Leon Thomas on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (Disney/Randy Holmes) Cardi B was among those honored Thursday at Billboard‘s 2025 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players event. Cardi accepted the Impact of the Year Award at the event in New York and shared a speech about the women who inspired her to be in the game. “When I was growing up, I didn’t…
Miguel begins the rollout for his upcoming album, CAOS, with the surprise release of his new single, “New Martyrs (Ride 4 U).” It’s “a story about taking matters into one’s own hands to send a message—resounding and vulnerable all at once,” according to a press release. CAOS arrives on Oct. 23. Lizzo follows up her previous mixtape with…
Leon Thomas attends the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images) Leon Thomas has new music on the way. In an interview with Billboard, he revealed he will release a seven-track EP in October that is “notably funkier, and at times more psychedelic”…
Tyler the Creator attends the Starz screening of “Magic City: An American Fantasy” at Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center during the 2025 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival on August 06, 2025 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) Nike has introduced a new slogan in its latest campaign featuring Tyler, The Creator. The…
Lecrae, T.I. & Killer Mike on set of ‘Headphones’ music video (Calvin Njuguna) Lecrae has teamed up with T.I. and Killer Mike for the music video to “Headphones” off his latest album, Reconstruction. The video finds the rappers reminiscing about the people who had the greatest impact on their lives. In the clip, Lecrae is captured in a vinyl store, where…
50 Cent performs onstage during a concert at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 3, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Katja Ogrin/Getty Images) Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson shows you 50 Ways to Catch a Killer in his new true crimes series on Fox Nation. The six-part program brings viewers inside investigative units as they attempt to solve murder…
Rapper 2 Chainz attends Red Clay Screening + Talkback: Fame, Family & Recovery at The Gathering Spot on July 25, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) 2 Chainz‘s journey from hustler to rapper will be told in a memoir arriving in spring 2026. The Voice in Your Head Is God will find him reflecting…
American rapper Kid Cudi performs live on stage during Rock en Seine music festival at Domaine National de Saint-Cloud on August 21, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images For AB) Kid Cudi‘s latest album, Free, will be his last new project for a while. He shared in an X post Tuesday that…
CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD – “Normani vs Michelle Buteau and Andy Richter vs Jason Ritter” (Disney/Wilford Harewood) Normani is helping to kick off the 2025 NFL season with the You Better Believe It campaign. She appears in a clip in front of a crowd of football fans and performs the hook for “Ride the Float,” a remix of…
John Legend at THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY: HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR (Disney/Steven Diaz) John Legend, Kai Cenat, Apple and Apple Music will be among the honorees at the Black Music Action Coalition’s fifth annual gala, which celebrates those making an impact on music and culture. John will receive the BMAC Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award in honor of his…