The Roots/Live Nation Urban The Roots have announced the artists performing for the Roots Picnic 2025, which they will be headlining alongside D’Angelo. Making this year’s lineup are GloRilla, Philly native Meek Mill, Miguel, Tems, Latto, Kaytranada, Lenny Kravitz and Adam Blackstone featuring Jagged Edge. Jeezy will celebrate 20 years of his album Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, while Musiq Soulchild‘s set…
Live Nation Lil Baby is going around the world for a tour supporting his latest album, WHAM. The WHAM World Tour will visit cities including Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, Miami, Brooklyn and LA from June 3 to Oct. 16. BigXthaPlug, NLE Choppa and Loe Shimmy will join him for the North American leg; BigXthaPlug will also accompany Baby for shows in Australia…
Kara Durrette/Getty Images Super Bowl halftime performers don’t get paid — directly — but usually, the exposure gives a boost to their entire catalog. That’s what SZA and Kendrick Lamar are finding out now. As Billboard notes, Kendrick’s album GNX has returned to #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and SZA’s album SOS has…
Courtesy of Prime For three seasons, fans of Harlem have watched as Quinn, Camille, Angie and Tye navigated their careers and relationships. With the series now over, Meagan Good says she feels amazing about their arcs on the show. “I feel like these characters are so real and they’re so complex and they don’t fit into any…
Disney/Randy Holmes Andra Day has secured another acting role, this time in Bradley Cooper‘s next film Is This Thing On? Variety reports she’ll be acting alongside Sean Hayes as well as Will Arnett and Laura Dern, who star as the main characters Alex and Tess. Is This Thing On? will follow their marriage as it “quietly unravels,” per…
Loris Russier Tems has released the music video for Born in the Wild cut “Boy O Boy,” a ballad expressing her ill wishes for a partner in a relationship that’s coming to an end. The black-and-white video serves as a visual to the lyrics, which find Tems singing, “Sometimes, I want to strangle you/ But I…
RITW/SLANG Recordings Will Smith has given fans a Valentine’s Day present that doubles as a preview of his upcoming album. “First Love” — with Spanish pop singer India Martinez singing in Spanish and guitar played by Polish guitarist Marcin — sees Will flex his skills over a Latin beat produced by OmArr, LastNght and Kyle Townsend. “This song is the…
Offset has released a new single titled “Ten,” produced by London Jae. On it, he seemingly raps about parting ways with a woman who is aesthetically pleasing but generally bad for him. “I don’t need you, I got money/ I don’t miss you, I got money,” he says on the track. Toosii has dropped his…
OVO Sound Drake and PartyNextDoor have delivered on their promise to release their first album together, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. As shown in the unveiled track list, the album boasts 21 songs, including the previously teased “Crying in Chanel” and “Gimme a Hug,” on which Drake seemingly addresses his beef with Kendrick Lamar, those awaiting…
ABC/Christopher Willard/Disney/Stewart Cook Kelly Rowland has landed a starring role opposite Method Man in a new Amazon MGM Studios rom-com, according to Deadline. Based on Michael Todd’s New York Times bestseller Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex, the film is about the search for eternal love and maintaining a healthy relationship throughout courtship. Rowland, who previously…