Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Metro Boomin‘s honoring his late mother with his latest initiative. He’s teamed with Rung for Women to donate $20,0000 each to five women-focused nonprofits in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. The producer will give the money to Almost Home, Diamond Diva Empowerment Foundation, the Haven of Grace, the Little Bit…
Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images If you’re a fan of YG‘s Just Re’d Up series, you’ll probably be pumped to hear this news: the rapper’s releasing part three of the project, though it’s not clear whether it will be an album or a mixtape. “JUST RE’D UP 3 JULY 2024!” he wrote on social platform X,…
Todd Williamson/NBC Sports Snoop Dogg is hopping on the memorabilia auction bandwagon. He’s teamed with Realest, a new sports and music auction house founded by radio host Scott “DJ Skee” Keeney, to auction off a few of his things. The items, which span a range of prices, include photos, PlayStations, productions, autographed TV scripts from…
Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Vanity Fair Coco Jones recently released the new single “Here We Go (Uh Oh),” and she hopes her R&B sound reaches all types of audiences. “I think what people are really looking for is songs that inspire a feeling,” she tells NME in a new interview. “Songs that have…
Prince Williams/Wireimage Looks like Drake’s bank account is a little lighter right now. According to Billboard, the rapper posted a betting slip on his Instagram Stories showing that he had placed a $565,000 bet via online casino Stake picking Tyson Fury to beat Oleksandr Usyk during the Saturday, May 18, heavyweight championship match, which Usyk wound up winning.…
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Victoria Monét has pulled out of three upcoming music festivals, citing “ongoing health issues.” The singer announced the news on her Instagram Stories, sharing that she will no longer be performing at Philadelphia’s Roots Picnic on June 1, New York’s Governor’s Ball on June 9 and Nashville’s Blavity House Party Fest on June 15.…
Columbia Records Nas‘ debut album, Illmatic, is now 30 years old, so he’s marking its milestone anniversary with another debut. Starting Thursday, August 29, he’ll play his first-ever performance at Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas, kicking off a three-show gig with the Las Vegas Philharmonic. The other shows are scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 31,…
Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Megan Thee Stallion wants fans to know her tequila line is on its way. She shared the news in a clip on social media, which captured her walking through the halls of Chicago’s United Center with the orange and red ombré bottle in hand. “Chicago Hotties, your [chica] is…
Cindy Ord/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Back when Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road” came out in 2019, Billboard wouldn’t allow it to appear on the country chart because it didn’t “embrace enough elements of today’s country music to chart in its current form.” But now, things are different, which is making Nas feel regretful.…
Saweetie may be in the spotlight now, but she hasn’t forgotten her struggle days. In an interview with Brown Bag Mornings, she recalled the times she’d couch surf at the homes of family and friends in LA because she was homeless. “I remember I was too proud to tell my friends and my family that I had nowhere…