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Gladys Knight will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at this year’s Super Bowl.

The seven-time Grammy Award-winner says she’s proud to use her voice to “unite and represent our country” in her hometown of Atlanta.

The 74-year-old and the Pips were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Her hits include “Midnight Train to Georgia” and “That’s What…

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Soulja Boy thinks he’s the “Godfather of rap.”

In a wide-ranging interview with the Breakfast Club on Wednesday morning, the Atlanta emcee gave himself the title and took responsibility, at least partially, for the success of Drake and Migos.

After blanching at the idea of Drake being the biggest rapper alive, the 28-year-old loudly claimed, “Stop playin’ with…

R. Kelly’s “goons” confronted Dave Chappelle over an infamous “Chappelle’s Show” skit, according to the comedian’s former writing partner.

During an interview with “The Breakfast Club” on Tuesday, the show’s co-creator, Neal Brennan, described the embattled singer’s reaction to a sketch that poked fun at his legal troubles in the form of a fictitious music video…

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After unleashing a mouthful over at the G.O.O.D. Music camp with Kanye West and Tyga, Soulja Boy returned to his Instagram Live wargrounds to take aim at MMG heavyweight and Dreamchasers leader, Meek Mill.

The Chicago-born, Atlanta-raised rapper-turned-social-media-sensation feels left out in the cold by the music industry, he ranted in a string of Instagram…

News that Travis Scott would be performing with Maroon 5 at the Super Bowl first leaked out in December, but three weeks passed before the performance was officially announced. That announcement only came after Scott announced that he and the NFL would donate $500,000 to the non-profit social-justice organization Dream Corps. The move was clearly intended to blunt the…

Watch Lil Mikey TMB’s Official Music Video For “Rock Wit U” Lil Mikey TMB is back with a new visual to his single “Rock Wit U” produced by Evil G which will appear on his upcoming project, ‘Deep In My Thoughts’ hosted by DJ Scream.

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A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie staked his first Number One album as the New York rapper’s Hoodie SZN sold 58,000 total copies… but only 823 traditional copies.

Hoodie SZN accumulated 83 million streams over the past week, which when converted into streaming equivalent albums (SEAs) allowed a Boogie Wit Da Hoodie to ascend to Number One after two weeks in second place,…

The “Love on the Brain” singer is suing her dad, Ronald Fenty, and his company called Fenty Entertainment, for exploiting her name for his own gains, The Blast reported.

According to court docs, Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, claims her father and another man, Moses Perkins, created the…

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After nearly a year-and-a-half in jail, Mystikal could be released on bail later this week.

Attorneys for the rapper, whose real name is Michael Taylor, told TMZ over the weekend that thanks to help from his family and friends and an expected new record deal, he could be out by the end of the week.

According to Mystikal’s legal team, the deal, plus money raised…

Norway is investigating allegations over whether streaming numbers were inflated at Tidal, a subscription-based music and video streaming service owned by rapper Jay-Z.

The investigations follow ongoing reports by Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv that the music streaming service had inflated its listening numbers of artists such as Beyonce and Kanye West. “Tidal…

The NYPD will meet with a woman who has accused R. Kelly of sexual assault and infecting her with genital herpes – and who now says the singer is trying to intimidate her into silence, attorney Gloria Allred said Monday.

The women’s rights attorney made the announcement at a press conference alongside Faith Rodgers, who last year sued the singer for “mentally,…

Lil Uzi Vert may not be done with music after all, but he is frustrated by it.

Days after he claimed he was quitting music, the 24-year-old posted a video to social media (via Hot New Hip-Hop) saying he wants to release music but his label won’t let him.

After claiming he’d been trying to put out something new, Uzi said, ”You think I don’t wanna drop music? You…