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David Becker/Getty Images via ABC In the land of end-of-year top music roundups, Complex has compiled its Best Songs of 2023.  Rod Wave, Doechii, Tyla and Drake all earned a spot among the magazine’s list of 50 favorites, with the #1 song going to Bad Bunny for “Monaco.” Complex recognizes the Latin singer as an artist “at the top of the music industry with no one in his […]

Republic Records Nicki Minaj continues to rake in top honors with Pink Friday 2. This time she’s earned the #1 spot on Billboard‘s Top Gospel Songs chart.  It’s thanks to “Blessings,” the #20 track on the hit album, which features gospel great Tasha Cobbs Leonard.  The chart achievement makes it Nicki’s second gospel song to top the chart and Leonard’s fifth. They […]

Prince Williams/WireImage T-Pain is headed to Vegas.  The “Bartender” hitmaker scored his first-ever Las Vegas residency set to kick off during Super Bowl weekend in February. In partnership with Zouk Group and Resorts World Las Vegas, T-Pain will take center stage performing some of his greatest hits, at the Zouk Nightclub and the venue’s Ayu Dayclub. Announced 2024 […]

Atlantis Paradise Island What’s better than a Caribbean vacation? One that includes a Janet Jackson concert. Janet will perform at Casuarina Beach at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas on April 27. The concert will be the first installment of the resort’s 2024 Music Making Waves concert series, and a portion of the proceeds will […]

Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Rihanna says A$AP Rocky might be the fan-favorite parent in their household.  She told Access Hollywood that her two children are “obsessed” with their dad and that she’s OK with it. “My kids are obsessed with him. I’m just a background, I’m an extra,” Rihanna said.  She added, “Yep! It happens! […]

Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal Kelly Clarkson and Fantasia Barrino both became American Idol champs early on — Kelly won season 1, while Fantasia won season 3 — so during Fantasia’s appearance on Kelly’s talk show, the two bonded over their experience. When Fantasia, who now goes by her married name, Fantasia Barrino Taylor, stopped by The Kelly Clarkson […]

ABC/ Ida Mae Astute “OK, OK. Y’all didn’t have to break my website,” Beyoncé says in a new video on social media.  In the clip shared Tuesday morning, the singer addressed the BeyHive, which swarmed to her official website Monday night and crashed it.  Thanks to only a snippet of a trailer, in which Bey listed a slew of countries, fans thought she would be dropping […]

ABC/Randy Holmes The upcoming collaborative album between Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign, Vultures, didn’t drop on December 15 as promised, but fans may still get it during the holidays.  A spokesperson for the project told Billboard the album will arrive on December 31, New Year’s Eve. The new music update follows two album-related events, which included a listening party held in […]

Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic Jamie Foxx couldn’t be more thrilled for his daughter’s latest life update! The Academy Award winner shared a series of photos on his Instagram account Monday to congratulate his daughter Corinne Foxx on her engagement to her boyfriend Joe Hooten. In the black and white photos, Corinne Foxx and Hooten can be seen embracing each other with her beautiful […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images There are a wide array of holidays celebrated in Black households in December, aside from Christmas. Here’s a list of a few of them and their backstories, as compiled by Essence.  Junkanoo, spelled various ways, including Jankunu and John Canoe, is a lively cultural festival with origins dating back to the 1700s in the Bahamas, Belize, […]