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Cole Burston/Getty Images The artist responsible for the cover art of Drake‘s upcoming album For All the Dogs is someone really, really special to the rapper.  Drake unveiled the masterpiece on Instagram, revealing that the cute photo of a black and white dog with tall ears and red eyes was created by none other than his son Adonis.  Drake’s comment section filled […]

Cindy Ord/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Keke Palmer and clothing designer Sergio Hudson share details about their fashion partnership as the latest Essence cover stars.  In the spread, they detail what it’s been like to dress Keke’s post-baby body, starting with the actress’s viral 2022 Met Gala look.  It was only two months after she gave birth to her now 6-month-old son, Leodis “Leo” Jackson, but with Hudson’s […]

Chris Polk/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images Grammy-winning gospel collective Maverick City Music will embark on 16-city tour across the U.S. in support of their upcoming album, The Maverick Way.  The Maverick Way Tour kicks off in Massachusetts on October 31, making stops in Maryland, Georgia, Iowa and Illinois before wrapping in Columbus, Ohio, on November 19. Tickets are now available […]

Mass Appeal Nas released the music video for “Black Magic,” one of 11 songs off his latest album, Magic 2.  Directed by Thirdeyeraz, the Los Angeles-based filmmaker whose resume includes the likes of A$AP Rocky, Kanye West and Megan Thee Stallion, the otherworldly new visual is an embodiment of the lyrics of the song. “Black Magic” is the most recent video dropped by […]

ABC/Paula Lobo Chlöe is coming to the defense of her sister Halle, telling fans who spread rumors about the singer to back off.  “Y’all better keep my sister’s name out your mouth,” Chlöe said in an Instagram video.  Fans speculated the “Have Mercy” singer hopped on Live in response to internet rumors that Halle is pregnant and […]

Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic In August 2003, a 21-year-old Jennifer Hudson traveled from Chicago to Atlanta to audition for American Idol. Now, at 41, she’s reflecting on the 20 years its been since she made that life-changing trip. She took to Instagram with a clip of her audition where, in front of original show judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell, she sang a portion of Aretha Franklin‘s “Share Your Love with Me.” “It […]

Ethan Miller/Getty Images via ABC Drake was forced to think fast after a fan hurled a book on stage during one of the stops on his It’s All a Blur Tour. After a concert goer reportedly threw a copy of the rapper’s new poetry book, Titles Ruin Everything: A Stream of Consciousness, he had a few choice words for […]

Ethan Miller/Getty Images via ABC Hip Hop All Day, Spotify’s resource for hip-hop and R&B music, curated a list of 50 rap songs with close to 1 billion streams — and Drake, Cardi B and Eminem are among the top earners.  Coming in at number one with 992 million streams is “What You Know Bout Love” from Pop Smoke‘s debut album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon. […]

Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Samsung Galaxy Chance the Rapper is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Acid Rap with two special concerts — and he’s bringing a special guest along.  Fellow Chicago native Vic Mensa will join Chance in New York on August 26 and Los Angeles on September 21 for performances of songs from the hit mixtape that debuted in April […]

OWN OWN will premiere Time of Essence, a five-part docuseries on the trailblazing magazine Essence, on Friday night.  The one-hour special will chronicle the magazine’s 50-year impact on Black culture and entertainment, with commentary from Oprah Winfrey, Taraji P. Henson, Gabrielle Union-Wade, Sunny Hostin and more. With never-before-seen footage and behind-the-scenes exclusives, each of the five episodes will explore a different decade, starting with the ’70s, […]