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Jason Koerner/Getty Images for E11EVEN When Nicki Minaj appeared at club E11EVEN in Miami on New Year’s Eve, she almost performed her 2012 hit “Starships.” But it was no more than a few seconds after the DJ started playing the track that she demanded he stop and revealed to the crowd that the song is one of her least […]

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for MTV/Paramount Global) Alaya High, known professionally as That Girl Lay Lay or simply Lay Lay, has released a new song and video featuring rapper T.I. called “Foreal.” The young star recently previewed the track on Instagram by sharing a snippet of the music video, which sees her rapping the chorus amid a display of luxury cars and in T.I.’s famed Trap […]

Disney/Randy Holmes Snoop Dogg is taking his talents to Paris to provide coverage for the 2024 Olympics.  NBCUniversal announced the Long Beach native will be on site to report for the Olympic Primetime show, which kicks off July 26 on NBC and Peacock. His commentator duties include speaking with Olympics host Mike Tirico and sharing his unique take on the games and […]

ABC Cardi B will be gifting fans new music in 2024. She teased an unreleased track in a Miami club on New Year’s Eve, following her performance of “I Like It” on Dick Clark’s New Year Rockin’ Eve. Video shared by Rap Alert on X, formerly known as Twitter, shows Cardi, alongside a small group of people, rapping along to lyrics of […]

dick clark productions With 2023 a thing of the past, the stars welcomed 2024 with festive parties, exclusive performances and time spent with loved ones. From Nicki Minaj to Halle Bailey, here’s a list of how Black Hollywood rang in the new year.  Nicki Minaj shared photos of her New Year’s Eve appearance at club E11EVEN in Miami, where she performed a mini concert […]

Carol Lee Rose/FilmMagic Over the course of Jekalyn Carr‘s young gospel career, she’s achieved a lot.  At the age of just 15, her breakthrough first single, “Greater Is Coming,” debuted on top of Billboard‘s Gospel chart. She earned her first Stellar Award at 16, became one of the first gospel artists inducted into the Women’s Songwriters Hall of Fame […]

Although Victoria Monét had been writing some of music’s most popular songs for years — her credits include hits by Ariana Grande, Chris Brown, T.I., Kendrick Lamar and Nas — her solo singing career’s rise to fame was one of 2023’s most notable. In September, Monét was denied a performance slot at the MTV Video Music Awards. After tweeting about being told […]

ABC/Jeff Niera As reported, former president turned movie producer Barack Obama had posted to social media his list of his favorite movies for 2023 — including films he co-produced, Rustin, American Symphony and Leave the World Behind. But some noticed he didn’t include The Color Purple, leading at least one outlet to speculate it was […]

Disney/JC Olivera Doechii‘s breakout year that has been 2023 includes a list of accomplishments that have blasted her to the top of music “favorite” lists. She made her Hot 100 debut with her viral hit “What It Is (Block Boy),” touched the BET Awards’ and other stages for the first time and opened up for Beyoncé‘s history-making […]

SZA‘s 2023 has been a life-changing one. She said so in a heartfelt social media post celebrating the one-year anniversary of her chart-topping, Grammy-nominated smash album, SOS. Not only did SZA, born Solána Imani Rowe, break records, grace covers of renowned magazines and snag genre-spanning collaborations, this year she lived out her career “wildest dreams” as one of the biggest hip-hop, R&B and […]