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Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice team up with Aqua for ‘Barbie World,’ release date announced

Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Get ready for the highly anticipated release of “Barbie World” as Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice join forces with the original hitmakers, Aqua, for the Barbie movie soundtrack. Excitement filled the air on Saturday night, June 10, when the collaborators revealed that “Barbie World” would grace our ears on June 23, but is available for pre-save now.  “It’s BARBIE B****…

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Lil Wayne says ‘Tha Carter’ mixtapes “holds no significance to me at all”

Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Lil Wayne‘s Tha Carter series is a fan favorite, but the rapper has little recollection of the projects. Speaking to Rolling Stone, he revealed that particular set of mixtapes “holds no significance to me at all.” “I don’t know Tha Carter III, Tha Carter II, Tha Carter One from Tha Carter IV … You could lie, you could ask me…

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Janelle Monáe performs songs from The Age of Pleasure at LA Pride Festival & Parade

Wondaland Arts Society/Atlantic Records Janelle Monáe brought The Age of Pleasure to the LA Pride Festival & Parade last weekend. The singer performed songs from her latest album on Sunday, June 11, and even shared a few encouraging words to fellow members of the LGBTQIA+ community, according to Uproxx.  “We are here, we are queer! We are trans! We are…

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Music notes: Ye, Lil Durk, Jermaine Dupri and more

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, celebrated his 46th birthday with a party, where sushi was served on a woman’s naked body. Ty Dolla $ign, Freddie Gibbs and Chlöe attended the event, and Ye was captured rapping his Playboi Carti and Fivio Foreign-assisted song, “Off The Grid.” Lil Durk‘s verse on Drake‘s “Search & Rescue” was scrapped but still managed to make its way to the internet.…

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Nicki Minaj reacts to Lil Wayne’s recent praise

Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Nicki Minaj has been included in several top rappers debates, but if you ask Lil Wayne, she dominates the category of greatest female emcees ever. In a recent chat with former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson on their All the Smoke podcast, Weezy ranked her atop his list of all-time female rappers. “Ain’t nobody f****** with Nicki. They come after,”…

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Miguel, Coi Leray, Chlöe and more tapped for year two of ‘Juneteenth: A Global Celebration for Freedom’

Live Nation Urban and Jesse Collins Entertainment Juneteenth: A Global Celebration for Freedom is returning for its second iteration. The event will continue its mission of commemorating the Juneteenth federal holiday while paying tribute to the past, celebrating the present, and anticipating a world with unity and equality via a lineup of star-studded performances. Featured on the…

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It matters if you’re black or white: Joseph Fiennes calls playing Michael Jackson in TV movie a “bad mistake”

Harmony Gerber/FilmMagic Some years ago, Joseph Fiennes said he was “as shocked” as anyone that he was cast as Michael Jackson in a 2017 made-for-TV anthology movie called Urban Myths. Now he’s saying sorry. His section of the film dealt with the likely apocryphal story that MJ, and his besties Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor…