Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott, and Lil Wayne and music executive Sylvia Rhone will be honored at the Recording Academy Honors with the Recording Academy Global Impact Award for their personal and professional achievements in the music industry. The honorees will receive the award during the Grammy Week event presented by the Black Music Collective at…
R&B superstar The Weeknd has revealed that he is back in the studio and working on new music, less than a year after dropping his most recent album, Dawn FM. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Canadian singer-songwriter suggested that he’s in a creative purple patch. “I’ve definitely been inspired. I’ve been…
SZA’s SOS has topped the Billboard 200 chart for the fourth consecutive week. The second studio album by SZA, SOS earned 125,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending January 5, according to Luminate. Out of the total, SEA units comprise 121,500, album sales comprise 3,000 and TEA units comprise 500. Released…
“Saturday Night Live” has announced Sam Smith and Lil Baby will be among the musical guests on the iconic comedy show this month. Smith will be the musical guest on the show to be hosted by Aubrey Plaza on January 21, just a week before the release of their much awaited new album, Gloria, which…
Popcaan and Drake have teamed up for “We Caa Done.” The track is accompanied by a Theo Skudra-directed video featuring Lil Yachty and Kevin Durant. The last time Drizzy and Popcaan joined forces was on two songs, “Twist & Turn” and “All I Need,” from the Jamaican artist’s last studio album Fixtape. “We Caa Done”…
The man accused in the murder of Takeoff has been released on $1 million bond. 33-year-old Patrick Xavier Clark was released from the Harris County jail, but he will be under house arrest and is required to wear a GPS monitoring device until his murder trial begins. Takeoff was shot dead in the early hours…
At least 10 people were injured in a shooting outside a Miami restaurant where French Montana was recording a music video, reports say. The restaurant in Miami Gardens, Florida, is said to be part of the Licking group owned by DJ Khaled. New Orleans rapper Rob49, who was shooting for the video with Montana, was…
Migos rapper Quavo recently released a new solo track, “Without You,” a gospel-tinged song, as a tribute to his late nephew Takeoff. Takeoff was fatally shot at a downtown Houston bowling alley on November 1, 2022, while he was attending an afterparty with Quavo. The accompanying video for the track shows Quavo sitting in a…
YoungBoy Never Broke Again on Friday dropped a new album, titled I Rest My Case. The album marks the rapper’s first release after signing with via Motown Records. NBA YoungBoy had shared four tracks from the album- “Black,” “Groovy,” “I Love YB Skit” and “Top Girls” – earlier in the week. I Rest My Case…
SZA’s SOS remains atop the Billboard 200 chart for a third straight week, as the set earned 128,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending December 29 to top the list dated January 7, 2023. According to Luminate, the album units earned by the record was down 29% from the units it…