CBS News©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. If you considered choosing dinner with Jay-Z over getting $500,000 cash, you may want to flip the switch. Speaking to Gayle King on CBS Mornings, the rapper chimed in on the ongoing online debate in which fans choose between half a million bucks or a meal with the Brooklyn entrepreneur. “You gotta take the money,” Jay advised,…
Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage J. Cole’s Dreamville Festival will be back next year. The event is set to return to Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 6 and 7. Fans can head over to Dreamvillefest.com to sign up for a presale password. “Dreamville Fest 2023 was a major cultural moment for the spring festival season,” Dreamville Festival President…
ABC/Paula Lobo Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has Instagrammed that he’s seen the controversy revolving around his wax statue that was recently unveiled at a museum in France — and he says help is on the way. As reported, the Grévin Museum’s now-deleted post of the new attraction was met with universal ridicule, as it was…
Marcus Ingram/Getty Images Lola Brooke has announced the release date for her debut album. Over the weekend, the rapper took to social media to share that the album, Dennis Daughter, will be out November 10. She posted a teaser for the project, which featured her sitting in a chair and writing in a diary. “FUN…
Ciara showed off her baby bump in a Denver Broncos sweatshirt while supporting her hubby Russell Wilson’s team as they faced the Green Bay Packers Sunday. She posted a series of Instagram photos featuring her family and captioned it, “Sunday Fun Day.” Ciara is expecting her third child with Wilson; she also shares nine-year-old son…
Samuel Joseph @samshoots__ When Brandy walked into the designated interview room at Ada’s Place at Legacy Records, she expressed her excitement, and nerves, about discussing her newest business venture into the world of alcoholic beverages. Her chat with ABC Audio revealed that her anxiety stems from caring so much about each of her projects — including her collaboration with Stella Rosa’s new…
From long-awaited follow-up albums to deluxe projects and a collection for kids, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. City Girls, Raw — After performing two hits from the new project at the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards, the Miami duo dropped off their third studio project with features…
Sony Music Entertainment/Warner Records The upcoming deluxe edition of Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls contains 47 previously unreleased tracks, and now we are getting to hear two more of them. The just-released “Darkside” and “Daddy Pop (12” Mix)” both come from Prince’s legendary vault. “Darkside” was recorded in Japan during Prince’s 1990 Nude Tour, while “Daddy Pop (12” Mix)” is the…
Lia Toby/Getty Images Lupita Nyong’o is addressing rumors that she and partner Selema Masekela have separated in a lengthy note shared to social media about pain and deception. After seemingly acknowledging the current Israel-Hamas war, noting there are “much more important things” happening in the world, Nyong’o updated fans on her relationship status. “At this moment, it is necessary for me to share…
WayNorth Music After a four-year hiatus since recording her last studio project, Changing Your Story, Jekalyn Carr returns with a fresh, new collection of songs: her self-titled, sixth album, Jeklayn. It arrives on the heels of the singer earning her seventh Billboard #1 with the Gospel Airplay Songs chart-topper, “I Believe God.” Featured on the album are fellow gospel greats including Kirk Franklin, Pastor Mike Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Blanca, with whom…
