Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage Big Freedia is taking a break from bounce music to get back to the music that shaped her and helped her through some tough times. She tells Billboard her new gospel album, Pressing Onward, is her attempt to provide the world with “a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel” as “we’re living…
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Atlantic Records Cardi B has one question for her fans, and she’ll be asking it on her newly announced sophomore album. Am I the Drama? will arrive on Sept. 19, with limited-edition merch already available at CardiB.com. She shared the update Monday on social media alongside the artwork, which features her in a red bodysuit…
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Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images Young Thug returned to the stage Sunday night for his headlining performance at Summer Smash, his first live performance since being released from prison. He began the set with an apology for the time he spent behind bars, telling the crowd, “I want to tell my fans I’m sorry for failing.…
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CMG/Interscope Records GloRilla has released the new music video for her song “Rain Down on Me.” In the Benny Boom-directed clip, she praises God in the middle of a desert alongside gospel greats Kirk Franklin, Kierra Sheard, Chandler Moore and Maverick City Music. The video also follows a homeless, single mother as she is blessed with money…
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Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Federal prosecutors in Sean Combs‘ sex trafficking and racketeering trial said Monday that they now expect to rest their case on Tuesday, once special agent Joseph Cerciello of Homeland Security Investigations concludes his testimony. The defense said it plans to rest without calling any witnesses, only submitting some evidence. Given…
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Parkwood Entertainment Beyhive fans in the crowd at Beyoncé‘s final Cowboy Carter show in Paris were treated to quite the surprise. While wrapping the weekend in the City of Love, the family affair included one more person from the Carter clan: Bey’s husband, Jay-Z. He joined Bey for their songs “Crazy in Love” and “Drunk in…
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Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Fashion Trust U.S. Jussie Smollett is engaged. The Empire alum revealed the big news on Instagram over the weekend, posting a series of photos from his proposal to boyfriend Jabari Redd. Smollett shared that the moment unfolded just one day before his 43rd birthday celebration. “I’ll be spending my birthday with my Fiancé,” he wrote in the…
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Photo by Timothy Norris/Getty Images for Coachella Amaarae has kicked off her Black Star era with a new song, “S.M.O.” It’s an acronym for “slut me out,” an indication of the grown women vibes fans will hear on her forthcoming album. “Black Star to me is the genesis of me feeling sure and confident in myself as a…
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Prince Williams/WireImage Joseph “Fat Joe” Cartagena is being accused of sex trafficking, fraud and more in a new lawsuit brought by a former employee. The 157-page lawsuit was filed June 19 in the Southern District of New York by lawyer Tyrone Blackburn on behalf of Terrance “T. A.” Dixon, who says he worked with Cartagena…
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Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Revolt TV Offset has released new music just in time for the summer. “Bodies” features J.I.D. and samples Drowning Pool‘s 2001 song of the same name. “’Bodies’ is one of them ones I had to really take my time with. It’s about standing on who you are, coming out the mud, and being confident in…
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