TDE/RCA SZA has worked her way back to the top of the Billboard 200, securing the position with her album SOS. According to Luminate, the project earned 52,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending April 24, bumping it up from its previous spot at #3. With SOS‘ 13 weeks at #1, it makes Billboard 200 history with the most weeks…
Courtesy Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Outkast and Salt-N-Pepa‘s contributions to the world of rap have earned them a future induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Outkast is among those being honored in the performer category, securing an induction as first-time nominees. Featuring André 3000 and Big Boi, the group will be…
Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images Nearly six months since he was released from his two-and-a-half year bid for a RICO case, Young Thug has broken his silence. Speaking with GQ, Thug shared that his experience behind bars and part of the longest trial in Georgia history helped him realize how “out of this world” he…
Photo by Prince Williams/FilmMagic Too $hort recently added to his catalog with Sir Too $hort Vol. 1 (Freaky Tales), his first album in five years. Speaking to Billboard, he said the break was the result of his perception of the industry, which he notes has drastically changed since he kicked off his career. “I make a lot…
From Disney Channel to her debut album, Coco Jones has come a long way. Why Not More? is out, along with the music video for her song “On Sight.” “Why Not More? is the question I’ve been asking myself in hopes of understanding me and growing in confidence. This album is about leaning into whoever you are…
Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage A federal judge in New York on Friday allowed a video depicting Sean Combs kicking and dragging then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel in March 2016 into his upcoming sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial. “The defense can’t show the footage is inadmissible,” Judge Arun Subramanian said in a ruling from…
Taylor Gang Ent, LLC April 14 marked the 15th anniversary of Wiz Khalifa‘s Kush & Orange Juice mixtape, a project he says “changed my life and career.” “It was the mixtape that introduced me to the world,” Wiz tells Complex. “It introduced me to a lot of people, and I had put in a lot of…
Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage Protesters gathered outside the Sumner County Courthouse in Tennessee Wednesday in support of Young Buck, who was ordered to serve 30 days for “repeated violations of his bond supervision,” WKRN reports. They spoke out against his bond being revoked, and generally what they deemed “political and police corruption.” “I hope they start…
Photo by Kara Durrette/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” has made its way to the top of another Billboard chart, this time the Pop Airplay chart dated May 3. It’s the first rap song to lead the chart since Doja Cat‘s “Agora Hills” in March 2024, marking K. Dot’s first time at #1 as a lead artist…
Gravitas Ventures Cory Hardrict is back on the movie screens, starring in the new indie thriller Die Like a Man. The actor portrays a gangster named Solo who has returned home after a 10-year bid to a gentrified neighborhood void of friends who have either died, been jailed or simply moved on with their lives. He tasks himself…