Wale performs during the 2025 Dreamville Music Festival at Dorothea Dix Park on April 06, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images) Wale is opening up about the ebbs and flows he experienced in the past four years in a brand-new album. Everything Is a Lot will arrive on Nov. 14 via Def Jam. “One…
Questlove received the 2025 Peabody Trailblazer Award Friday for his cultural impact, and ability to effect social change through his music and films. Quinta Brunson presented him with the award, which he accepted with a speech encouraging people to fight against feelings of doubt and to be creative. “Now is the time more than ever…
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) The Weeknd is rooting for his home team. The singer hyped up the Toronto Blue Jays in a new video touting the baseball team’s first…
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels attends Charity Day 2025 Hosted by the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund at Cantor on September 11, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Mike McGregor/Getty Images for Cantor Fitzgerald) As a native of Hollis, Queens, New York, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels is letting fans know about the Christmas season in his hometown. In…
Havoc and Nas attend The Infamous Mobb Deep “Infinite” Album Celebration on October 09, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) Mobb Deep‘s talent and impact on hip-hop culture is Infinite, a point proved on their brand-new album. It’s their first since member Prodigy passed in 2017 and the latest in Mass Appeal’s…
Megan Thee Stallion attends the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 33rd Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on March 02, 2025 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Elton John AIDS Foundation) Megan Thee Stallion will be honored for her mental health advocacy over the years. Nonprofit suicide prevention organization The Trevor Project announced on…
October London performs during the “October Nights: Calling All Lovers Tour” at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on May 15, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) Halloween has yet not arrived, but it seems some people are already in the Christmas spirit. Proof is in the announcement of the soundtrack for Unexpected Christmas, produced…
Queen Naija has released “put it on (eat)…,” produced by No ID and Poo Bear. The single is a tease of her forthcoming EP, 30., her first release on Motown Records. “I feel like 30. is just me walking into my 30s,” Queen says of the EP. “I’ve felt my brain make this switch that I never thought—or…
Charlie Wilson performs onstage during the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) Charlie Wilson‘s Sunday show at the FedExForum in Memphis has been pushed back a few months. The event, which is part of his R&B Cookout trek, has been rescheduled…
Rapper Rich Homie Quan performs onstage during 2022 Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash at Center Parc Credit Union Stadium at Georgia State University on July 16, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images) A new exhibit at the Trap Music Museum in Atlanta pays homage to late rapper Rich Homie Quan. It’s one of the…