joined a list of artists who have sold off their music catalog. The producer’s music publishing and music rights are now owned by Reservoir Media. They were sold for an undisclosed amount. “It’s great to be joining up with Faith Newman and the entire Reservoir team,” Mannie said in a statement. “I’m […]

Todd Owyoung/NBC The 2023 Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash is coming back for year five, this time with headliners Future, Playboi Carti and Kid Cudi. The festival will take place at Chicago’s Seatgeek Stadium, with a star-studded lineup of artists set to perform. Hitting the stage Friday, June 23, are Vince Staples, GloRilla, Ice Spice, Freddie Gibbs, NLE Choppa and more, followed by Cudi’s headlining set. G Herbo, Cordae, Juicy J and others […]

New Music Friday presents the latest and greatest music of the week, and this time is no different. Here’s some new tunes to consider adding to your playlists. NLE Choppa, Cottonwood 2 — The 22-track album is the rapper’s attempt at redemption since he feels he kinda “messed up my breakout year,” he told BET. Young Bleu, Love Scars […]

Johnny Nunez/WireImage The third installment of Lloyd Bank‘s The Course Of The Inevitable EPs comes out in one week. Ahead of its release, he unveiled the track list for the project, which boasts features from Method Man, Tony Yayo, 38 Spesh, Vado, Dave East and more.  The track list also revealed the production credits for the songs, which were produced by George Getson, Haas Almahdi, V Don, Cartune Beats and Tha […]

Sonja Flemming/CBS SZA and Doja Cat are back together on the remix of the former’s record-breaking hit “Kill Bill.” The track released Friday, hours after Doja tweeted SZA and told her she “did something bad.” The track comes after the original song topped Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for its 16th week, surpassing Mary J. Blige‘s “Be Without You” as the song with the most weeks […]

Prince Williams/Wireimage Drake has reacted to an artificial intelligence version of him rapping to Ice Spice‘s “Munch (Feelin’ U).” He reposted The Shade Room’s Story about Universal Music Group’s request to block artificial intelligence companies on his Instagram Story, specifically sharing the slide in which the AI version of Drake is heard rapping Spice’s song. “This is the […]

ABC There’s a release date for Halle Bailey‘s Little Mermaid doll: April 23. Fans, however, can secure their toys now by preordering ahead of the actual drop. The doll resembles Halle’s version of Ariel, from her red braids down to the mole above her eyebrow. “I am literally choking up because this means so much to me,” she previously […]

Tina Thorpe/HBO A Black Lady Sketch Show is back on HBO with its fourth season, but this time around there are some new faces. Joining the cast are DaMya Gurley, Angel Laketa Moore and Tamara Jade, who creator Robin Thede says “were a seamless addition to the cast this year.” “From the first day of rehearsals, they were like, ‘Let’s go, we […]

Todd Owyoung/NBC Kid Cudi is ironically The Man on the Moon in the new Disney+ movie Crater. He plays the father of the lead character, one of five teens in the film. Cudi encourages his son, Caleb (Isaiah Russell-Bailey), to take a road trip with his friends to a mysterious crater. The group then sets out on the journey, […]

Erik Voake/Getty Images for MNRK Music Group Tyler, the Creator‘s album Call Me If You Get Lost has reentered another Billboard chart. Days after surging into the Billboard 200, the project has made its way back onto Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, where it’s currently the #1 album. It’s now the first project to dominate the chart in three different years: July 2021, April 2022 […]