Young Money Records, Inc. Lil Wayne may have been just shy of topping the all-genre Billboard 200 Albums chart with his Tha Carter VI album, but he’s #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart this week. Tha Carter VI marks his 11th #1 on the chart; his previous chart-topper was 2020’s Funeral. Wayne becomes the eighth artist to log at least 11 number ones since…
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Courtesy CNN Nelly, Ice Cube and Timbaland are among the musical acts who’ll be ringing in Independence Day this year on CNN. The cable network’s fifth annual special The Fourth in America will air starting at 7 p.m. ET live on CNN. The special will feature coast-to-coast firework shows from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Las Vegas, San Diego, New…
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Daniel Obasi Burna Boy is hitting the road. The singer announced his No Sign of Weakness tour, named after his upcoming album, due out July 11. The North American trek will kick off Nov. 12 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, making Burna Boy the first Nigerian artist to ever headline the venue. He’ll also make stops in…
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Amanda Edwards/Getty Images The Jeffersons actress Marla Gibbs is coming out with a memoir. People reports the 94-year-old will be releasing It’s Never Too Late in early 2026, from Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. According to the book’s synopsis, Gibbs will detail “her difficult journey from a tempestuous childhood to becoming a confident Hollywood powerbroker and groundbreaker who paved the way for…
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courtesy of Foundation Room Las Vegas Drunk in love or just drunk on Beyoncé-inspired cocktails? In honor of the singer’s Cowboy Carter tour stop in Las Vegas in July, Foundation Room inside Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino is serving up special Bey-themed drinks. The cocktail “Crazy in Love” is a mix of Cîroc Peach, Peach Monin,…
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Photo by PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images She’s won Grammys, broken Billboard records, performed sold-out concerts and gone Platinum, yet SZA still feels like an underdog. She tells Chappell Roan for Interview magazine that she has one quality that keeps her pushing. “My curiosity has led me to want to discover what’s next, or to see if I can dig myself…
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Emma Mcintyre/Getty Images Tyler Perry is being sued for $260 million over sexual assault claims, which he has denied. A lawsuit was filed against the actor and filmmaker on Friday, June 13, by Derek Dixon, who plays the character, Dale, in Perry’s show, The Oval. In the complaint, Dixon alleges “a sustained pattern of workplace sexual harassment,…
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Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Lawyers for disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly say the singer was taken to the hospital, alleging he suffered an “overdose” caused by officials at a North Carolina prison where he is currently housed. Sources told ABC News, however, that R. Kelly was taken to the hospital for two days…
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Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Live Nation Urban The rollout to Clipse‘s new album, Let God Sort Em Out, continues with the release of their brand-new video for “So Be It.” The video starts with Pusha T and Malice driving in a car; they’re then seen rapping amid luxurious cars parked in front of a mansion.…
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Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Judge Arun Subramanian called together prosecution and defense parties in Sean Combs’ sex trafficking trial early Tuesday and threatened possible sanctions regarding an unspecified published article, which he said violated the court’s gag order. An article, the origin of which was not specified, allegedly contained information that Subramanian said “necessarily…
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