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Mark Horton/Getty Images Gucci Mane will host a concert in his hometown of Atlanta to celebrate his upcoming album, Breath of Fresh Air.  The Gucci Mane & Friends show, which kicks off at the Tabernacle on October 17, will include several of the rapper’s frequent collaborators and artists from his label, The New 1017. The show will run alongside […]

ABC/Ida Mae Astute Beyoncé showed love to Lizzo at her latest Renaissance tour show by shouting out the singer’s name onstage. “Lizzo. I love you, Lizzo!,” Bey said during a performance of “Break My Soul (The Queen’s Remix)” where she highlights multiple notable female music artists like Erykah Badu, Janet Jackson and more.  The mention comes after Beyoncé appeared to have left the “About Damn […]

Firelight Films/ABC News Studios A new ABC Studios documentary is exploring the relationship between Black Americans and the police. The directors of Sound of Police say they leaned heavily on the history of policing in this country as a main focus. During a conversation with ABC Audio, Stanley Nelson and Valerie Scoon explained the importance of telling the story using a historical […]

Courtesy of the Avant Family After learning of the passing of beloved music executive Clarence Avant, a host of Hollywood stars and community leaders shared tribute messages on social media Monday, August 14. “Clarence Avant isn’t just the ‘Godfather Of Black Music,’ he is our cultural Godfather,” Jay-Z‘s label, Roc Nation, tweeted. “Throughout his life, he burst through doors […]

Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Da Baby is flexing his directing chops as the man behind the camera for Lil Duval‘s new music video. Da Baby took to Instagram with a short video teaser of Duval’s latest song, “Squeeze,” announcing that the official visual will be out August 15.  “Don’t y’all wanna stop the violence,” Lil Duval says in the clip, as he hosts […]

Johnny Nunez / Contributor The tributes poured in on social media Monday, August 14, after reports surfaced that Magoo, the rapper who often partnered on songs with Timbaland, died at the age of 50.  “This one hits different,” Timbaland wrote on Instagram. “Long live Melvin aka magoo !!! Tim and Magoo forever. rest easy my king.” The legendary producer […]

ABC/Gavin Bond Lionel Richie was forced to cancel his concert with Earth Wind & Fire at New York’s Madison Square Garden Saturday, August 12, and fans are not at all happy about it. Richie took to social media to announce that the show couldn’t go on “due to severe weather and being unable to land in the NY and surrounding […]

Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Nicki Minaj earned a top trending spot on X, formerly known as Twitter, after she released a snippet of a song off her forthcoming album, Pink Friday 2.  Taking to Instagram Live this past weekend, Nicki shared a preview of the unreleased track where she’s heard singing to an up-tempo beat.  The tease comes just a few […]

Prince Williams/Wireimage Teddy Riley may be known for R&B hits, but unbeknownst to some, he actually got his start in hip-hop. He produced songs for Doug E. Fresh, Heavy D, Wreckx-n-Effect, Big Daddy Kane and more, years before fusing hip-hop with R&B to make his New Jack Swing sound. “Hip-hop is a big influence on me because that’s the first genre […]

Terence Patrick/CBS Usher is only three years older than Beyoncé, just old enough to briefly act as her chaperone back in the day. In an interview with Capital Breakfast With Roman Kemp in the U.K., he recalled the time he was tasked with looking after her and her former girl group. “Fun fact, I knew Beyoncé when she was 12 […]