Mike WiLL Made-It attends the 2024 ForbesBLK Summit at The Eastern on June 24, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/WireImage)/Hit-Boy attends the Fast Company Innovation Festival 2025 on September 18, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company) The next Verzuz battle will be a showdown between producers. Mike…
Teyana Taylor at the Disney Advertising Upfront (Disney/Jose Alvarado) Golden Globe winner Teyana Taylor has another chance to win a major award for her role in One Battle After Another. She’s been nominated for an Oscar in the category of best supporting actress. “I fell asleep last night watching Pretty Woman, thinking about happy endings…
Idris Elba in ‘Hijack’ season 2 (Courtesy of Apple TV) More episodes of Hijack season 2 are now streaming on Apple TV, with Idris Elba returning as professional negotiator Sam Nelson. After surviving a plane hijacking in season 1, Sam ends the season 2 premiere with a plot twist no one saw coming: He is now the mastermind…
Teyana Taylor at Disney Advertising Upfront. (Disney/Jose Alvarado) Teyana Taylor is giving fans a glimpse of what’s to come when she hosts the Jan. 23 episode of Saturday Night Live. She flexes her acting chops in a promo clip released on social media Wednesday. In the teaser, Teyana listens as cast member Ashley Padilla vents about…
Cover of doPE album ‘no country for old men,’ featuring The Doors’ John Densmore and Public Enemy’s Chuck D (Org Music) The Doors drummer John Densmore has teamed with Public Enemy rapper Chuck D for a new album that will be released for Record Store Day on April 18. The album, no country for old…
Rapper Lil Yachty attends The Jones & Friends Project Toy Giveaway on December 20, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) Lil Yachty was a fan of some of the fallen soldiers in hip-hop, including Juice Wrld and XXXTentacion, who he said was the best rapper from his era. “I wish X was still here,” Yachty…
Travis Scott on the grid during the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 22, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by James Sutton – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images) It’s been more than four years since the devastation of Travis Scott‘s Astroworld festival, in which a stampede of concertgoers killed 10 people…
Pharrell Williams walks the runway during the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026, in Paris, France. (Photo by Lyvans Boolaky/Getty Images) Pharrell not only designs menswear collections at the Louis Vuitton headquarters in Paris, he creates music there. He debuted four tracks recorded and produced at…
APRIL 6: J. Cole performs onstage during the 2025 Dreamville Music Festival at Dorothea Dix Park on April 6, 2025, in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) J. Cole raps about his life in reverse on his latest single, “Disc 2 Track 2” — an approach he admits was challenging for him. In a…
Christopher “Tricky” Stewart attend the GRAMMY FutureNOW event at the W Atlanta Buckhead on April 5, 2014,c in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Catrina Maxwell/WireImage for NARAS) The latest inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame have been announced, with Christopher “Tricky” Stewart and Walter Afanasieff among the 2026 class. Tricky is credited for writing songs including Rihanna‘s…