Dave Free Kendrick Lamar‘s latest album, GNX, is now on vinyl. Ahead of his highly anticipated Super Bowl performance Sunday, the album, which he surprised fans with in November, is now available in a variety of formats. Fans can choose between a 180g black or white vinyl, only available on K. Dot’s store; an indie-exclusive in…
Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images As promised, Lil Wayne delivered his surprise announcement Thursday, revealing the release date for his album, Tha Carter VI. In a Super Bowl ad for Cetaphil, which caters to sensitive skin, he’s captured as he provides the product to help save people from “sensitive situations,” including a man who’s left “high and dry”…
1501 Certified Entertainment / 300 Entertainment Albums by Wu-Tang Clan, Megan Thee Stallion and Snoop Dogg are part of the lineup for Record Store Day 2025. Available on April 12 will be copies of Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman: Wu-Tang and The Saga Continues Collection by Wu Tang and producer Mathematics. It’s their first new album in…
Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for EBONY Audible released Usher‘s episode of Words + Music Thursday. In The Last Showman, Usher delves into his life and career, discussing how he developed his onstage presence when he was 12 years old. “I was a defiant artist, man. You know? My mother, she signed me up for talent shows around town and…
Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Saweetie has her sights set on acting following the release of her debut album. In an interview with InStyle, she says she anticipates being fully focused on acting in 2025. “After I drop this album, I can foresee myself going into complete acting mode. I sent in my audition tapes before the…
Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images All eyes will be on Kendrick Lamar when he takes the field for his Super Bowl halftime show Sunday, but in an interview with Apple Music, he admits the Super Bowl stage was not something he had his sights set on. “I wasn’t thinking about no Super Bowl … we was thinking the…
Travis Scott is looking for a college band to join him at Coachella. “Any hbcu or really any college with a band. Big or small. That stand to take on that horn arrangement from 4×4. I’m down to bring u with me to Coachella to do it with me,” he wrote on social platform X.…
Paramount Pictures Rihanna is, as she describes it, in her “blue era,” playing Smurfette, the self-described “coolest Smurf in the village” in the new live-action/animated movie Smurfs. In a newly released trailer for this iteration of the beloved franchise film, Papa Smurf, played by John Goodman, is kidnapped by the evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel,…
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Irv Gotti, best known for starting the Murder Inc. label responsible for the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at 54 years old. “His creative genius and unwavering dedication to the culture birthed countless hits, defining an era of music that continues to resonate with fans worldwide,” Def Jam said…
Amazon MGM Studios Clean Slate is officially on Prime Video, a new series chronicling the reunion of an old-school car wash owner named Harry and his child, who returns home a proud trans woman named Desiree after more than 23 years away. Laverne Cox stars as Desiree, and serves as creator and executive producer of the…