Hugo Comte Normani’s new single, “1:59,” is finally here. The singer dropped the sultry track, featuring Gunna, as the first taste of her debut album, Dopamine, which comes out June 14. “When I get you alone/boy what you gon’ do with it?” she sings on the chorus. “Don’t talk too much, just do this sh**/Boy,…
Cooper Neill/Getty Images Eminem is ready to say goodbye to his alter ego. The rapper announced his new album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce), Thursday night. The announcement, which aired during the NFL Draft, featured a trailer for a fake true crime series, Detroit Murder Files, about the “cold case” murder of Slim Shady. …
ABC Audio When Tank released R&B Money in 2022, it was accompanied by the news that it’d be his final album. Fans dealing with that reality are now in for some good news: he’s “all the way back.” “You know what? I was really gone. I really had my heart set on [retiring],” Tank tells ABC Audio —…
Keeley Parenteau Chance the Rapper is out with a new video for “Buried Alive,” which he directed himself. The song, from his album Star Line Gallery, sees him discuss “themes of self-discovery, resilience and the relentless pursuit of freedom,” reflected in the visual as Chance breaks free from a box he’s trapped in. With his newfound freedom,…
ABC/Art Streiber H.E.R. is continuing her acting career with a role that unites her with her The Color Purple producers. The Hollywood Reporter reports she’s teaming up with Oprah Winfrey and Scott Sanders for a majorettes-inspired film, set at a fictional historically Black college in Atlanta. The story’s about an introverted ballet dancer from LA who goes against her parents’…
Unique Nicole/WireImage Where there’s a will, there’s a way. That sums up the story of Usher‘s teenage son Naviyd Ely, who took extreme measures to ensure he met his favorite artist: PinkPantheress. As Usher tells it on his Instagram Story, Naviyd stole his phone and DM’d the star, expressing his love for her and asking for…
Phillip Faraone/VF24/Getty Images for Vanity Fair The nonprofit Gold House, which celebrates Asian Pacific creatives, companies and communities, has assembled an A-List set of honorees for its third annual Gold Gala. The event, which will take place on Saturday, May 11, at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles, will honor its 2024 A100 List…
Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images An unreleased verse from the late Takeoff will be heard on Ty Dolla $ign and Kanye West‘s Vultures 2 album, now due out May 3. As Rolling Stone reports, the song is tentatively titled “Let Me Chill Out.” It will also feature NBA Youngboy and Rich the Kid and is being teased as one of…
Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Swift River Productions On June 2, National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Public Enemy‘s Chuck D will be honored at Rap 4 Peace: A Hip-Hop Gun Violence Awareness Conference & Gala in Santa Monica. The event, organized by Hip Hop 4 Peace and the UNESCO Center for Peace, will raise awareness about gun violence in…
MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images Metro Boomin‘s accomplished quite a bit in his career, with his Heroes & Villains album becoming Platinum, his soundtrack for and cameo on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and his recent back-to-back #1 albums with Future. He also received a key to the city of his hometown, St. Louis. “It was amazing, man.…
