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Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for Beautycon™ The Essence Festival of Culture is one day away from making its official return, but this time it’s celebrating a special moment. Originally launched as a one-time event, the festival will be turning 30 years old, a milestone Caroline Wanga, president & CEO of ESSENCE Ventures, says many events have yet […]

Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella Wyclef Jean has a reggae album in the works. He tells Billboard the idea came to mind after a conversation with the album’s executive producer, Tom Jones aka Panic. “I’ve known Panic for over 20 years; he said, ‘Yo, we need a Wyclef Jean reggae album,’ so he brought me into […]

Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images GloRilla performs with Megan Thee Stallion on their Hot Girl Summer tour, but there was a point in time when she was nervous in her company. “I was actually shy the first time I went around her,” Glo tells Vibe of meeting Meg. “The second time, it just got more [comfortable]. […]

Paramount Pictures Lupita Nyong’o is now in theaters in the hit prequel thriller A Quiet Place: Day One, and she found portraying her character, Sam, had a “therapeutic” effect on her in light of the unexpected loss to cancer of her Black Panther co-star and friend Chadwick Boseman in 2020.  Sam is being treated for cancer, but in the midst of her […]

RCA Records After news leaked of his upcoming single, “Lithonia,” Childish Gambino has released the track, along with the release date of his new album, Bando Stone & the New World. The project, his last album under the Childish Gambino imprint, is set to arrive on July 19. Fans interested in a first listen can join him […]

Amazon Music Amazon Music is providing a unique listening experience for fans who want to hear Megan Thee Stallion‘s new album, MEGAN. Included in this exclusive release is commentary from Meg about all 18 songs on the project. Speaking about “Where Them Girls At,” which she recently performed on the BET Awards, Meg said she and Lil […]

ABC/Eric McCandless Halle Bailey may have just wrapped up filming for Pharrell Williams‘ Piece by Piece biopic, but her mind hasn’t strayed from the music. Speaking to Billboard on the red carpet of Sunday’s BET Awards, she revealed she’s been working on music that she’s excited for people to hear “soon.” “I feel so inspired during this […]

Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET Usher was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards Sunday, but most of his acceptance speech was muted. While he did curse onstage, BET confirmed there was an “audio malfunction” that resulted in most of the silence. “Celebrating global icon Usher on our stage with a star-studded tribute […]

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Killer Mike has released a new song in which he discusses his arrest at the 2024 Grammy Awards. He dropped “Humble Me” and its video after winning Album of the Year for Michael at the BET Awards 2024 on Sunday. The track begins with a clip of Muhammad Ali talking about […]