A new mid-year report released by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Tuesday (Sept. 1), which shows that U.S. recorded music revenues for the first half of the year are up 6.9 percent when compared with the same period in 2025. For the first half of 2026, U.S. recorded music revenue has hit $6 billion. Streaming, expectedly,…

Notorious B.I.G's son CJ Wallace picked up a legal victory this week after a federal judge refused to overturn a default entered against producer Jonathan Hay. On  the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida denied Hay's motion to set aside the clerk's default in his case against Wallace, according to court documents. The decision…

A former Donda Academy employee Benjamin Provo, who filed a lawsuit against the rapper in 2024, filed a motion requesting the judge in the case to block Ye from claiming he was of “unsound mind” at the time of the alleged discrimination. Provo has accused Ye of pulling an insanity defense before the case has even made it to trial, and added that he’s…

In a recent episode of his show, Vlad claimed N.O.R.E. pressured him to drink alcohol when he was first invited onto the podcast in 2022. Vlad said he offered to drink soda and pretend it was alcohol, but N.O.R.E. allegedly rejected the idea. "He said, 'No, no, no. You got to drink. You got to drink. This is the show,'" Vlad recalled. "And I'm like,…

Judge Roberta A. Colton oversaw a hearing in Florida bankruptcy court, in which she agreed to a plan presented last month by the trustee overseeing the Roc-A-Fella co-founder’s bankruptcy. Dash filed for bankruptcy last September. Dame’s life rights will be auctioned off, with a deadline for bidders of September 23. Proceeds from the sale will go to…

A judge just threw out whaAt remained of the complaint filed by a wardrobe staffer against Lizzo's Big Grrrl Big Touring company A federal judge in California ruled in the company's favor against Asha Williams a former tour employee who worked on Lizzo's 2023 "The Special Tour" and sued the touring company with claims of sexual and…

Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD foundation is donating $200,000 to support relief efforts for those impacted by the recent floods in Indiana. As announced by the foundation on its official website, the Beyoncé-founded organization is donating $200,000 to City Life Center and Angel by Nature, two foundations that are on the ground in Indiana to assist with relief…

Lauryn Hill defended her former partner Rohan Marley on Instagram after a social media influencer Mayowa posted an Instagram reel breaking down the past relationship between the eight-time Grammy winner and Marley, with whom she shares five children. The exes dated from the mid-90s until roughly 2009. In Mayowa’s reel, she referenced Marley marrying…

Shilo released his second album, World of Headache, on August 30. Per his YouTube channel, the former Colorado safety celebrated the project alongside his brother, Deion Sanders Jr., better known as Bucky, and Lil Wayne, giving Shilo’s post-football chapter a fitting launch after his NFL run ended last year both his father and his brother,…

Drake previewed a remix of Ella Langley’s No. 1 single “Choosin’ Texas. Shortly after he was spotted singing along to “Choosin’ Texas” at her sold-out show in North Little Rock, Arkansas, Drizzy has given the impression that a remix or his own version of the wildly popular country track could be on the way he hopped on a new version of the song that…