Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Eminem made an announcement Monday that appears to be an April Fools’ joke. In a trailer shared to Instagram, filled with screenshots of fans asking for him to drop his next album, he revealed that his 1996 debut album, Infinite, released as physical copies before he garnered mainstream success, is out now. “The highly anticipated…
Parkwood/Columbia Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter featured a few Black country artists who have now seen boosts in their Spotify streams thanks to their involvement with the album. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the number of first-time listeners for Brittney Spencer went up 170%, while Reyna Roberts and Tanner Adell experienced a 125% surge, and Tiera Kennedy saw an uptick…
Epic Records/Republic Records Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar are sitting atop the Billboard Hot 100 thanks to their hit “Like That.” According to Luminate, in the week ending March 28, the We Don’t Trust You cut sold 9,000 copies, tallied 5.6 million radio airplay audience impressions and garnered 59.6 million streams, the most for a track since Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” in February 2023. It also…
Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images Bad news for those hoping to see Chris Brown at this year’s Dreamville Festival: he’s no longer on the bill. A post shared to the event’s Instagram revealed the news Monday, also adding updates about some other performers. “We are excited to share that 50 Cent and Hunxho have been added to…
Sunday, March 31, marked five years since Nipsey Hussle’s tragic passing, prompting a message from Lauren London, his partner and mother to his son Kross. “If you know me You know March is always tough for me. 31 days of holding my breath. This day decided to fall on Easter Sunday this 2024 Interesting…. considering your…
Leon Bennett/WireImage — Warner Bros. Pictures Rustin Oscar nominee Colman Domingo praised the late Louis Gossett Jr. on Instagram when news broke that he had died Friday, March 29, at age 87. But on Monday, in an article he wrote for Variety, Domingo detailed just what Gossett, the first Black man to win a Best…
Epic Records/Republic Records We Don’t Trust You, the collaborative album by Future and Metro Boomin, not only debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200, it’s also scored the biggest sales week of 2024 so far. The project moved 251,000 units, more than any album so far this year. That makes it Metro Boomin’s biggest sales…
Epic Records Tyla‘s song “Water” is a super-sexy banger, but if you’re actually using the song to soundtrack your, um, intimate moments, Tyla would rather not hear about it, thank you very much. Asked by ABC Audio whether any fans had told her that they’d used “Water” for important moments in their lives, like getting…
Blair Caldwell Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter made a massive debut Friday on streaming services. While Bey has said that Cowboy Carter is a Beyoncé album, not a country album, the records it’s set are being counted as though it’s a country release. Cowboy Carter has become Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day so far in 2024,…
Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for MTV One of Nicki Minaj‘s dreams have come true with her upcoming sneaker collection. She’s teamed up with Loci to create 11 different designs set to debut on April 12. One of them, according to a clip on her Instagram, is a bubblegum pink sneaker with a strawberry-colored sole and laces.…
