Television Academy/ABC Usher‘s resurgence continues with yet another recognition. Not too long after being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards 2024, the Grammy-winning singer has been nominated for some Emmys. His halftime performance at Super Bowl LVIII has received a nod in the categories of Outstanding Variety Special (Live), Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction…
NBC/Chris Polk “Honey, that never gets old!” That was a dancing Sheryl Lee Ralph‘s live reaction on Wednesday to finding out she just received her third Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Supporting Actress category for Abbott Elementary. Ralph and fellow Emmy winner Tony Hale were presenting the nominees for the 76th annual event on Wednesday morning when they…
Word spread that 50 Cent might perform at the Republican National Convention after a meme featuring Donald Trump on the cover of Get Rich or Die Tryin’ made its way around the internet. That news, however, is false. A representative for 50 told TMZ that “he is not attending [the RNC], as he is slated to be…
Quality Control Music/Motown JT is just days away from sharing her new project, City Cinderella, with the world. With a 16-song track list, however, she wants to make it clear that it is “definitely a mixtape.” “People work on their albums for a year, albums are just different. So City Cinderella is not my first album, being that…
— Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us” has inspired a brand-new video game. Designed by Richie Branson, the Not Like Us: The Game is one in which users have to swing a bat and “wop” as many owls as possible. It’s available on notlikeusgame.com and, as Branson says, it’s “a free love letter to video games and hip-hop.” — Cash Cobain recently…
Photo by Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Big Sean fans were in for a treat Monday when he previewed a few unreleased songs on Instagram Live. Among them was the Kanye West-produced track, reportedly called “Fighting Fires,” which he says may appear on Ye’s Vultures 2 album with Ty Dolla $ign. “We in this b****, back focused, right?/ F***…
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images An upcoming Prince documentary is reportedly being held up because there’s just too much of it. Puck News reports that back in 2018, Netflix made a deal with the Prince estate for a documentary that was initially supposed to be directed by Ava DuVernay. She was replaced by O.J. Made in…
Derek Blanks for Missy Elliott Missy Elliott‘s on her Out of This World tour, while her music is literally out of this Earth. According to NASA, the lyrics from her song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” were sent to Venus through their Deep Space Network Friday, becoming only the second song — and the first hip-hop…
— 50 Cent listened to friend and longtime collaborator Eminem‘s latest effort, and he shared his thoughts on Instagram. “Yo @eminem s*** is crazy it takes me a while to understand the details of this one,” he wrote. The caption was shared alongside a post announcing that The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) had over 200 million streams in…
NBC Universal Rihanna may not be giving us any music, but at least she’s offering emotional support. Natalie Portman has revealed that while she was going through her divorce from Benjamin Millepied, it was the “Umbrella” singer who gave her the boost she needed to get through it. Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Monday,…
