ABC Lenny Kravitz could potentially be competing for an Oscar next year. The rocker is contributing the new song “Road To Freedom” to the upcoming film Rustin, about gay activist Bayard Rustin. The tune will feature musician Trombone Shorty, thanks to a request by director George C. Wolfe to include trombones in the song. “Ever since Branford Marsalis introduced me to a recording of the holy…
Live Nation/Production Simple Jack Harlow is going on tour — a very, very limited tour. The rapper has announced No Place Like Home: The Kentucky Tour, which will see him visiting several cities in his home state of Kentucky. The six-city tour starts November 24 in Owensboro and wraps up in Lexington on December 3. The…
Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET Paramount has decided to pull the plug on the sale of BET Media Group. The decision not to sell comes after at least five months of deliberations, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and after the company received bids for a majority stake in the company from top Hollywood names like Shaquille O’Neal, Diddy and Tyler Perry. A…
Eric Lars Bakke / ESPN Images Usher announced the final 12 shows of his Usher: My Way The Vegas Residency at Dolby Live theater in Las Vegas. The performances going on sale are on November 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 22, 24, 25 and 29, with his final two shows set for December 1 and 2. The hit…
Lovett Music, Inc./RCA Records For those who picked up on the many details included in Victoria Monét‘s “On My Mama” music video, you might’ve noticed the hint she dropped about her upcoming album, Jaguar II. She and her dancers revealed the project’s release date of Friday, August 25, by donning the numbers on custom-made throwback jersey dresses. …
Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Radio.com Chris Brown is letting fans in on details about his upcoming album. He’s calling the new project 11:11, and he’s debating on a November 11 release date. Chris said that despite fans’ wishes to increase the number of songs included on his 11th album, it will contain 11. “I see Some of my…
In an Instagram post Wednesday evening, August 16, Jamie Foxx updated fans about his recovery from the still-undisclosed health scare that left him hospitalized in April. Captioning a photo of himself wearing tinted aviator glasses and a crocheted bucket hat and holding a pair of red Crocs, the Oscar-winner began, “You’re lookin at a man…
Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images Washington, D.C., rapper Rico Nasty said her love for hip-hop dates back to her childhood years, when she rode around “in the radio truck” of late DJ Tony Redz. But her desire to start her own rap career came about after hearing Eminem‘s hit 2000 song “Stan.” “It was ‘Stan’ by Eminem that made me want to be…
Eardruma Records/Interscope Records “Sexy” is one of 14 songs from their fourth studio album, Sremm 4 Life, which they released in April. The new video is the latest in a string of visuals, including “Not So Bad (Lean’s Gone Cold)” and “Tanisha (Pump That).” Shot in Atlanta and Los Angeles, the Ethan Iverson-directed video features cameos from rapper Sukihana and the song’s…
Cash Money Records Inc. Jacquees announced he’ll be hitting the road soon with his Sincerely For You Tour. The 22-city tour kicks off in New Orleans on September 29. It will stop in his hometown, Atlanta, as well as Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston and more, before wrapping up in Sacramento in November. Additional tour dates are to…