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Kevin Mazur/WireImage Eminem is not happy with Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy rapping along to “Lose Yourself” on the campaign trail, sending a cease-and-desist letter to the candidate ordering him to knock it off. Music licenser BMI sent a letter to Ramaswamy’s campaign lawyer on August 23 “objecting to the campaign’s use of Eminem’s musical compositions,” according to Daily Mail, who first […]

Johnny Nunez/WireImage Good new for fans of the Power universe — Starz has announced Power Book III: Raising Kanan will be hitting TV screens again soon.  The hit show, based on the original Power series created by Courtney A. Kemp, and starring Omari Hardwick as Ghost and rapper 50 Cent as Kanan Stark, will return for season 3 on December 1.  The network shared the news in a teaser […]

Apple TV+ Tony, Grammy and Oscar winner Cynthia Erivo is the latest celebrity to pop up — in animated form — in Apple TV+’s new series Strange Planet. However, don’t expect to recognize her by her looks. The show — like Nathan W. Pyle‘s internet comic on which it’s based — centers on nameless, blobby […]

Leon Bennett/WireImage New music from Cardi B is on the way.  She opened up about working on her long-awaited upcoming album in her Vogue México y Latinoamérica cover story, telling the Latin magazine that she’s in full album mode.  “I’m not going to release any more collaborations,” Cardi said. “I’m going to put out my next solo single.” At […]

Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame Justin Timberlake and Timbaland are back together on a new single arriving September 1 with Nelly Furtado, but they’ll also be back together on your TV. ESPN has announced that the two artists will be curating music for select Monday Night Football games; the music will be heard during live telecasts, in promotional spots and during pregame […]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs opened his wallet to support Black-focused programs this past weekend after writing not one, but two $1 million checks.   The entertainment mogul first appeared at Atlanta’s Invest Fest where he pledged a $1 million investment fund in partnership with Earn Your Leisure (EYL), the media platform which “gives rise to emerging and established content […]

ABC/Lou Rocco Keke Palmer turned 30 on Saturday, August 26, and she celebrated with fans online by sharing some sexy new images of herself. In one of the two Instagram posts, Keke sports a Black spandex bodysuit and is covered in what looks to be body oil. In the other, she almost bares it all by going topless. “#DurrtyThirty,” […]

Richard Bord/Getty Images Dave Chappelle marked his 50th birthday on Saturday with a show in New York City that included friends John Mayer, Busta Rhymes, Common, T.I. and Pete Davidson, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Davidson, entertained the audience by joking about his recently completed stint in rehab. The Bupkis star, who turns the big 3-0 in November, joked that doing drugs as a 30-year-old […]

Apple Music If Victoria Monét had to pick just one song off her new album, Jaguar II, that she’s most proud of, she’d pick “How Does it Make You Feel.”  “It feels timeless to me, and that’s one of the things that I try to really create,” she said in an Apple Music interview about her latest release.  Written in part by Dernst “D’Mile” […]

Fo Yo Soul Recordings / RCA Records Kirk Franklin has returned with a fresh new song, “Try Love,” the second single off his upcoming album, Father’s Day.  Written and produced by the Grammy-winning gospel singer, Franklin encourages listeners to choose peace and love when faced with life’s many challenges.  The accompanying music video, which premiered alongside the […]