From smooth-sounding R&B collections to surprise albums and fresh collabs, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. Brent Faiyaz, Larger than Life — After surprising fans with the new album one day before its release on October 27, Brent dropped off the 14-track project with features from Missy Elliott, Coco Jones, Babyface Ray and more. Baby Tate, Baby Tate…
DulaneyLand Todd Dulaney treated gospel fans to a fresh take on music with his newly released album, The Journey. The 10-track project is a collection of live-performance songs recorded in 2022 at Chicago’s Calvary Baptist Church in Dulaney’s home state of Illinois. The Journey is preceded by the album’s ninth track, “It’s Working,” featuring gospel great Hezekiah Walker. Coming up, Dulaney…
Joe Faraoni / ESPN Images Track and field world champion Sha’Carri Richardson may soon add another accolade to her resume. The sprinting superstar was announced as one of 11 women up for the 2023 Women’s World Athlete of the Year award. The list — which reflects the women’s standout performances at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, one-day meeting circuits, Label…
ABC/Jeffrey Neira Jeezy, Latto and Juvenile are among the stars added to the lineup for the Recording Academy’s Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop live concert taking place November 8 at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California. Also joining the star-filled show: Arrested Development, Big Daddy Kane, Black Sheep, Cypress Hill, Digable Planets, DJ Quik, E-40, GloRilla, Gunna, Luniz, MC Lyte, Roxanne Shanté, Spinderella, Three 6 Mafia, Too $hort, T.I., 2 Chainz, Warren G and YG. The new list…
UMG Records Just as Offset thought he was finished with his newest album, Set It Off, a new track from Don Toliver came in. “Worth It” ended up becoming his favorite song from the project, but he told People it wasn’t an album original. “I got that song two weeks before the album came [out],” the rapper said. “The album was already done and I…
Jamie McCarthy/WireImage Sexyy Red apologized to her fans for canceling Thursday’s Ohio stop on her Hood Hottest Princess Tour. Following a visit to the hospital in Cincinnati, the “SkeeYee” rapper, who’s recently announced her pregnancy, said she had come down with the flu and was advised by doctors not to perform. “I’m real sick,” Sexyy said before revealing she didn’t…
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic One of Offset‘s three sons will dress up as someone very special for Halloween: his dad. “My son Kody, he wants to be me this year,” Offset recently revealed to People of the 8-year-old’s costume plans. He noted that his daughters, Kulture and Kalea, are planning to be cheerleaders. As for his oldest son, Jordan, Halloween isn’t really a holiday the teen looks forward to…
Daniele Venturelli/Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for Salvatore Ferragamo Brent Faiyaz made a surprise announcement on Thursday: his new album, Larger than Life, will be out on Friday. He dropped the news on fans by sharing a short album trailer to YouTube and on Instagram. The 14-track project, Brent’s first official album release via his ISO Supremacy creative agency, will feature appearances by A$AP Rocky, Missy Elliott and Babyface Ray,…
ABC Grace Jabbari, the woman whose accusations led the New York Police Department to charge Loki star Jonathan Majors in a domestic violence incident, has herself been arrested in New York on multiple charges. However, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office will not prosecute her, reports ABC News’ Aaron Katersky. In a statement, a spokesperson for…
Sono Recording Group Ruben Studdard is ready to give R&B fans a taste of the soulful tunes he’s known for delivering. He’ll do so, he says, by way of his new studio album, The Way I Remember It, expected out on Friday. Earlier this year, Studdard dropped off the album’s title track, one he calls a “classic storytelling song.”…