Unique Nicole/WireImage It’s been 20 years since the release of Usher‘s Confessions, and he’s marking the milestone in a big way. The singer has been named a headliner of this year’s Essence Festival of Culture, which itself is celebrating its 30th birthday. He’ll be taking the stage for a special one-night-only performance of the 2004 album. Slated to take place July…
Johnny Louis/Getty Images Rapper Sean Kingston was arrested in California following a SWAT raid of his rented South Florida mansion, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday. Kingston, 34, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, was arrested “without incident” in Fort Irwin, California, on numerous fraud and theft charges and will be booked into…
ABC/Lou Rocco Mariah Carey has released her episode of Audible Original’s Portrait of a Portrait: Words + Music, in which she breaks down her 2018 song “Portrait” and announces its new dance remix. The song is one example of her songwriting — a hobby she got into at a young age. “I don’t know that I knew that…
Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage Kelly Rowland is explaining why she was upset on the red carpet at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival Tuesday. In an interview with The Associated Press, she chalked up her confrontation with a security guard to a crossed boundary. “The woman knows what happened. I know what happened. And I have a…
MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images Metro Boomin and frequent collaborator The Weeknd are at it again. In an interview with RapCaviar, Metro revealed that they’re currently working on the singer’s upcoming album. “Me and him working on a lot of stuff. You know, we cookin’ up for his new album,” he says in the clip,…
ABC Even though she grew up a Jehovah’s Witness and doesn’t celebrate Christmas, Quinta Brunson has the perfect holiday gift in mind for herself. The Emmy-winning creator, writer and star of Abbott Elementary revealed on The Drew Barrymore Show Wednesday that she wants to ghostwrite one of those Hallmark Channel Christmas movies. “My TV doesn’t…
Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Sean Kingston is in the headlines, but it’s not for his music or his own actions. ABC affiliate WPLG reports his Florida home was surrounded by Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies Thursday, and they arrested his mother on fraud and theft charges. The officers were spotted next to a command center set up in…
ABC Lizzo thought she’d completed her next album, but now that she’s in a good space, she actually has some more work to do. Taking to Instagram Wednesday, the singer shared her desire to go to the studio, where she plans to “get some of these good vibes off in a banger real quick.” Noting she’s currently…
Netflix The official trailer for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is here, and Eddie Murphy again brings the laughs — and the action. Plot details are scarce, but the trailer shows that once again Foley uncovers something big going down in the exclusive ZIP code, and has to rely on new and old friends to…
Photo by Dominique Charriau/WireImage Metro Boomin and Future‘s “Like That” stirred up emotions when Kendrick Lamar shared his thoughts on J. Cole and Drake, two-thirds of the “big 3.” Now Yasiin Bey has some things to get off his chest, recently hopping on the same beat. Shared through collaborator Anuar Khalifi’s Instagram, the track hears Yasiin spit bars directed at all three members…
