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Disney/Pamela Littky Quinta Brunson has been racking up awards for her work on Abbott Elementary, and soon, she’ll have an honorary degree to add to her collection. Philadelphia’s Temple University has announced they will be honoring Brunson during their 137th commencement in May. “We are thrilled to recognize Quinta Brunson for her remarkable achievements and […]

Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Island Records Toni Braxton and Cedric the Entertainer are teasing what to expect from their upcoming Love & Laughter Las Vegas residency. In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, the two old pals say the co-headlining show will be a unique mix of music, comedy, dance and more. “We love great […]

From a song for a musical to a new Nas video, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. SiR, Heavy — The album marks the singer’s first full-length release in five years. It started as a set of poems and sees him being “dark, ugly, honest in a […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Cardi B returned to the scene with “Like What (Freestyle)” and now “Enough (Miami),” prompting questions on what to expect from her forthcoming sophomore album. If she could use one word to describe the project, it would be “different.” “I think it’s different,” she said on Threads. “I think there’s going to be some […]

Photo by Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue After much teasing, Future and Metro Boomin have released their new album, We Don’t Trust You, which features an appearance from Kendrick Lamar.  The Compton rapper is featured on the track “Like That,” in which he seems to throw shots at Drake and J. Cole. “Yeah, get up with […]

Epic She’s already won a Grammy and scored a global smash with “Water” — but now, it’s time for Tyla to release her self-titled debut. And the South African star feels that with this album, she’s pioneered a true fusion of African music and pop. “Over the years, I feel like I’ve just come more […]

LaFace Records Twenty years ago, Usher confessed his way to the bestselling album of his career — and the bestselling album by a Black artist in the 21st century. The singer’s fourth album, Confessions, arrived March 23, 2004. It stemmed from Usher’s desire for fans to get to know him as a person. As he said at […]

ABC/Randy Holmes On the heels of the announcement that she’s joining Megan Thee Stallion‘s Hot Girl Summer Tour, GloRilla has shared some more news. The rapper’s preparing to release a mixtape titled EhhThang EhhThang in early April.  “FUK IT. I’M DROPPING A MIXTAPE. Yeah Glo,” she wrote on X, formerly Twitter. The mixtape is slated to drop on April […]

ABC/Randy Holmes Cardi B and Shakira‘s teased collaboration “Punteria” was a dream come true for both stars. Cardi “manifested it” but had no idea when it would actually come to fruition. “When I first met Shakira, it was in Paris at the Fendi show, and I was very, very nervous,” she said in an interview […]

Chris Millard/Warner Bros. Jennifer Hudson is adding Broadway producer to her resume. The multi-hyphenate performer announced on her daytime talk show Thursday that she has joined the producing team of the stage musical adaptation of Smash. Hudson previously guest starred on season 2 of Smash the TV series as Veronica Moore. “Can’t let go? Neither […]