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Kevin Mazur/Getty Images via ABC Drake and PartyNextDoor have intentionally released a few songs for their fans, but one track recently made its way to viewers via a leak.  “Bricks” may be an old track, given its similarities to other songs. It has the same Moodymann sample as the one heard on “Passionfruit” and a similar lyric to one used in WizKid’s […]

Courtesy Live Nation Toosii, whose hit “Favorite Song” is climbing the chart, will kick off a U.S. headlining tour on July 26 in San Francisco. The Naujour Tour, which comes in support of Toosii’s debut album, NAUJOUR, is currently scheduled to wrap up August 27 at New York City’s Palladium Times Square. Both the album and the […]

NBC Black Thought has a new memoir on the way, and when it drops, he hopes it helps people with their healing process. “I hope in sharing so much about my upbringing we can find new courage to start the difficult conversations that prompt healing, with ourselves and others. As men. As Black men. As humans,” he […]

Rosaline Shahnavaz for InStyle Quinta Brunson flaunted different fashion looks during awards show season, but says before meeting stylist Bryon Javar it wasn’t easy to find someone who understood her or was willing to dress her frame. “Not only am I 4-foot-11, [but] I’m 4-foot-11 with breasts and a butt. And that’s just the cardinal sin: to be short […]

NBC The Roots‘ co-founder Black Thought is coming out with a new release, and this time it’s not music. Variety reports the rapper, born Tariq Trotter, will be sharing his life story in a memoir titled The Upcycled Self. The book will start with the story of Trotter burning down his family home as a child and include “dramatic stories of the four […]

Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Yara Shahidi‘s activism will be honored at this year’s Cam for a Cause Gala, hosted by The Cameron Boyce Foundation. The actress will receive the gala’s first Youth Empowerment Award, specifically for her work surrounding STEM awareness, civil rights and women’s rights, as well as her acts of kindness toward others. The Cameron Boyce Foundation, which honors the legacy […]

TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Kendrick Lamar is giving fans an opportunity to own his 2015 album, To Pimp A Butterfly, in the form of limited edition vinyls. One hundred copies of the album are available for $2,500 apiece, all of which are final sales. The vinyls come in a custom package designed by GUCCI and signed by Lauren Halsey, whose artwork is on the […]

Johnny Nunez/WireImage DaBaby laid low after the controversy surrounding his comments about sexually transmitted diseases and the LGBTQ community at Rolling Loud Miami in 2021. In hindsight, he admits he’d handle things differently if he could. “I would apologize, I didn’t mean to, like I’m this type of person, like I’m gonna fight to the tooth […]

Photographed by Tyler Mitchell; Styled by Sara Moonves While The Weeknd has “died” in his videos multiple times, the artist, born Abel Tesfaye, says he’s getting ready to kill off his alter ego once and for all. Speaking to W magazine, Tesfaye says he’s currently experiencing an identity crisis, and not just because he’s playing a character on his upcoming HBO series The Idol.  […]

Stewart Cook/CBS Cardi B has kept fans entertained with singles and guest verses, but it’s been five years since she released her debut album. In a recent Instagram Live, however, she said her next project is on its way. Seemingly directed toward a friend who was watching the livestream, Cardi said, “You gotta listen to my single. […]