Courtesy of Nylon/Morgan Maher Tyla‘s music may be described as a fusion of pop and amapiano, but it’s not the only genre she can make music in. Speaking to Nylon magazine, Tyla says she grew up listening to various kinds of music and trying out all the ones she liked in hopes of finding her own unique sound. “I…
Sony Music Entertainment Cypress Hill is launching a graphic novel looking back at their sophomore album, Black Sunday. Billboard reports the band is working alongside Z2 Comics and writers Noah Callahan-Bever and Gabriel Alvarez to create CYPRESS Hill: Black Sunday, which will give fans insight into what it took to bring the album to life. It will feature a…
Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for AfroTech Slim Thug‘s Houston apartment was broken into Monday while he was in San Antonio for the University of Houston vs. Florida Gators national championship basketball game. As KHOU11 reports, police responded to a call at 11:20 p.m. Monday. They said burglars forced their way into Slim’s apartment through…
Phil McCarten/CBS Cardi B is mourning the lives lost in the roof collapse at the Jet Set nightclub in the Dominican Republic, her father’s native country. “I’m in literal tears scrolling down my timeline seeing my Dominican people being rescued some wit lives and some gone,” Cardi wrote to her BG Secret Society community on Instagram. “l’m…
Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs) Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday sought to quash a subpoena from defense attorneys for Sean Combs seeking outtakes from interviews with two persons featured in the docuseries The Fall of Diddy. Warner Bros. Discovery argued the subpoena is too broad, “amounting to a general fishing expedition,”…
MCA Records Inc/UMG Recordings Mary J. Blige‘s 1994 album, My Life, is one of the 25 sounds selected by the National Recording Registry for preservation, coming in the top 10 of public nominations. “My favorite lyric from the ‘My Life’ album is ‘Life can be only what you make of it,’” Mary told the Library…
Ilya Chemetoff Travis Scott will soon be celebrating the 10th anniversary of his debut album, Rodeo, and he says he’s most proud of how great that period of his life was. “The whole Rodeo era was legendary. No one can ever recreate those moments ever again,” he says for the April digital cover of Complex. “Making that album…
Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images Ice Cube has made a mark in both hip-hop and Hollywood, and now, he’ll literally leave his mark in TCL Chinese Theatre’s forecourt. Cube will be immortalized at the venue, which has been home to some of the biggest movie premieres and events. His handprint-footprint ceremony is set to take place on Tuesday, April…
Photo by Marleen Moise/Getty Images Nicki Minaj‘s second sneaker collection with LØCI is out, with five new vegan shoes available in five different colors as part of the DØPAMINE range. The sneakers are made from repurposing plastic bottles, aimed at helping combat ocean and landfill waste. They feature a chunky sculpted EVA midsole and oversized lacing. “The name Dopamine…
Disney/Randy Holmes Independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment has curated a playlist for the season 6 soundtrack accompanying the video game NBA 2K25, and it features songs from artists on TDE’s roster. SZA appears on the 13-track playlist, with her song “Low” and her “30 for 30” collab with Kendrick Lamar. Doechii has three songs on the…
