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Joe Faraoni / ESPN Images Bow Wow is letting it be known that he isn’t here for the current state of rap because he believes some of the newcomers lack artist development.  He aired his grievances in a series of tweets Monday, writing that many of the rising stars are landing deals and producing music when they probably shouldn’t […]

WayNorth Music Congratulations are in order for gospel singer Jekalyn Carr, who recently nabbed another top spot on the Billboard chart.  She achieved the feat with her latest single, “I Believe God,” which marks her seventh song to rank #1 among Billboard‘s top Gospel Airplay songs.  The Grammy-nominated, multiple Stellar Award winner shared the news via a celebratory video, in which she shouts in excitement, “I […]

Prince Williams/WireImage In Jeezy‘s new memoir, Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe, he delves into a plethora of personal and private life details, including his eight-year-long battle with depression.  On a recent episode of The Tamron Hall Show, he shared that while he initially saw his issues as shortcomings, his journey to a better mental state began after he educated himself.  […]

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic 50 Cent is sending well wishes to his friend and mentor Eminem in honor of the rapper’s 51st birthday on October 17.  “Happy Birthday to the living legend @eminem love you to death man,” 50 wrote alongside a series of throwback and recent photos with Em. “God bless wishing you many more.” The special note comes after 50 recently brought Eminem out at the […]

Courtesy The Children’s Place The first two installments of the new “An Iconic Holiday” campaign from The Children’s Place featured boy band members AJ McLean, Lance Bass, Wanyá Morris and Joey Fatone and their kids, and Snoop Dogg and his family, including his wife, kids and grandkids. Now, the Queen of Christmas has joined the festivities. Mariah […]

ABC Jada Pinkett Smith revealed that her husband Will Smith‘s infamous Oscars slap at the 2022 ceremony, when he walked onstage and smacked Chris Rock across the face re-affirmed their marriage after years of separation. “When I was sitting at the Oscars, it clicked in. I was like, ‘Oh snap, you hit Chris?’” Jada recalled during an in-person conversation […]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images When Pretty Vee walked the green carpet of the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards earlier this month, she stopped for just about every media outlet to pose for pictures, answer questions, play music-related games for social media and more.  It was during her conversation with ABC Audio that the multihyphenate influencer happily opened up about her […]

Island Def Jam Music Group/Mariah Carey Earlier this year, a sped-up version of Mariah Carey‘s 2014 track “It’s a Wrap” went viral thanks to a TikTok dance challenge and was subsequently released as a single and on a digital EP. Now, it’s coming to vinyl for the first time. The song originally appeared on Mimi’s 2009 album Memoirs of […]

Getty Images via ABC There’ll only ever be one Michael Jackson.  But as far as record setting within the music industry goes, there’s a rapper who’s gunning for MJ’s top spot.  According to Billboard, Drake tied Jackson with 13 Hot 100 #1 songs in the list’s history of entries by a solo male artist. Drake achieved the feat with “First Person […]

Opium Records/LVRN/Interscope Records Summer Walker is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Last Day of Summer with the upcoming remix release of one of the album’s most popular songs.  She’ll soon put out the Girls Need Love (Girls Mix) EP, a compilation album of five remix versions to the original 2019 track “Girls Need Love.”  Comprising the project, expected out October 20, […]