Music

Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images It’s been 20 years since Mike Jones released his breakthrough hit, “Still Tippin.’” Reflecting on the song and its impact, the rapper tells Billboard his famous “Who? Mike Jones” ad-lib in the song was born with help from his mother and grandmother, who’d been there to witness when his music […]

Photo by Arik Mazur/FilmMagic Daniel Hernandez, the rapper known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, was sentenced Tuesday to a month and a half in prison for several violations of his supervised release. The sentence is slightly more than what federal prosecutors sought. “Your breach of the court’s trust is profound,” Judge Paul Engelmayer said. Hernandez pleaded guilty […]

Courtesy RHOF The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced its slate of nominees for induction in 2025, and among them are Eminem, Janet Jackson and N.W.A. aka Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella. They were all nominated in the performing songwriters category. Eminem’s in the running for writing hits including “Lose Yourself,” “Stan” and […]

Want to hear Lil Wayne‘s NFL takes? You’re in luck. He’s been announced as a weekly guest for NFL GameDay Morning on the NFL Network, where he’ll discuss the remainder of the NFL season with Rich Eisen, Kurt Warner, Steve Mariucci and Gerald McCoy. He’ll start on Nov. 17. Eve turned 46 on Sunday and spent her birthday in Seoul, South […]

Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Beyoncé‘s artistic work, specifically from 2013 to 2024, will be the focus of a new class at Yale. Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music will be taught by Daphne Brooks, professor of African American studies and music, as a byproduct of her class at Princeton […]

Universal Motown Records Kid Cudi is expressing gratitude for the support he’s received on his sophomore album, Man on the Moon: The Legend of Mr. Rager. On the album’s 14th anniversary Saturday, he posted a letter to social platform X reflecting on that dark time and the way his fans helped him work through it. “14 years ago […]

Nelly and Kelly Rowland took it back to 2002 at the 2024 Baby2Baby Gala Saturday, where they performed their song “Dilemma.” “Since I have an angel up here, since I have a Baby2Baby representative, I think it’s only right to work some magic,” Nelly said before the beat dropped, and they danced and sang the […]

Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs Sean “Diddy” Combs sought again on Friday to be released from pretrial detention by offering a “far more robust” bail package and by asserting the government’s criminal case against him “is thin,” according to a new court filing. Combs is now suggesting home detention with round-the-clock security monitoring […]

Columbia Records Tyler, The Creator is thankful for the reception of Chromakopia, his latest #1 album on the Billboard 200. “Thank you to everyone who has listened, skimmed through, put it on repeat, turned off, loved it, hated, grew on, grown off, related to, was foreign to, anything,” Tyler wrote in an Instagram Story Thursday. […]

Ethan Miller/Getty Images via ABC Latto brought Sugar Honey Iced Tea to Toronto on Thursday and received an onstage visit from Drake, who joined her for a performance of their song, “Housekeeping Knows.” He rapped his verse from the upper tier of the History, before throwing back to Latto and showing support as she did her part. […]