Taylor Hill/WireImage Rapper Kendrick Lamar will perform at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show. “What’s the deal everybody? My name is Kendrick Lamar and I’ll be performing at Super Bowl 59. Will you be pulling up? I hope so,” Lamar said in a video posted Sunday and titled, “Kendrick Lamar. Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show.”…
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After the announcement of a Hot Boys reunion at the Lil WeezyAna Fest, Big Tymers has been added to the lineup. “Can’t do a reunion without STUNNA BIG TYMERS baby!” wrote Birdman, who was in the group with Mannie Fresh. Tickets for the festival, taking place Nov. 2, are now on sale. Beyoncé thanked fans for the birthday…
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Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images Pharrell Williams is out with a new song that supports his forthcoming animated biopic, Piece by Piece. Named after the film, the song was penned by Pharrell and features the Princess Anne High School Fabulous Marching Cavaliers. It’s one of many songs on the film’s soundtrack, which he produced with Chad Hugo of…
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Toosii and Gunna unite on “Champs Élysées,” on which Toosii “pulls the heartstrings of those on a high-speed race for their goals while chasing the woman of their dreams,” a press release notes. The video, directed by Chris Moreno, finds Toosii watching and then performing at a fashion show with Gunna. Queen Naija is back with “Good…
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Getty BMI’s R&B/Hip-Hop Awards took place Thursday night in Los Angeles, and quite a few stars walked away winners. SZA was named R&B/Hip-Hop Songwriter of the Year for “Nobody Gets Me,” “Shirt” and “Snooze.” She also took home awards for “Kill Bill,” which won Song of the Year, and made history as the first-ever winner of the BMI Champion Award. “I…
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Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Level 8 In a chat on the Club Shay Shay podcast, Marlon Wayans went off on Harvey Weinstein and his “evil, ugly brother Bob,” who were producers on the Wayans family’s Scary Movie franchise via their Miramax company. Further, he suggested to host Shannon Sharpe that Weinstein’s downfall — and eventual…
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Fox Fox has announced exactly when Anthony Anderson, Taye Diggs, James Van Der Beek, Dancing with the Stars‘ Bruno Tonioli, Chris Jones of the Kansas City Chiefs and Teen Wolf‘s Tyler Posey will be going The Full Monty: the evening of Monday, Dec. 9. As reported in May, the sextet will be bearing it all…
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Starz The trailer for season 4 of Power Book III: Raising Kanan has dropped, and the past is making a comeback. The sneak peek starts with a clip of Kanan (MeKai Curtis) pointing a gun at someone, followed by a scene of Raq (Patina Miller) fraternizing with the police. “Before you can figure out where you’re going, you’ve gotta look…
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Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images Rich Homie Quan, known for the song “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),” passed away on Thursday. He was 34. The Fulton County medical examiner confirmed to The Associated Press that Quan died at an Atlanta hospital; the news was met with posts from fellow rappers. “JUST TALKED TO YOU BRA #tipQUAN Never go forget yo…
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Disney/Randy Holmes Lupita Nyong’o is taking on the podcast scene with Mind Your Own, a 10-part series featuring firsthand accounts from the African diaspora, as well as stories about Africans’ journeys to a sense of belonging. Nyong’o and others share personal tales of finding their way in different places, representing various cultures across the diaspora.…
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