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Ser Baffo/Paramount+ Trina is once again staking her claim as “da baddest b****,” this time as the latest musician to grace NPR’s Tiny Desk. The rapper performed a brief set list of her greatest hits, starting with “Mama,” which was dedicated to her late mother. Vernessa Taylor passed away in 2019 following a battle with cancer. “This first song is dedicated to […]

Amazon Studios The Ben Affleck-directed movie Air is now in theaters, and although it centers on the creation of the now-iconic sneaker that bears Michael Jordan‘s name, co-star and co-writer Matt Damon explains you needn’t be a sneakerhead or a basketball fan to get it. “I really do think there’s something for everybody in this […]

Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images In the newly released song “Search & Rescue,” Drake is looking for a long-term lover to relieve him of his celebrity bachelor lifestyle. “Come and rescue me/ Take me out the club, take me out the trap,” he sings. “Take me off the market, take me off the map/ I’m tryna hit the group chat […]

Daniel Caesar and Rae Sremmurd return with their first full-length albums in years in April 7’s New Music Friday. Here’s some of the latest music to drop: YoungBoy Never Broke Again ft. Nicki Minaj, “WTF” — The rappers unite for the third time in this new song and visual. The track will appear on Youngboy’s upcoming album, Don’t Try This at Home, out April […]

Erik Voake/Getty Images for MNRK Music Group Tyler, the Creator‘s been pushing his latest project, Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale, but that hasn’t stopped him from celebrating another one of his albums. In honor of the 10th anniversary of his second studio album, Wolf, he’s released the instrumentals for the record, as well as a new […]

Sonja Flemming/CBS With the end of SZA‘s SOS Tour come reports about her income from the trek. According to Billboard, the singer earned $34.5 million in the 17-city outing, averaging $1.9 million per show and 12,812 tickets sold every night. SZA’s SOS Tour, her first headlining arena stint, ran from February 21 to March 23 and saw surprise guest appearances from the likes of Cardi B, Lizzo and Phoebe […]

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images A man charged in the killing of Pop Smoke pleaded guilty Thursday, the LA Times reports.  The 20-year-old defendant, who was 17 at the time of the incident, pleaded guilty in juvenile court in Inglewood, California to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery, admitting that in February 2020 he entered a Hollywood Hills mansion with […]

Stewart Cook/CBS Future‘s FreeWishes Foundation will be celebrating Easter with members of the Atlanta community. On Saturday, April 8, they’ll host their annual Easter festival and egg hunt complete with games, food, face painting and a special appearance from the Easter Bunny, among other things. “Our goal with our annual community-wide event is to bring people from […]

Paul Bergen/Redferns The cause behind Coolio‘s death has been revealed. According to the Los Angeles Coroner, the rapper passed away from effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamines, with asthma, phencyclidine use and cardiomyopathy — a disease of the heart muscle that makes it difficult for the heart to deliver blood to the rest of the body — also […]

Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Three men convicted in the fatal shooting of XXXTentacion were sentenced to life in prison Thursday, according to Florida ABC-TV affiliate WPLG. Dedrick Devonshay Williams, Michael Boatwright and Trayvon Newsome had been found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery in the rapper’s death last month. […]