Kay Flock has been in custody since December 2021 for the murder of Hwascar Hernandez. While there, he was charged in a multi-defendant RICO indictment in 2023, for which he recently went to trial. He was found guilty on most of the charges, Inner City Press reports. His sentencing is scheduled for July 16. “Kevin Perez,…
Live Nation Coco Jones has added European and U.K. dates to her upcoming Why Not More? Tour. Following its U.S. run from May 6 to June 26, she will take a break before kicking things off Sept. 10 in Cologne, Germany. She also has shows scheduled in Berlin, Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris, with the final stop set…
Starz Joey Bada$$ is back on Power Book III: Raising Kanan, though his character, Unique, was nearly killed off in the show’s third season. A fan-favorite on the cast, he tells ABC Audio it was “actually dope to see how much love and appreciation people have for the character in the event of his ‘demise.’ But…
2 Chainz took to Instagram to share that an employee at his Pamper Nail Studio in Atlanta stole all the furniture in the building. “You know, for a girl that was working in there for me, with me … to go back in there and steal all the stuff out of there, the TVs, the sofas,”…
Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage Trina, Trick Daddy and City Girls are among the hip-hop artists getting streets named after their songs in Miami-Dade County. According to the Miami Herald, Commissioner Keon Hardemon secured a 9-3 vote to rename 24 streets after songs from artists in the area. A part of Northwest 69th Street will be called Still the…
Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images Ashanti wants another “baby, baby, baby.” When asked her thoughts on husband Nelly wanting another child, she told E! News, “Let’s go!” Nelly, however, clarified that it’s actually the other way, insinuating that Ashanti is the one with baby fever. “Looking at my baby’s face, it’s just like, ‘Oh, one or…
Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Essence The lineup for the Cincinnati Music Festival has changed a bit, as Janet Jackson has dropped out. She was scheduled to headline the July 26 show, before she announced she will no longer perform due to “personal matters.” “To all my Cincinnati Music Festival fans…. I’m so sorry…
Legacy/Columbia Mariah Carey may not have her Christmas tree up anymore, but she’s just gotten a nice present: A federal judge has ruled in her favor in an ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit involving her holiday smash “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” The lawsuit, which has been ongoing since 2022, accuses Mariah of copying her…
SZA’s SOS album has now been in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for 80 weeks, making her the only Black artist in the chart’s history to have a single album in the top 10 for this long. Her feat has officially broken the tie between SOS and Michael Jackson‘s Thriller, which was in the…
Photo by Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images Erykah Badu‘s most recent project, the mixtape But You Caint Use My Phone, came out in 2015, but it’s been 15 years since she dropped a studio album. The wait for new music will soon come to an end as she’s been working on a new album that will solely be produced…