Cover art for Akon’s ‘Beautiful Day’ album (Konvict Kulture) It’s a Beautiful Day, as Akon has just released his new studio album. It marks his first full-length project since 2008, though he’s continued to drop music over the years. “Before I was just doing it to feed the passion,” he tells ABC Audio. “I had so…
Ahmad Nicholas Ferguson as Bakari, Michael V. Epps as Jake and Shamon Brown Jr. as Papa in ‘The Chi,’ Season 8, streaming on Paramount+.( Photo Credit: Sandy Morris/Paramount+) Lena Waithe has announced the release date for the eighth and final season of The Chi. She shared the news with a video teasing what’s to come. The clip features…
Kat Graham attends Lifetime’s Summer Soiree at Santa Monica Proper Hotel on July 16, 2025, in Santa Monica, California. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images) The new Michael Jackson biopic Micheal opens in theaters Friday, and while Diana Ross was good friend of the singer, she won’t be represented in the film. Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham was…
Poster for ‘K-Pops!’ (Courtesy of Aura Entertainment) Anderson .Paak’s film K-Pops! is making its way to Netflix. The movie will begin streaming on May 30. K. Pops! marks Anderson’s feature directorial debut. He directed, wrote and starred in the film, which is based on an idea that came to mind during the pandemic as he looked…
The Weeknd performs onstage during the Michael Rubin REFORM Alliance Casino Night Event on September 13, 2025, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for REFORM Alliance) In honor of its 20th anniversary, Spotify announced its most-streamed artists in the history of the platform. Drake, The Weeknd, Eminem and Kanye West are among…
Live Nation Summer of Live 2026 (Courtesy Live Nation) Live Nation has announced its Summer of Live promotion, offering tickets for the all-in price of $30 to over 4,000 shows. Among those are shows that are part of tours for Ari Lennox, Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo and Akon, and Summer Walker. Ari will be…
BossMan Dlow performs live during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 02, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. (photos by Ryan Bakerink) (Photo by Ryan Bakerink#877342#51A ED/WireImage) BossMan Dlow released his album Chicken Talkin Bastard earlier in April, and he tells XXL, “I’m feeling good right now. I’m back.” He says the album’s title, also a track title,…
Ne-Yo at 59th Annual CMA Awards (Disney/Michael Le Brecht) Ne-Yo has been exploring his music as a country artist, an experience he says has been much better than he expected. He tells Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast that he was prepared to enter a world that might not be very welcoming. “It came with all these…
The booking photo for the singer D4vd — whose real name is David Burke — is shown during a press briefing in Los Angeles on April 20, 2026. (LAPD) The 14-year-old girl whose dismembered remains authorities say were found decomposing in the singer D4vd’s towed Tesla last year died by “multiple penetrating injuries,” according to the newly…
Chris Brown and Usher at Cafe Iguana Pines on January 29, 2016, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. (Photo by Thaddaeus McAdams/WireImage) Usher and Chris Brown are meeting fans’ demands for their R&B tour with the addition of seven new dates. Second shows have been scheduled in Charlotte, Chicago, San Francisco, Houston and Tampa. A third show is now set…