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Music Notes: Wiz Khalifa, Usher and 2 Chainz

Wiz Khalifa‘s time to shine on NPR’s Tiny Desk has come. Wearing a Doggystyle album t-shirt, he performed songs “Red Eye,” “Mezmorized,” “The Kid Frankie,” “Never Been,” “Up” and “Crime Bud and Women,” to the sounds of live drums, keys and a guitar. He was brought to tears by the end of his performance and removed his shades to…

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Ice Spice joins cast of ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’

Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images for Stella McCartney Ice Spice has gone from rapping “Bikini Bottom” to being in a film that is set in the underwater city of the same name. Deadline reports Ice has been cast for the upcoming animated feature The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. Ice joins a team featuring cast members Regina Hall, Arturo Castro, George Lopez…

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Three 6 Mafia to co-headline summer tour

Live Nation Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Three 6 Mafia are going on tour. The two hip-hop groups will come together for a 24-city trek that will take place in the summer to celebrate Bones’ 30th anniversary. The Thuggish-Ruggish-Mafia-Tour will feature special guests TECH N9NE and DJ Quik, with scheduled stops in Indianapolis, St. Louis, Virginia Beach, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and more. It will kick…

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Tyler Perry thanks Black women for their support ahead of Ledisi’s ‘BLKWMN’ performance

Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET Tyler Perry took a moment to reflect on the support he’s received from Black women at the BET Awards 2025 Monday night.  “The first weapon I ever held was my mother’s hand,” Tyler said. “I think about my incredible audience, who’s a lot of men, a lot of women, but hear…

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BET Awards’ 25th anniversary: Doechii calls out Trump, Jamie Foxx testifies about near-death experience and more

Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for BET BET Awards 2025 took place Monday night, with several reasons to celebrate. This year’s event commemorated 45 years of the network as well as 25 years of the award show. It also marked the 25th anniversary of music video show 106 & Park, which it honored with a special tribute that…

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ICYMI: Lil Wayne, Lil Baby and more

Lil Wayne celebrated the release of his new album, Tha Carter VI, Friday at Madison Square Garden, and he brought out a surprise guest: LL Cool J. LL performed his song “Rock The Bells,” which Wayne sampled on “Bells” from his new album. The album is now available on streaming services. AndrĂ© 3000 recently played his flute for a…