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Westend61 The BET Hip Hop Awards are headed back to Las Vegas for another year of crowning the top hip-hop artists. The date for the show has been announced — Oct. 15 — but performers and nominees will be unveiled at a later date. “From the groundbreaking performances of legends like Sammy Davis Jr. and […]

MEGA/GC Images Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged with sex trafficking by force, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering conspiracy, alleging he ran an “enterprise that he engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor or, kidnapping, arson and other crimes,” according to the indictment unsealed on Tuesday. Combs was arrested at the Park Hyatt hotel […]

Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images A song by the late Rich Homie Quan has been released. Titled “Song Cry,” the track finds Quan reflecting on some of the hardships of his life, including seeing a friend die.  “Aye, this one here personal,” he starts off in the intro. “I know a lot of my songs, y’all don’t […]

Alligator bites never heal and Doechii plans to show that off to fans on tour. She’ll start off in Atlanta at The Loft on Oct. 11 and make her way to New York City, West Hollywood, Chicago and five other U.S. cities before hitting international stops like Berlin, Paris and London. Tickets for the tour, which supports […]

Photo by Matthias Nareyek/Getty Images Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, made a return to China on Sunday night. According to China Daily, he hosted a listening experience for the Vultures trilogy at Haikou Station with help from, of course, Vultures collaborator Ty Dolla $ign.  They performed for a sold-out crowd of 42,000 people, most of whom were from the highest-selling cities […]

Prince Williams/FilmMagic Nicki Minaj will no longer release a deluxe version of Pink Friday 2, but she still has some music in the works. In a lengthy post on X, she announced she’s instead decided to put her efforts toward making a brand-new album. “The new music is just too good to be thrown away […]

Latto‘s song “Brokey” has been used against people who work hard for their money, so she has issued a challenge in hopes of empowering hard workers and gifting the lucky winner with a grand prize. “I hate that y’all think I was calling hard workers brokeys,” she tweeted. “So I got $10k for whoever make the […]

Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz debuted their Giants exhibition Friday at the High Museum in Atlanta, but before the ATL-iens got access to the exhibit, they gave CNN a look and talked a bit about why they enjoy collecting art. “There’s really a passion as an artist to collect and […]

Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Pharrell‘s Something in the Water festival has been delayed again. After being pushed back from April to October, it’s been announced that the event will now take place in April 2025. “Dearest Virginia, I love you with all my heart,” he wrote in a letter shared to the SITW account […]

Tito Jackson, a member of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers The Jackson 5 and brother of Michael and Janet Jackson, has died, his children have confirmed in an Instagram post. He was 70. “It’s with heavy hearts that we announce that our beloved father, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tito Jackson is no […]