Derek Blanks with crowdMGMT Ciara‘s schedule has been busy, but she will not “Lose Control.” While on the Out of This World: The Experience tour, she made a stop to the ESPY Awards Thursday to perform some of her hits. Looking back, she tells Harper’s Bazaar, “While it was nonstop, back-to-back moments, it all worked out seamlessly.…
— Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” is back at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, up from its #3 spot a week prior. The song previously debuted atop the chart, but had since been alternating between #2 and #6. Following the Juneteenth The Pop Out: Ken & Friends concert and the release of the “Not Like Us”…
Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images Ashanti was in celebration mode over the weekend, as she and Nelly, born Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., celebrated their baby’s upcoming arrival with another baby shower. As reported by MEFeater and The YBF Daily, it took place at Oheka Castle in Huntington, New York, a luxe, chateau-style estate in Ashanti’s native Long Island. Decorations…
Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Room to Read/Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for MTV Kevin Hart‘s Hartbeat Weekend is coming back. The event, a mash-up of music and comedy, will take place Labor Day weekend with Ludacris and Lil Wayne taking on headlining duties. The rappers will cover the music side at the Zouk Nightclub after-parties,…
Photo by Ke.Mazur/WireImage Snoop Dogg is paying homage to one of the original artists of Death Row Records with the launch of a new cannabis line. He’s teamed with Death Row Records Cannabis for its first artist collaboration, which honors Tupac, the man Snoop credits for giving him his first blunt. “That first blunt sparked a friendship…
Don Toliver is preparing for his biggest headlining tour to date. Featuring special guest Teezo Touchdown and opening act Monaleo, the Psycho Tour will kick off Oct. 10 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, before making its way to other North American cities, including Seattle on Oct. 13, San Diego on Oct. 20, Brooklyn on…
— Kid Cudi has released a music video for “Superboy,” which finds him on his trip to South Africa. “Love to everyone I met on the journey and shout out to The Teriyaki Boyz especially my guy Verbal!!!” Cudi wrote on the social platform X alongside the announcement. — While at the Beach, Please! Festival at the Black Sea…
Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage Sexyy Red‘s “U My Everything” with Drake finds them singing around on the track, but she says it was originally supposed to be a hood love anthem, with Chief Keef tapped as the feature. “I recorded the song, I freestyled it in the booth, sent it to Sosa and he loved it,” she…
Big Sean took to Instagram to share some of what has been going down in his life in the last few months. The post included behind-the-scenes clips of the “Tobey” music video with Eminem, copies of his forthcoming self-help book, and a snippet of a song and video with The Alchemist. “I had to shake the little s*** off,…
Courtesy of Republic Records Brandy recently worked with Monica on the remix to Ariana Grande‘s “The Boy is Mine,” named after their classic 1998 hit, and she’s already looking forward to their collab. Speaking to Extra, Brandy says the experience working together “was so magical.” “The energy between me and Monica was so beautiful I loved…
