Music

Slaughter Gang/Epic Records Not only did American Dream, the new album from 21 Savage, debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, almost every song on the album charted on the all-genre Hot 100.  That’s what crazy about the Hot 100 feat: The album contains 15 tracks, and the only one that didn’t land a spot on the chart is the “American […]

Kayla Oaddams/Getty Images Saweetie is showcasing her Icy Girl bars with her new song, “Immortal Freestyle,” and its accompanying music video.  Upon releasing the two-minute track, where she raps of her luxurious lifestyle and breaks down the meaning of being “Icy,” she talked with Paper about the importance of the song.  “I think ‘Immortal Freestyle’ is just a […]

Courtesy HBO Long Live Montero, the Lil Nas X documentary that follows him on his first-ever tour while also diving deep into his backstory, will debut on HBO later this month, but the first trailer has arrived. The movie unfolds over 60 days on the Long Live Montero tour, which took place from 2022 to 2023. Like the tour, […]

Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Looks as if 50 Cent is turning over a new leaf this year and hoping to make amends with anyone he’s had a beef with in the past.  “Hey if I have offended you in anyway, [I’d] like to apologize,” 50 wrote in an Instagram post Tuesday. “We can get more done together. Why [should] we work […]

Jonzing World/Mavin/SMG Music/Virgin/Interscope Records Selena Gomez and Rema will need to “Calm Down” when they hear about the record they just broke. The duet has been on Billboard‘s Pop Airplay chart for a whopping 64 weeks, making it the longest-running song since the chart’s debut more than 31 years ago. The song first appeared on the chart in November 2022 […]

Matt Sayles/Fox After an almost four-month wait due to the writers and actors strikes, the 75th Emmy Awards finally took place January 15 in Los Angeles, with former Blackish star Anthony Anderson tackling the hosting duties. The show opened with a play on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, called, naturally, Mr. Anderson’s Neighborhood. Anderson entered wearing in a big fur coat, but instead of Mr. Rogers’ […]

Columbia Records  While it may seem like Lil Nas X doesn’t care who he offends with his art, he’s apologizing for going too far with some of the things he’s done recently to promote his new single, “J CHRIST.” In a lengthy Instagram video on January 15, LNX says he wants to “explain where my head’s at.” Referring to […]

XO/Republic The Weeknd‘s hit “Blinding Lights” has set many records, including being the first song to spend an entire year in the top 10, but now, it has hit an especially impressive milestone. The track, from the artist’s 2020 album After Hours, has become the first song in Spotify history to hit 4 billion streams. […]

ABC/Heidi Gutman Ava DuVernay says if she had gone the “traditional route” with trying to bring to life her new film, Origin, the filmmaking process would’ve been tough.  The award-winning director told Good Morning America‘s Robin Roberts that because of the content of the movie — a portrayal of Isabel Wilkerson‘s seminal book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, which describes racism in the United States as an aspect of […]

Columbia After announcing his new single “J CHRIST,” out Friday, and revealing artwork that depicts him being crucified, Lil Nas X claims he has plans to attend college and study religion. “I know twitter hates me right now but i want yall to know im literally about to go to college for biblical studies in the fall,” he posted on […]