Drake performs onstage during “Lil Baby & Friends Birthday Celebration Concert” at State Farm Arena, Dec. 9, 2022, in Atlanta. (Prince Williams/WireImage/Getty Images) Attorneys for Drake sent word Wednesday that the rapper intends to appeal a decision dismissing his lawsuit against Universal Music Group. Earlier this month, a federal judge in New York dismissed the rapper’s defamation case against…
Coi Leray Backstage during Revolt World 2024 at Pangaea Studios on September 20, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) While Cardi B‘s album Am I the Drama? includes some disses toward female rappers, Coi Leray doesn’t consider the mention of her name to be one of them. While a guest on the Bootleg Kev Podcast, she shared her…
‘Chromakopia’ cover art (Columbia Records) Tyler, The Creator has released a new song to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Chromakopia. “Mother,” he explains, was meant to be on the album before he made the last-minute decision to remove it. “MOTHER was the first song i made for this project…its pretty much the grounding piece of…
Janet Hubert from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air has joined the cast of Peacock’s fourth and final season of Bel-Air. According to Deadline, she will play a woman Hilary (Coco Jones) meets “who becomes instrumental to the Banks family.” Janet portrayed the original Aunt Viv on The Fresh Prince and is the latest OG cast member to appear…
Chloe Bailey attends the 56th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2025, in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for BET) Chlöe has joined the cast of the coming-of-age drama The Julia Set. Deadline reports she is one of six new cast members, along with Nina Hoss, Carmen Ejogo, Nico Hiraga, Liz Lin and Alex Dillard. Production for…
Tessa Thompson stars in Nia DaCosta’s film ‘Hedda.’ (Amazon MGM Studios) Tessa Thompson stars in director Nia DaCosta‘s Hedda. The new movie is a reimagining of the classic Henrik Ibsen play about a newlywed whose simmering discontent hidden under outward composure threatens to explode when her former lover reenters her life. Thompson spoke to ABC…
Queen Latifah at ‘The Oscars’ on Sunday, March 2, 2025 (Disney/Frank Micelotta) QUEEN LATIFAH Queen Latifah has been cheffing it up in the studio. During an appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show Tuesday, she revealed that she has some unreleased music. “It’s just so much music, and it’s time and the things,” she said of her decision to…
Mariah Carey performs onstage, November, 2024 in Highland, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Mariah Carey) It seems that Christmas season comes earlier and earlier each year, but it doesn’t officially start until Mariah Carey says it’s time. And as she made sure to point out on Tuesday, it’s not. Mariah posted a montage of herself…
‘Sinners’ poster (Warner Bros. Pictures) The American Black Film Festival has announced its 2026 honorees, selecting Jennifer Hudson, Damson Idris and the creative team behind the movie Sinners. Hudson will receive the Renaissance Award for “changing perceptions of people of color in the entertainment industry,” while Damson will be honored with the Horizon Award for being a “formidable force…
Artwork for Omarion’s ‘For War’ (Create Music Group) Omarion has released his brand-new single, “For War.” It’s a song about making the decision to fight for love despite its many hardships. “If love is the battlefield, ‘For War’ is the anthem for the warriors who fight with heart, not ego,” he says in a press release. “Some…