Tallahassee-based rapper T-Pain recently dropped a powerful new single, “On This Hill.” The single, which drops during Mental Health Awareness Month, reflects on self-love, compassion, care, acceptance and confidence. “This song is really about refusing to be gaslit anymore,” explained T-Pain. “It’s about coming to a realization that I have to stand up for myself.…… MORE
Justin Timberlake has announced new dates for “The Forget Tomorrow World Tour.” The singer/actor announced nine additional tour stops set to take place across the United States at the end of summer. “Listen, we’re adding new shows… let’s go!” Timberlake announced in a short clip. Timberlake will now be performing in several new cities, including…… MORE
Nas has announced three special shows in Las Vegas with a live orchestra in celebration of the 30th anniversary of his iconic album Illmatic. Nas and the Las Vegas Philharmonic announced they’ll perform at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on August 29, August 31, and September 1. Tickets will go on sale this…… MORE
Megan Thee Stallion, who has started sharing new freestyles every Monday under the “#MeganMonday” series, has dropped “Like a G6 Freestyle.” “Know I gotta stay fly like Three 6/ Got the strap in my bag like a freak b**ch/ Conceited with a very good reason/ I’m feelin’ like a housewife holdin’ up my peaches,” she…… MORE
Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Malone earned his sixth No. 1 and Wallen scored his second. The song bowed with 76.4 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate. According to Billboard, this is the most streams for a song in…… MORE
Vince Staples has announced his new album, Dark Times, will be released on Friday, May 24. Staples also shared the new song “Shame on the Devil” and its contemplative music video. The 13-track collection, which is the rapper and singer’s sixth full-length studio album, is described as “a muscular and revelatory work refining elements that…… MORE
Saweetie recently released a new single, “NANi,” along with a music video, via ICY/Warner Records. “NANi” is Saweetie’s second solo single this year after “Richtivities,” which arrived in February. The song, produced by Jean-Baptiste, Karl Rubin, Shawn Wasabi, Ryland Blackington, and Ryan Buendia, looks set to become a big dancefloor hit, given the track’s infectious…… MORE
Chance the Rapper recently dropped his latest single, “Together,” produced by the legendary DJ Premier. A self-directed video for “Together” centers on lyrics of reminiscence and pride, against a backdrop of vintage personal home video and archival footage from community-led political movements through history. Nostalgic footage of Block club parties, barbecues, and Black Panther rallies…… MORE
About two days after footage from a surveillance camera showing him physically assaulting his girlfriend at a hotel in Los Angeles in March 2016 surfaced in the media, Sean “Diddy” Combs has issued an apology. The footage published on Friday (May 17) by CNN from the surveillance video at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City…… MORE
Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar’s collaboration “Like That” has climbed to the top spot on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay Chart dated May 18. The song, which has advanced from the previous week’s No. 3 position, logged a 12% increase in plays on U.S. monitored rhythmic radio stations in the tracking weak ended May 9, according…… MORE
Missy Elliott has the honor of being the first rapper in space…sort of. Her song, “Super Dupa Fly (The Rain),” is the first rap track to be beamed into deep space. The transmission took place last week. NASA’s Deep Space Network was able to broadcast the song 158 million miles from Earth to Venus at…
Prince’s estate will not give approval to Netflix for a nine-hour documentary on the late superstar. The original deal was for a six-hour feature. Director Ezra Edelman’s completed version is three hours longer. Prince’s estate said the extra content violates the initial agreement made in 2018. Page Six reports that Netflix feels “confident a compromise…
Chris Brown’s success continues to impress. The singer recently hit a mark that no other singer has. Breezy became the first artist to have 50 top ten songs on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart. The song that pushed Brown to the mark was Jeremih’s “Wait On It,” with features from Breezy and Bryson Tiller.
Sexyy Red’s upcoming tour is in trouble. According to Touring Data, Sexyy’s has only sold 37.1 percent of tickets for her Sexyy Red 4 President tour. The tickets dropped to the general public on June 28th. There’s online speculation that the low sales could lead to Sexyy canceling some, if not all, of the 24…