Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images With her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, now out, Taylor Swift is the center of attention, and for good reason. Both Rick Ross and Shonda Rhimes have praised her for her musical genius. Prior to the album’s release, Ross shared his intention to listen to the project. “Fresh out the slammer and Florida!!!…
Parkwood/Columbia Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter album is the focus of a CNN FlashDocs documentary about the history of Black artists in the world of country music. Call Me Country: Beyoncé & Nashville’s Renaissance “examines the impact of how high-profile artists like Lil Nas X and Beyoncé are challenging the country music status quo and how Black artists in…
(NOTE LANGUAGE) From the remix of a Pink Friday 2 cut to a track celebrating a milestone anniversary of Nas‘ first album, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. Nicki Minaj featuring Travis Scott, Chris Brown, Sexxy Red, “FTCU (Sleezemix)” — Nicki took time from her Pink Friday 2…
John Lamparski/FilmMagic 50 Cent‘s launch of a G-Unit Film & TV Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana, has earned him his own day in the city. Mayor Tom Arceneaux presented the entrepreneur, born Curtis Jackson, with a key to the city during the unveiling ceremony Thursday, proclaiming April 18 as Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Day. “As someone who’s always believed…
Team Eighty Productions/ Arista Records Lola Brooke is out with the extended deluxe version of her 2023 debut album, Dennis Daughter. The new edition comes with four new songs: “Neighborhood Hero,” “GO GET YA MOTHA,” “Bend It Ova,” featuring A Boogie wit Da Hoodie and Big Freedia, and “Becky,” featuring 41. “Neighborhood Hero” gets its…
Fred Lee/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Singer Mandisa, who reached the top 10 on American Idol season 5 and later became a Grammy-winning Christian artist, has died, ABC Audio has confirmed. She was 47. “We can confirm that yesterday [April 18] Mandisa was found in her home deceased,” her rep said in a…
Cooper Neill/Getty Images New details have been revealed in NBA YoungBoy’s arrest. According to police documents obtained by Utah’s ABC4, the rapper is suspected of being part of a “large-scale prescription fraud ring.” Police say YoungBoy, birth name Kentrell Gaulden, and several associates would call in fraudulent prescriptions for Promethazine with Codeine – a “heavily…
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Travis Scott has been nominated for 10 Grammys, but has not yet had the privilege of taking one home. Though the awards no longer have the same significance to some artists, the opposite is true for La Flame. “A lot of our peers, everyone’s like, ‘F*** that award.’ I f*** with it.…
Presley Ann/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Big Sean has been drafted by the NFL, but it’s not to play for one of its teams. Instead, he’s been tapped as the headlining performer for the Bud Light NFL Draft Concert Series, taking place in his native Detroit from April 25 to April 27. He’s set to take…
John Lamparski/FilmMagic 50 Cent sees Shreveport, Louisiana, as “a beacon of inspiration,” so he’s launching a G-Unit Studios in that city with a goal of increasing “job opportunities and economic growth [and] sparking a new era of prosperity and creativity.” “As someone who has always believed in the transformative power of music, film, and television, I’m beyond excited…