From a song for a musical to a new Nas video, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. SiR, Heavy — The album marks the singer’s first full-length release in five years. It started as a set of poems and sees him being “dark, ugly, honest in a…
Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Seems like Big Sean has made his way to NPR’s Tiny Desk. As part of the announcement of his new single “Precision,” the rapper took to Instagram to share a series of photos and videos. Among them was a picture in which he and members of the live band posed on the Tiny…
ABC/Randy Holmes Cardi B returned to the scene with “Like What (Freestyle)” and now “Enough (Miami),” prompting questions on what to expect from her forthcoming sophomore album. If she could use one word to describe the project, it would be “different.” “I think it’s different,” she said on Threads. “I think there’s going to be some…
Photo by Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue After much teasing, Future and Metro Boomin have released their new album, We Don’t Trust You, which features an appearance from Kendrick Lamar. The Compton rapper is featured on the track “Like That,” in which he seems to throw shots at Drake and J. Cole. “Yeah, get up with…
Epic She’s already won a Grammy and scored a global smash with “Water” — but now, it’s time for Tyla to release her self-titled debut. And the South African star feels that with this album, she’s pioneered a true fusion of African music and pop. “Over the years, I feel like I’ve just come more…
LaFace Records Twenty years ago, Usher confessed his way to the bestselling album of his career — and the bestselling album by a Black artist in the 21st century. The singer’s fourth album, Confessions, arrived March 23, 2004. It stemmed from Usher’s desire for fans to get to know him as a person. As he said at…
ABC/Randy Holmes On the heels of the announcement that she’s joining Megan Thee Stallion‘s Hot Girl Summer Tour, GloRilla has shared some more news. The rapper’s preparing to release a mixtape titled EhhThang EhhThang in early April. “FUK IT. I’M DROPPING A MIXTAPE. Yeah Glo,” she wrote on X, formerly Twitter. The mixtape is slated to drop on April…
Photo by Erik Voake/Getty Images for MNRK Music Group The wait for Tyler, the Creator‘s Louis Vuitton collection is over. In honor of its debut Thursday, Tyler shared a two-minute video highlighting some of the behind-the-scenes action that went into the body of work. In it, he’s seen dragging an oversized camera into the studio,…
Alex Da Corte Tierra Whack‘s video for the track “TWO NIGHT” is out now. The visual, directed by Alex Da Corte, sees a blimp-sized version of the artist floating through downtown Philadelphia, appearing to be invincible as angry people try various attempts to destroy it. Eventually, after all the wear and tear, she reaches her demise.…
ABC/Randy Holmes Cardi B and Shakira‘s teased collaboration “Punteria” was a dream come true for both stars. Cardi “manifested it” but had no idea when it would actually come to fruition. “When I first met Shakira, it was in Paris at the Fendi show, and I was very, very nervous,” she said in an interview…
