Deena Zaru and Abigail Shalawylo A$AP Rocky‘s defense team rested their case on Tuesday morning as the rapper faces two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm for allegedly firing a gun at a former friend during an incident in Hollywood on Nov. 6, 2021. The rapper, whose legal name is Rakim Mayers, did not take…
Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images With NBA All-Star 2025 making its way to San Francisco’s Chase Center Friday, the National Basketball Association has decided to pay tribute to the Bay Area and its contribution to music. It has tapped DJ Cassidy for a special Pass The Mic Live! that will feature E-40, Too $hort, Saweetie…
DISNEY/John Argueta Usher often reflects on his music career, but in an episode of Baby, This is Keke Palmer, he looks back at his time on Moesha. The singer made his acting debut on the ’90s sitcom, where he appeared in four episodes alongside Brandy and Countess Vaughn, with whom he remembers singing. “Whenever I would go on…
Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage Drake‘s plan to release $ome $exy $ongs 4 U with PartyNextDoor continues. He shared the cover art to the album Tuesday, which sees him and PND in the snow, standing in between two buildings with the hoods of their fur coats covering their faces. The post comes hours after they released…
Photo by Marcus Ingram/Getty Images Chris Brown has made Billboard history, securing his 100th week at #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. His song “Residuals” helped him achieve the feat, as it landed the #1 spot for the first time in its 27 weeks on the chart. He’s now the second artist, following Drake, to reach 100 weeks on…
Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation Serena Williams is setting the record straight about her appearance during Kendrick Lamar‘s Super Bowl halftime show. Alongside a video capturing behind-the-scenes moments ahead of the show, she explained she was called to join K.Dot because of her victory dance at the 2012 Olympics. “When @kendricklamar and team called and was…
Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Fanatics Kendrick Lamar recently became the first solo hip-hop act to headline a Super Bowl halftime show, and it seems Travis Scott wants to join him on the history-making list. In a cover story for Billboard‘s Sports Issue, he said that he has his heart set on one day headlining…
Paula Lobo/ABC Colman Domingo is opening up about the “hopeful” message of his latest Oscar-nominated film, Sing Sing. Domingo, whose work in the film earned him an Academy Award nomination for best actor, stopped by Good Morning America on Monday to reflect on what this project means to him. “It’s such an incredibly hopeful film, and I think…
Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage Ashanti has broken her silence on the death of Irv Gotti, who helped launch her music career. She was signed to his label Murda Inc. in the 2000s, and he produced some of her biggest songs. “I can’t believe things ended like this….and it makes me so sad,” she wrote on Instagram, alongside a…
Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Kanye West can’t tell us nothing … at least not on the social platform X. His account has been deactivated after making several posts calling for Diddy‘s freedom, among other things. “This account doesn’t exist,” his profile now reads. It’s not clear whether X removed Ye from the platform or he chose to…
