From Nicki Minaj to Lil Wayne, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. –Nicki Minaj, “Last Time I Saw You” — Nicki unpacks heartbreak in the vulnerable new track from her upcoming album, Pink Friday 2. —JID & Lil Yatchy, BlakkBoyz Present Half Doin Dope/Van Gogh — This collaborative…
Starz Starz’s crime drama Power Book IV: Force has returned for its second season. After moving from New York to Chicago in the first season, Joseph Sikora‘s fan favorite Tommy Egan keeps making moves to try to run the gangster game in the Windy City, with Tommy Flanagan‘s Irish crime boss Walter Flynn and his…
Kemosabe Records/RCA Records Doja Cat tapped an icon of spookiness for the video for her new song, “Demons”: Wednesday Addams. Christina Ricci, who played Wednesday in The Addams Family films and also appeared in the Netflix series Wednesday as a teacher at Nevermore Academy, stars in the new video, released on Friday. In the video,…
John Lamparski/Getty Images for Roc Nation Lil Uzi Vert is no puppy thief. Police mistakenly identified the rapper as a dognapper this week after the real suspect used a photo of Uzi as his social media profile pic. On Thursday, August 31, the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department posted a bulletin to Facebook asking for the…
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images If you were hoping to see Playboi Carti on tour in America this year, you’ll have to wait a little longer: He’s pushed his U.S. Antagonist Tour dates to 2024. The trek was originally supposed to kick off on September 6 in Denver, Colorado, and wrap October 20 in Atlanta. Now, the…
Sony Pictures It’s the end of the road for The Equalizer. The third film in the Denzel Washington franchise hits theaters this weekend, and we’re told it’ll be the last. So why is now the right time to say goodbye? “We’ve done as much as we can do with McCall, I believe, up to this point, right?” Director Antoine…
ABC Sheryl Lee Ralph has announced a rebranding and expansion of her nonprofit charitable organization, The DIVA Foundation. The announcement of the rebrand came on Thursday, August 31. The DIVA Foundation, which Ralph founded 33 years ago to deliver urgent messaging, and fight the stigma surrounding the awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS, is launching a rebrand…
Kevin Mazur/Child11/WireImage Are Usher and Alicia Keys teaming up for a “My Boo” sequel? The artists seem to be hinting another collab could be in the works. When a fan on social media expressed their love of the track – which celebrates its 20th anniversary next year – and asked for a sequel, Alicia responded…
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation Jay-Z’s Team ROC is offering legal assistance to a man who was wrongfully arrested for a hit-and-run accident in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Billboard reports Team ROC, Roc Nation’s philanthropic and social justice division, has hired attorney Alex Spiro to represent Jermelle English Jr. and get all charges dropped in the…
Sony Legacy Thirty years ago — August 31, 1993 — Mariah Carey released her third album, Music Box. Now she’s marking the milestone with a special expanded edition with new and unreleased tracks. “It’s the anniversary of MUSIC BOX! A whopping whole 30 minutes since the album was first released,” Mariah jokes on Instagram. “I’ll never forget creating this record,…