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Ethan Miller/Getty Images via ABC Drake isn’t quite finished with music drops this year.  The “Rich Flex” rapper says he’s got one more 2023 release: his new EP, Scary Hours 3.  Serving as the follow-up to the first two editions of Scary Hours, Drake’s upcoming project is set to arrive off the heels of his October chart-topping eighth studio album, For […]

Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for MTV Sad news for Toosii fans who await the release of his upcoming album, Jaded.   The singer/songwriter, known for his breakthrough hit “Love Cycle” and his viral track “Favorite Song,” issued a music update and apology via social media, writing that the project won’t come out on its intended date of November 17.  “To my fans I’m […]

Prime Video Making a movie about the life and career of someone like Tyler Perry, a film and TV mastermind who’s achieved great success stemming from his groundbreaking Madea stage plays, could be a difficult task.  But for the filmmakers of Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, it wasn’t as much a feat as it was an honor to chronicle his ascent to Hollywood […]

BMG Rights Management Leslie Odom Jr. has unveiled his latest new single, “Loved,” ahead of his on-the-way album, When a Crooner Dies.   “Loved” follows his most recent release, “Holding on to Us,” and “Show Me,” which are expected to be on the singer’s collection of 10 original tracks.  In describing “Loved,” Odom says, “The song’s kinda like a mediation on […]

BET BET has announced multitalented entertainer Keke Palmer as the host of the Soul Train Awards 2023.  Keke’s hosting duties serve as a return of sorts for the Nope star. BET gave her her first talk show in 2014, making her the youngest talk show host in television.  Of choosing Keke as this year’s host, BET executive Connie Orlando said, “Keke Palmer is a […]

Photo: Kevin Kwan – 2022 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced on Wednesday that it will present the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Kevin Hart. The presentation will take place at a gala event on March 24 in Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center Concert Hall and will see Kevin […]

Jack Bridgland/GQ In his spread for GQ’s 28th annual Men of the Year issue, Travis Scott opened up about the tragedy that was the 2021 Astroworld Festival. “I mean I was just overly devastated,” Scott said of the fatal crowd crush that left many concertgoers dead and others injured. “I always think about it. Those fans were like my family. You […]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET No, Rick Ross didn’t enlist a job search engine for help finding someone to fill a new position on his team. Instead, he took to social media with hopes of finding someone across the internet who would make a great personal flight attendant.  The self-proclaimed “biggest boss” filmed an Instagram Story video, later shared by […]