Cardi B has earned the most nominations for the 2026 BET Awards. Thee Bronx hitmaker has picked up six total nods following the release of her highly anticipated sophomore album, Am I the Drama? Cardi’s BET Award nominations include Album of the Year, Best Female Hip Hop Artist, Best Collaboration for “Errtime Remix” featuring Jeezy & Latto,…

Barack Obama has opened up about the music that kept him grounded during one of the most intense stretches of his political life. In a personal essay the former president describes how hip-hop became an unlikely anchor before presidential campaign…

Drake does cameo in new Nike spot featuring Kevin Durant. “Normalize glazing the bros,” the Iceman artist said when sharing the commercial, which arrives ahead of KD’s next Nike drop. In the video, seen below, Drake is asked to give his honest opinion on a couple of objectively improbable shoe designs, with his enthusiasm for each spurring KD to…

During a recent appearance on the Joe and Jada podcast, Ross laughed while speaking about rappers “getting outta line” before bringing up Fif directly. “I like what you said about the wack rappers that might get outta line,” Ross said during the conversation. “Just imagine if I had the chance to slap 50 with this shit right here.” Ross then held up…

The family of Sean Gathright, one of four men convicted in the murder of rapper Julio Foolio, launched a GoFundMe campaign aiming for $24,000 for legal fees, and it’s quickly garnered a massive backlash. Posted shortly after Gathright's conviction, the fundraiser has raised less than $900 of its goaL The family says the page has been repeatedly…

Drake’s new releases, Iceman, Maid of Honour and Habibti. As of Tuesday (May 16), Hits DD has previewed that the 5-time Grammy winner will sweep the top 3 spots on the chart with his musical trifecta. Expected to chart at No. 1 with 475,000 in album equivalent sales is Iceman, which Drake rolled out over the last year through livestreams and cryptic…

Lupe Fiasco Playfully Chides Crowd for Pirating His Debut Album: 'You F*cked It All Up, Man' After messing up the lyrics to "Kick, Push II," he playfully turned his attention to the notorious leak of his debut album. wearing sunglasses and a cap, performs on stage, holding a microphone with a vibrant, illuminated background. Sam Tabone via Getty…

Shakira is nodding to an appropriately themed 2015 Rihanna classic after her acquittal in a tax fraud case by Spain’s High Court. In an Instagram update shared on the same day news broke that she was poised to receive the equivalent of tens of millions of dollars reimbursed to her by the government, the four-time Grammy winner soundtracked an…

Eminem's ex-wife, Kim Scott flashing a huge smile in her mug shot cops arrested Scott last week after she allegedly struck a car near Detroit around 9:20 PM Wednesday. She was booked on a suspected DUI charge early Thursday morning. This arrest came just days after Scott pled no contest to charges of impaired driving and failure to report an accident…