Kid Cudi reacted Tuesday to the debut of his 2008 song “Maui Wowie” on the Billboard Hot 100. “This is MEGA!!! Debuting #71 on the @billboard charts 17 years later,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “This is a true example of timeless music. To all the fans who made this happen, I LOVE YOU!!…
Black Throught performs with The Roots during the Back Cove Festival at Payson Park on August 02, 2025 in Portland, Maine. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images) When Jimmy Fallon asked The Roots to be the band on his late-night talk show, the group initially thought it was BS. Speaking to Redman as part of Rolling Stone‘s…
Wu-Tang Clan had what were being billed as their final performances in the U.S., but now they’re taking their Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber tour to Australia. The group is set to perform in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in March. Tickets first become available via a Telstra Plus presale kicking off Oct. 27 at 11 a.m. There will be…
Spike Lee on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ (Disney/Randy Holmes) Honorees for the 2025 Critics Choice Association’s eighth annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television have been announced, with Spike Lee, Ryan Coogler and Sterling K. Brown among those being celebrated. Spike will receive the Career Achievement Award in recognition of filmography over the course of his career. Coogler will be…
Kehlani attends the 2025 American Music Awards at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on May 26, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)/Cardi B attends Cardi B “Am I The Drama” meet and greet at DBS Sounds on September 22, 2025 in Riverdale, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) After teaming with Cardi B on…
Mariah Carey is the 2026 MusiCares Person of the Year (Ethan James Green/MusiCares) In September, Mariah Carey won the MTV Video Vanguard Award. Now she’s set to receive another prestigious honor in January. Two nights before the Grammy Awards, Mariah will be honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year at a gala benefit and…
Tessa Thompson on “Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising” (ABC/Kyusung Gong) Tessa Thompson will be honored at the 2025 Gotham Awards for her titular performance in the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios drama Hedda. She is set to receive the Spotlight Award at the Gotham Film & Media Institute’s 35th annual awards ceremony, taking place Dec. 1…
Leon Thomas is teasing his new EP, Pholks, with a trailer featuring Issa Rae. She takes on the role of a host who’s introducing the crowd to upcoming performer Leon. “Right over here, ladies and gentlemen, now I need you to get yourself and your souls together. This man will make your liver quiver. This man…
Sean “Diddy” Combs attends Day 1 of 2023 Invest Fest at Georgia World Congress Center, Aug. 26, 2023, in Atlanta. Paras Griffin/Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ lawyers intend to appeal his conviction and more than four-year prison sentence, according to a notice filed Monday in the Federal District Court of New York. Combs was convicted…
Rapper BIA performs onstage during Day 1 of Rolling Loud Los Angeles at NOS Events Center on December 10, 2021, in San Bernardino, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) Bianca Landrau and her rap persona, Bia, come together on Bia’s debut album, Bianca. She tells Billboard the goal was to create a project where she displayed her…