1017 Global Music/Atlantic Records Gucci Mane returns with a brand new album, Breath of Fresh Air. It’s a 24-track collection with appearances by Lil Baby, J.Cole and 21 Savage. Also featured on the project: DaBaby and Roddy Ricch as well as Atlanta rapper Key Glock and his late mentor, Young Dolph. Gucci dropped off the album on October 17, which marks a special day in his household, for it’s the date he and his wife,…
ABC Jada Pinkett Smith revealed that her husband Will Smith‘s infamous Oscars slap at the 2022 ceremony, when he walked onstage and smacked Chris Rock across the face re-affirmed their marriage after years of separation. “When I was sitting at the Oscars, it clicked in. I was like, ‘Oh snap, you hit Chris?’” Jada recalled during an in-person conversation…
Paras Griffin/Getty Images When Pretty Vee walked the green carpet of the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards earlier this month, she stopped for just about every media outlet to pose for pictures, answer questions, play music-related games for social media and more. It was during her conversation with ABC Audio that the multihyphenate influencer happily opened up about her…
Island Def Jam Music Group/Mariah Carey Earlier this year, a sped-up version of Mariah Carey‘s 2014 track “It’s a Wrap” went viral thanks to a TikTok dance challenge and was subsequently released as a single and on a digital EP. Now, it’s coming to vinyl for the first time. The song originally appeared on Mimi’s 2009 album Memoirs of…
National Geographic National Geographic has tapped Oscar nominees Angela Bassett and Jeremy Renner, and Emmy nominee Awkwafina to narrate a trio of shows bound for Disney+. Bassett, who was nominated for playing Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, will produce and narrate Queens, which “features matriarchies and female leaders around the world to tell a story of sacrifice and resilience but…
Getty Images via ABC There’ll only ever be one Michael Jackson. But as far as record setting within the music industry goes, there’s a rapper who’s gunning for MJ’s top spot. According to Billboard, Drake tied Jackson with 13 Hot 100 #1 songs in the list’s history of entries by a solo male artist. Drake achieved the feat with “First Person…
Paras Griffin/Getty Images Unfiltered & Untamed. That’s the theme of the new City Girls album, RAW, which will hit music streaming apps on Friday, October 20. Ahead of its release, JT and Yung Miami dropped the cover art, which sees the ladies sitting legs crossed to the side, dressed in and surrounded by animal prints. The artwork comes a few days after they publicly revealed…
Opium Records/LVRN/Interscope Records Summer Walker is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Last Day of Summer with the upcoming remix release of one of the album’s most popular songs. She’ll soon put out the Girls Need Love (Girls Mix) EP, a compilation album of five remix versions to the original 2019 track “Girls Need Love.” Comprising the project, expected out October 20,…
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival Madonna kicked off her Celebration Tour in London Saturday, October 14, and in addition to her many hits, she performed a cover of the Gloria Gaynor classic “I Will Survive.” Well, Gloria was all for it. Gaynor took to Instagram to give Madonna her seal of approval, sharing video of Madonna singing the tune while strumming her…
ABC/JENN ACKERMAN President Biden honored George Floyd on what would’ve been his 50th birthday, releasing a statement in which he promised to continue to fight for police accountability. “George Floyd should be alive. He should be celebrating his 50th birthday with his young daughter Gianna, family, and friends. He deserved so much more,” Biden said in his October 14 White…