Houston, TX – While Houston’s restaurants, nail salons and barbershops have been reopened — soon to be followed by gyms — the city’s music fans are still waiting on the Continue Reading
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Sean “Diddy” Combs is mourning the loss of Uptown Records founder Andre Harrell. Combs took to Instagram on Friday (May 15) to share an emotional tribute to the late music Continue Reading
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With Nelly and Ludacris set for a Verzuz Instagram Live battle on Saturday (May 16), St. Lunatics member Ali evidently has a few things to get off his chest involving Continue Reading
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For this week’s First Beat, we have a hearty bag of treats including Polo G’s stellar sophomore album The GOAT, Tory Lanez’s first single as an independent artist and Chloe Continue Reading
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Ahead of tomorrow’s (May 16) #Verzuz Instagram Live battle between hip-hop heavyweights Nelly and Ludacris, Billboard revisits the pair’s chart careers to pinpoint some likely candidates to make each act’s Continue Reading
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OVO Sound artist Roy Woods is back with an EP titled Dem Times. The six-track set is his first project since 2017’s Say Less album. The Warner Records singer/songwriter’s latest Continue Reading
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This weekend, fans will be able to skate down memory lane with Verzuz’s upcoming matchup between Ludacris and Nelly. Following the record-breaking battle with Jill Scott and Erykah Badu, Swizz Continue Reading
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Pop Smoke’s dream of a debut album is finally coming true. On June 12, the late Brooklyn hyphenate’s first posthumous project will be released. His manager Steven Victor announced the Continue Reading
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If you’ve seen Missy Elliott‘s recent music video for “Cool Off,” you know that it’s a three-and-a-half-minute dance party. Throughout the vibrant clip, dancers are seen flaunting their talents, moving Continue Reading
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Anthony Hopkins has an Oscar. He’s 82 and, if we’re being honest, clearly living his best life. While we’re all locked down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hopkins has taken Continue Reading
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‘Las Que No Iban a Salir’ also features Yandel, Nicky Jam, Zion & Lennox and Jhay Cortez. Bad Bunny’s unexpected Mother’s Day release, Las Que No Iban a Salir — which Continue Reading
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As people are hunkered down during the global coronavirus pandemic, not too many of us are able to surprise Mom with a sweet gift, enjoy a delicious brunch together or Continue Reading
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“My goal is to bring real black America — just as it is, not watered down — to people everywhere through music, through films, through everything we do.” This was Continue Reading
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As the Hip Hop and R&B community is well aware, Uptown Records founder Andre Harrell died on Thursday (May 7). According to The New York Times, his ex-wife Wendy Credle said Continue Reading
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The hip-hop and R&B community is mourning the loss of Uptown Records founder Andre Harrell, who has died at the age of 59. Artists like K-Ci Hailey, Usher, Mariah Carey, Continue Reading
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Andre Harrell, the innovative music exec who founded Uptown Records and discovered a young Sean “Diddy” Combs, has died. He was 59. The news of Harrell’s death was announced during Continue Reading
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Chika’s journey from viral Instagram rapper to Warner Music Group artist is nothing short of inspiring. What started as a secret hobby evolved into a full-fledged career — and she’s Continue Reading
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This week, R&B lovers were gifted some big-time releases from Kehlani and Chris Brown, with the latter linking up with Young Thug for their collaborative mixtape, Slime & B. On Friday Continue Reading
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Atlanta, GA – 2 Chainz has reportedly reopened his Atlanta-based restaurants, while the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation predicts a 140 percent increase in coronavirus deaths in Georgia by August. Continue Reading
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When DJ Jazzy Jeff came down with what he believed to be the coronavirus in March, it was so early in the outbreak’s timeline that he couldn’t even get a Continue Reading
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