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Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Roc Nation Made in America will not be taking place this year, marking the second consecutive year Jay-Z‘s event has been canceled.  “Since its inception, this groundbreaking festival has celebrated music & community – from creating a space for fans to connect, to uplifting local small businesses & shining a light […]

Courtesy of NE-YO / AEG Presents Las Vegas If you want to see Ne-Yo perform in a more intimate setting, here’s your chance: The singer will bring his show to Sin City this summer for his debut at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas. The mini residency, dubbed NE-YO: Human Love Rebellion, will take place over three nights […]

MEGA/GC Images Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, is being accused of “severe discrimination, harassment, and retaliation” by a former employee at his Donda Academy private school. Trevor Phillips, who was hired in November 2022, filed a suit in which he accuses Ye of treating Black employees worse than white ones, noting he would “scream and berate Black employees, […]

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Doja Cat has posted a snippet on Instagram of a new song she’s releasing this Friday. In the video, Doja is seen in the shadows, singing in a heavily processed voice, “Boy, we too grown for this s***.” There’s a shadow of a spider on the wall behind her, possibly referring to the cover […]

ABC  Lizzo may be through with music, but she’s still pushing her Yitty shapewear line. After days of teasing fans, her new Shaping Swim collection officially dropped on Monday.  Yitty, produced in partnership with Fabletics Inc., is body inclusive, coming in sizes 6X to XS. “If somebody wanted more or less compression, we give you the power […]

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Lil Wayne is just days away from premiering some new music, and he plans on doing so at this year’s Wrestlemania event. While at WWE Monday Night Raw, “Main Event” Jey Uso ran into him backstage and invited him to Wrestlemania, to which Wayne responded, “I’ma be there and you know what? I’m bringing my single.” […]

Parkwood/Columbia Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter featured a few Black country artists who have now seen boosts in their Spotify streams thanks to their involvement with the album. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the number of first-time listeners for Brittney Spencer went up 170%, while Reyna Roberts and Tanner Adell experienced a 125% surge, and Tiera Kennedy saw an uptick […]

Epic Records/Republic Records We Don’t Trust You, the collaborative album by Future and Metro Boomin, not only debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200, it’s also scored the biggest sales week of 2024 so far. The project moved 251,000 units, more than any album so far this year. That makes it Metro Boomin’s biggest sales […]

Epic Records Tyla‘s song “Water” is a super-sexy banger, but if you’re actually using the song to soundtrack your, um, intimate moments, Tyla would rather not hear about it, thank you very much. Asked by ABC Audio whether any fans had told her that they’d used “Water” for important moments in their lives, like getting […]

Cindy Ord/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Her name is Ice Spice, but she may just favor the ice over the spice, according to her recent appearance on Hot Ones.  The rapper unsuccessfully completed the interview, as she was unable to take the heat of the spicy wings in front of her. “This is so bad,” she said minutes […]