“Somebody” is Latto‘s upcoming single, set to arrive on Friday. The rapper announced the news Monday, sharing the release date and cover art on her Instagram. The cover is designed like a postcard with the tropical lands and waters of Jamaica surrounding Latto. “Greetings from Jamaica,” she captioned another post, soundtracked by a slowed-down clip in which she…
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Courtesy CBS/Solaiman Fazel Janet Jackson will be honored with the ICON award at this year’s American Music Awards, which will air live from Las Vegas on May 26 and stream on Paramount+. The ICON award is given to artists “whose music has had undeniable cultural and global influence over the music industry.” Miss Jackson will…
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Planet 9 Mya reflects on her life in the new song “Face to Face,” an introspective bridge between the legacy she’s created and the forthcoming chapter of her creative career. “My new single, ‘Face to Face’ is an introspective record that reflects where I am in life today,” Mya says in a statement. “It’s a closer look into my…
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Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for BMI Tory Lanez was hospitalized on Monday after a fellow inmate at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi attacked the rapper at around 7:20 a.m. local time, a spokesperson for the prison told ABC News. “Staff immediately responded, activated 911 and began medical aid. Peterson was subsequently transported to an outside medical…
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Paras Griffin/Getty Images Sean Combs, the “musician who created an empire,” also ran a criminal enterprise with his “trusted inner circle” that committed “crime after crime” for 20 years, including kidnapping, arson, drug offenses, sex crimes, bribery and obstruction, a federal prosecutor said Monday in opening statements. The prosecutor also detailed Combs’ alleged dealings with…
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Capitol Records After years of being “open to share personal details” of her life, Kali Uchis has released Sincerely, a project where she gets vulnerable “without giving away too much, and while still keeping certain things sacred,” according to Variety. She says she wrote some of the songs about her first child with partner Don Toliver. “I…
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Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage Leon Thomas is releasing a deluxe version of Mutt, and it’s partially thanks to SZA. He explains how the idea came about in a recent interview with Billboard. “I started talking to my manager about everything that’s going on with the Grammys [eligibility cycle], not being able to be nominated [last year] because…
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Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images Kid Cudi is continuing to build on his Hollywood experience, as he’s set to direct and star in his own horror-romance film titled When The Light Dies. In a post on social platform X Saturday, he wrote, “Ive been wanting to direct movies ever since I was a kid, and im finally stepping…
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Paras Griffin/Getty Images A jury was selected Monday to hear the evidence against Sean Combs. The 12-person jury is comprised of eight men and four women. The defense accused federal prosecutors of bias because most of the government’s nine peremptory strikes were Black prospective jurors. “By our count, the government struck seven Black people, which, it’s…
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Key Glock explains his reluctance to release another joint project with the late Young Dolph in a new interview with Cam Newton on his Funky Friday podcast. “I want to do another collab tape, of course, but it’s like, I’m not going to be as happy. I’m going to be more in the past.” “I’m going to put so much work…
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