Disney/Randy Holmes Stevie Wonder is Billboard‘s choice for the best R&B artist of all time. The publication highlighted his career accomplishments, including his first-ever #1 R&B and Hot 100 single “Fingertips – Pt. 2″; his first #1 R&B album, Talking Book; and #1 R&B projects Innervisions, Fullfillingness’ First Finale, Songs in the Key of Life, Hotter Than July, and…
Photo by TheStewartofNY/GC Images Keke Palmer is getting ready to introduce the world to the woman behind the brand, she says in an interview with E! News. She says that through her new album, Just Keke, fans will meet “the Keke that everybody always knows and loves” as well as “the person behind that, the one…
Amazon Music Rotation, Amazon Music’s Black music brand, will be livestreaming an exclusive Erykah Badu concert on Juneteenth as part of their Forever in Rotation celebration honoring Black Music Month and the Black artists who remain in our rotation. Badu Presents: Echos 19 will see Erykah take the stage live at The Bomb Factory in her…
Photo by Antony Jones/Getty Images for Spotify Cardi B is “Outside,” according to her upcoming single. While announcing the song’s arrival on Friday, she shared a snippet on her Instagram, in which she seemingly addresses her split from Offset as well as her situation with NFL player Stefon Diggs. “I’ve been cuffed up too long, let me remind…
Aftermath/G Unit/Interscope Records It’s been 25 years since The Game released his debut album, The Documentary, and the most memorable part of that process was his eldest son. “The thing I remember most about the album process was the photoshoot,” he tells ABC Audio. “My son [Harlem] was 1 year old and he cried the whole…
Disney/Pamela Littky Abbott Elementary, Forever and Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist top the list of nominees for this year’s Black Reel Television Awards. Netflix’s YA romance Forever scored the most nominations with 12, followed by ABC’s Abbott Elementary with 11. Peacock’s Fight Night has eight. Joining Abbott in the outstanding comedy series category are The Bear, Harlem, The Residence and Survival of the Thickest. Along with Forever in the outstanding…
Young Money Records, Inc. Lil Wayne may have been just shy of topping the all-genre Billboard 200 Albums chart with his Tha Carter VI album, but he’s #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart this week. Tha Carter VI marks his 11th #1 on the chart; his previous chart-topper was 2020’s Funeral. Wayne becomes the eighth artist to log at least 11 number ones since…
Courtesy CNN Nelly, Ice Cube and Timbaland are among the musical acts who’ll be ringing in Independence Day this year on CNN. The cable network’s fifth annual special The Fourth in America will air starting at 7 p.m. ET live on CNN. The special will feature coast-to-coast firework shows from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Las Vegas, San Diego, New…
Daniel Obasi Burna Boy is hitting the road. The singer announced his No Sign of Weakness tour, named after his upcoming album, due out July 11. The North American trek will kick off Nov. 12 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, making Burna Boy the first Nigerian artist to ever headline the venue. He’ll also make stops in…
Amanda Edwards/Getty Images The Jeffersons actress Marla Gibbs is coming out with a memoir. People reports the 94-year-old will be releasing It’s Never Too Late in early 2026, from Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. According to the book’s synopsis, Gibbs will detail “her difficult journey from a tempestuous childhood to becoming a confident Hollywood powerbroker and groundbreaker who paved the way for…
