Arts & Entertainment
Ice Spice f. Rema — “Pretty Girl” Ice Spice continues an impressive run with a new collaboration. After teaming up with Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, and PinkPantheress for a series of chart smashes this year, the “Munch” hitmaker enlists global superstar Rema for “Pretty Girl.” The Bronx rapper speaks to a lover throughout this new […]
The Color Purple has been one of the most enduring classics in the Black canon since its incarnation as the book by Alice Walker in 1982.
Maxwell is back…but he never really left. The now 50-year-old singer/songwriter who burst onto the neo-soul scene with Urban Hang Suite in 1996 says he’s finally going to release the third album in the Night trilogy. He just didn’t say exactly when. But we do know when his upcoming cruise is happening. The Urban Hang […]
The contentious opinions over Drake’s latest album, For All The Dogs, have come to a head. However, Drizzy’s not up in arms over the countless tweets judging his latest body of work; it’s one of his former rapper pals, Joe Budden. Budden’s Joe Budden Podcast has served as a platform for him to wax poetic […]
After several delays, Drake’s For All The Dogs has finally arrived, much to fans’ delight. The release comes in October, the month synonymous with his OVO branding, and on the 6th, the nickname is bestowed upon his hometown of Toronto. Hours before we got the album, Drizzy unveiled the tracklist, which features a jaw-dropping 22 […]
Drake — For All The Dogs Drake’s storied career includes history-breaking singles tucked into fan favorite albums like Take Care and Nothing Was The Same. But the chart-topping hitmaker says his newest LP, For All The Dogs, is actually “one of [his] best ever.” And now, after singles and teases built up supporter anticipation, the […]
Issa Rae stays busy and booked, and she has another gig in the works
Lil Yachty f. J. Cole — “The Secret Recipe” Lil Yachty and J. Cole are cooking up together. The unlikely-yet-dynamic pairing is teaming up for a back-to-basics new single, “The Secret Recipe.” Lil Boat tackles the first verse by explaining the song title. “Allegedly, they figured out that I’m the secret recipe,” he beams. “Like […]
Usher is already having a great 2024 and the year hasn't even started yet.
The late rapper Tupac Shakur could have been in 'Menace II Society' in 1993. But in a beef with director Allen Hughes, he was fired.
Doja Cat — Scarlet Doja Cat is entering a new era. Two years removed from her multi-platinum Planet Her LP, the multifaceted rapper-singer unleashes a new body of work, Scarlet. Of course, the new album includes singles like “Demons,” “Balut,” and the chart-topping smash “Paint the Town Red.” But it also features “Love Life,” “Skull […]
Back in July, scholar, activist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates quietly attended a Lexington-Richland Five School Board meeting prompted by the South Carolina district’s decision to end a Chapin High School AP Language teacher’s lesson on Coates’ 2015 nonfiction bestseller, Between the World and Me. And because Black people really can’t tell our stories without white people getting […]