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India.Arie is not feeling Yung Miami’s “Spend Dat.” Speaking on the single on Threads, Arie stated she is “calling a boycott of Yung Miami’s song ‘Spend Dat.'” Arie also noted: “I believe it’s degrading to our culture. At some point, we have to take seriously the power music has over our perception and the values it reinforces. This can’t be the song…

ASAP Rocky and Drake have been at odds for quite some time, with the beef escalating substantially following the release of his guest verse on Metro Boomin and Future’s 2024 collaborative album, We Still Don’t Trust You. More recently, they dissed each other on their respective albums, Don’t Be Dumb and Iceman. During a recent show in support of…

50 Cent has watched, or at least been exposed to, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s recent interview In a post on Instagram, Fif’s long-preferred platform, he directly addressed remarks the mayor made about him in the interview. As you’ll recall, Mamdani named the Get Rich or Die Tryin’ artist as one of his “dream guest” picks for…

Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast, the Cavaliers alum was asked about his own relationship with his fellow Canadian, whom he considers “family.” Drake notably, was in attendance at his mother’s funeral back in 2023. “That's my brother Drake's my brother,” Thompson said. “I’ve known him since I've been 17. That's family. Always gon’ ride with…

Cardi B has secured another court win over Tasha K, who agreed to pay $60,000 after violating terms tied to their ongoing legal dispute. The settlement resolves contempt proceedings after a court found that Tasha K, whose real name is Latasha Kebe, broke a non-disparagement agreement linked to Cardi's 2022 defamation victory. The agreement, filed on…

Underground hip-hop producer Bombdrop has officially announced the upcoming release of his highly anticipated instrumental album, "The Horn Section", scheduled to hit all major streaming platforms on July 2, 2026.

"The Horn Section" is a bold, genre-bending instrumental project that seamlessly fuses the gritty, hard-hitting energy of…

Victor Willis, the founding leading singer of the Village People. Willis died Tuesday at age 74. Willis, the writer of “YMCA,” “Macho Man,” and “In the Navy,” was confirmed dead in a post on Facebook. “We are profoundly sad to announce the death of Victor Willis, lead singer of Village People. Victor passed on Monday June 30, 2026 of a short but…

Warren Sapp was investigated for an alleged battery at a senior living facility in Florida but prosecutors declined to charge the former NFL star with a crime the Apopka Police Department responded to the Solaris Healthcare facility on May 25 after a female employed claimed Warren got physical with her. The employee alleged Warren came to Solaris…

Usher and Chris Brown officially launched The R&B Tour on June 26 with a sold-out opening night at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado. The nearly three-hour stadium production featured an innovative format that saw the two superstars alternate performances across nine cinematic acts, creating a nonstop celebration of R&B classics.…

Richard Pryor's daughter is opening up life as a kid of the legendary funnyman and one memory in particular is pretty messed up and it involves her mother, a fight, and a racial slur. Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, Richard's third eldest child with Maxine Silverman, says in her new book, "Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me" that…

Lil Wayne was a no-show for his concert in Maine last night  Weezy was supposed to play the Bangor waterfront with special guest 2 Chainz and was scheduled to take the stage at 10:45 PM but minutes after the scheduled start time, the crowd was told he wasn't coming out, per a local report. No explanation was offered and fans lit Weezy up on social…

Taylor Swift isn't taking any chances when it comes to keeping details of her wedding to Travis Kelce under wraps guests are required to sign a strict non-disclosure agreement before receiving information about the highly anticipated event. Taylor called up guests last month to personally invite them to the wedding, which is expected to take place…

TIDAL has shared a new policy to crack down on AI-generated music, and confirmed that it will not be paying royalties to any music made entirely by artificial intelligence. Now, streaming service TIDAL has introduced a new policy to combat the influx of AI-generated music on its platform, and vowed to label and withhold royalties from tracks made…

Jay-Z has finally made his three bonus tracks from 4:44 available on all streaming services. Roc Nation confirmed the wide release of the tracks on Instagram Tuesday, exactly nine years since 4:44 first dropped. The three songs — “Adnis,” “Blue’s Freestyle / We Family,” featuring Jay’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter, and “ManyFacedGod” featuring James…

Don Toliver's second consecutive sold-out concert at Crypto.com Arena Kanye West and Travis Scott both appeared as surprise guests during the stop of Toliver's Octane World Tour in Los Angeles. Ye emerged first to perform a stretch of hits, including “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” and “Runaway.” Travis launched into Bully track “Father,” which exhilarated…

Lizzo opened up about her latest album’s disappointing commercial performance she dropped her first album in four years, Bitch, on June 5, but it failed to chart on the Billboard 200 albums chart at all. Speaking to Zachary Hourihane, a.k.a Swiftologist, Lizzo admitted that she was “excited” and had “high hopes” for the first-week performance for…

DJ Akademiks is bragging about his apparent date with Daphne Joy, with him brandishing a honey pack in the video. “Yo, when y’all ever seen a first date, n***a?” he said into the camera. “I pulled out,” he added, before showing the honey pack to the camera. “I’m not even playing with y’all. ”Akademiks then gloated about how much he spent,…

T.I.'s entourage was beefing with security at the BET Awards before Sunday's award show at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles  both sides fire off expletives before one man is shoved back and tempers flare A security guard dares T.I.'s entourage "Whatchu wanna do?" before adding "I'll f*** your a** up!" He's slowly driven back, away from…

Druski's saxophone gag at the BET Awards hit all the wrong notes with one of hip hop's biggest power players because TDE President Terrence "Punch" Henderson says the comedian did SZA and Doechii wrong. The Top Dawg Entertainment boss blasted Druski after the host's running "wrap it up" bit cut short his artists' acceptance speech Sunday night at the…