Dennis Leupold In Mariah Carey‘s video for her new song “Type Dangerous,” she goes up against various shady men — and one very famous YouTuber. In the clip, a glammed-up Mariah arrives at a casino and encounters “Mr. Player,” who approaches her with a knife hidden behind his back — but she disarms him with…
7 Wallace Slick Rick‘s encounter with Idris Elba at a party led to their collaboration on his newly released comeback album, Victory. Elba serves as executive producer on the project, which came to fruition after he had his team contact Slick. “We met at a party and then we clicked. His people reached out to…
Amazon Music Amazon Music brought together Leon Thomas and Dylan Sinclair for an Amazon Music Originals cover celebrating the 30th anniversary of D’Angelo‘s “Brown Sugar.” “There are few tracks more important than D’Angelo’s ‘Brown Sugar.’ I’ve always been inspired by the song, and it was a true honor to pay tribute to it,” Leon says.…
Gunna shows off his resilience in his first song of 2025, “Won’t Stop.” “I thought I told you time and time again, this s*** won’t stop/ I backend show by show, I’m tryna triple and double the pot/ Booked for at least six figures a show or more from here on out,” he raps on the…
Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation Shannon Sharpe is setting the record straight after Nicki Minaj threw shade his way on Lil Wayne‘s “Banned From NO” remix. Nicki raps in the remix, “‘Bout to cop you slides, all you do is flip-flop/ If I send a pic of Shannon, you ain’t that Sharpe.” She…
Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Kanye West was briefly able to watch his friend Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial from an overflow room Friday. Arriving in a black Mercedes-Maybach sedan, West entered the public entrance of the Daniel Patrick Monyihan Courthouse Friday morning. He wore an all-white outfit and black sunglasses. Like any other member of…
Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images Silentó has broken his silence after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison in connection with the 2021 fatal shooting of his cousin Frederick Rooks. In a statement shared by his publicist Chanel Hudson-O’Connor, Silentó says, “I will continue to make music and work on becoming the best possible version of myself. I…
Doechii recently shared a TikTok video of the unboxing of her Grammy for best rap album for Alligator Bites Never Heal. “Oh my God, it’s so pretty! Oh my God, look at it. That’s so amazing,” she said. “This is actually real ‘cause I was pissed when they took it from me at the Grammys. I wanted…
High Standardz/Def Jam Recordings Coco Jones has been on the road bringing her Why Not More? album to life onstage. She tells ABC Audio she’s been working her behind off “to keep the show very fun and very honest.” “I love to have my conversational moments in between songs and show people the inspiration behind songs. I…
Photo by Ricky Vigil M / Justin E Palmer/GC Images This story may contain accounts and descriptions of actual or alleged events that some readers may find disturbing. The cross examination of Sean Combs girlfriend appearing as “Jane” continued Thursday, with her description of an alleged physical assault by Combs in June 2024 that she previously testified…