Highlights

Roy Rochlin/Getty Images The Clark Sisters, Gladys Knight, N.W.A and Donna Summer are among the Recording Academy’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award honorees, the Academy announced January 5. Grammy-winning artists Laurie Anderson and Tammy Wynette will also receive Lifetime Achievement honors at this year’s Special Merit Awards, taking place at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on February 3 during Grammy week.  The special merit award recognizes artists who, during […]

Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Nicki Minaj opened up about the passing of her father in 2021 and how the untimely event influenced one track in particular on Pink Friday 2.  “The first verse was me talking to [him] — “You never got to meet Papa,” she told Ebro Darden. “Okay, it’s me speaking to my father.” The lyrics are a […]

Johnny Louis/Getty Images A bombshell interview featuring legendary comedian Katt Williams, who appeared on Shannon Sharpe‘s weekly podcast, Club Shay Shay, has been making its rounds on the internet since its release Wednesday.  Williams — who’s aptly referred to as “unleashed” by the podcast — mentioned some of the world’s most famous comedians in what came across as an explosively candid, […]

Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage Jacquees, the Georgia born, self-proclaimed “King of R&B,” says he’s got new music on the way. He shared the update in a post on Instagram, writing in a caption that accompanied a preview of an unreleased song, “Y’all ready for a new album?” The “Come Thru” singer hinted at a project titled Mood 2, which appears […]

Phil Ellsworth / ESPN Images Looking for fresh music to help get and stay active this new year? Starting this month and in February, songs by Rihanna and Usher will be added to the Apple Fitness+ workout program.  The Artist Spotlight — a new series which dedicates an entire workout playlist to a single artist — will be launched by the […]

Michael Schwartz/WireImage Dionne Warwick is setting the record straight regarding a report that claimed she’d be attending a fundraiser for presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. After the Daily Mail reported that Warwick was attending the event, which would feature a performance by Andrea Bocelli, she shut the claim down with a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I don’t know anything about this event,” she […]

Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation After an online troll posted an edited clip of Madonna performing onstage and made fun of her age, a fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has come to her defense. During Madonna’s Celebration Tour, she performs several songs while standing in a moving “frame” that transports her high up into the air and across […]

Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio Rolling Stone has released its list of 100 Greatest R&B Songs of the 21st century, naming Usher‘s “Confessions Part II” in the #1 spot.  The magazine recognizes the 2004 hit, which lands on Usher’s Grammy-winning fourth album, Confessions, as one of the early 2000s tracks that helped define the era of R&B music that also […]

ABC/Jeff Neira Although Amber Rose and her ex-partner Wiz Khalifa haven’t been an item for a while now, Amber says they’ve become really great friends.  She opened up about their co-parenting relationship on The Tamron Hall Show, explaining to Hall the ways in which their friendship has evolved. “I think that me and Wiz are so like best friends now — we’re so far past being in […]