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Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Strength Of A Woman Festival & Summit Missy Elliott will make history later this year when she becomes the first female hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but before then, she’ll be honored at the National Museum of African American Music’s Celebration of Legends. Billboard reports the producer will […]

Scott Kowalchyk/CBS After announcing plans to kill his “The Weeknd” persona, the singer changed the display names on his social media to his birth name, Abel Tesfaye. He previously told W Magazine he plans to release one more album under The Weeknd moniker.  Nearly a month after releasing Cottonwood 2, NLE Choppa has been named among Billboard‘s 2023 21 Under 21 list. “I started at […]

LVRN/Interscope Records Summer Walker has given fans a peak of what’s to come on her CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP, due out on Friday. Teaming up with Spotify’s RapCaviar, the singer released a funny promo video in which she and friends Sukihana and Sexyy Red try caviar for the first time. The clip also revealed the track list, which boasted a feature from Childish Gambino, […]

Daniel Sannwald SZA‘s “Kill Bill” is spending another week on Billboard charts, holding its #2 spot on the Hot 100. It’s also keeping the #1 spot on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs lists, where its been for 21 and 22 weeks, respectively. The feat on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart leads to another history-making […]

Terence Patrick/CBS You may refer to Usher and E-40 as musicians, but now, you can also call them doctors. The stars received their honorary doctorate degrees last weekend and shared the news on social media to celebrate their accomplishments with fans. Usher was honored at the Berklee College of Music for his “invaluable contributions” to the worlds of music […]

Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Following Friday’s typical slew of new singles, albums and music videos, Nicki Minaj decided to release her own, a new visual for the track “Red Ruby Da Sleeze.” “There’s now a full #RedRubyDaSleeze video on YOUTUBE!!!!” she captioned an Instagram post shared Sunday. “It’ll be everywhere else next week. Happy early MOTHER’S DAY.”  In the new clip, Nicki […]

In what was seen as a surprise considering recent headlines about the Oscar winner, Fox on Monday morning announced plans for a new show starring Jamie Foxx and his daughter Corinne. The announcement was made on a conference call ahead of the network’s upfront presentation taking place later in the day. We Are Family is […]

ABC A$AP Rocky and Rihanna‘s baby boy turned one over the weekend and proud papa A$AP celebrated the occasion by posting a heartwarming series of photos and a video on his Instagram account. “‘WU TANG IZ 4 DA CHUREN’ HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY TO MY 1st BORN. RZA,” the rapper captioned the May 13 post, giving […]

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Lil Durk delayed his Almost Healed album, but he did release the music video for “All My Life” ft. J. Cole Friday. He says the “most surprising thing” about working with Cole was that he “smoked my a**” on the track. “That barely happens,” Durk told Complex. He also made headlines for offering to fight Tekashi 69 in a televised matchup that would […]