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— The Paris Olympics kicked off July 26, and Beyoncé helped introduce the athletes representing Team USA. Dressed in red, white and blue, she presented athletes Simone Biles, Sha’Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles, Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky and more as the Cowboy Carter cut “Ya Ya” played in the background. “That pride and that joy? That’s what gets me about this […]

ABC It’s been five years since Burna Boy dropped his Grammy-nominated album African Giant, and he’s found a way to celebrate with his fans. In honor of the anniversary, he’s released a special performance of that project, as well as some exclusive anniversary merch.  The performance initially went down at the KOKO in London for YouTube Music Nights earlier in July and is […]

Ice Spice brings us back to Y2K on her debut album, featuring “Gimmie A Light,” “Think U The S***(Fart)” and the Central Cee-assisted “Did It First.” She collabs with Gunna on “B**** I’m Packin’” and Travis Scott on “Oh Shhh…,” complete with a new video. Gucci Mane has teamed with JT for “Chanel Bag.” The song arrives with the […]

Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images for LVMH x Vogue x NBC Hollywood rolled up to the City of Lights in a big way Thursday evening at the Prelude to the Olympics event at the Fondation Louis Vuitton museum. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Charlize Theron and tennis champ Serena Williams were two of the co-chairs for the […]

Nice Life Recording Company It’s been one week since Tinashe released the latest remixes to her song “Nasty.” Speaking to People, she describes why she chose Tyga and Chlöe to join her on their respective versions. “Tyga has a legacy of making nasty bops,” she says. “He has a history of nasty-related themes, so I felt like he […]

— Wiz Khalifa is a father again. He and girlfriend Aimee Aguilar welcomed a daughter, Kaydence, on July 17. It’s her first daughter and the second child for Wiz, who shares son Sebastian with ex Amber Rose. “POV thinking about all the outfits I’m about to pick out for my daughter,” Wiz captioned an Instagram post. — […]

Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images Beyoncé‘s “Freedom” has seen an increase in streams thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris.  According to Luminate, the song went from 16,600 streams to 235,400 streams between Sunday and Tuesday, up 1,300%, after it soundtracked Harris’ first walk onstage as a Democratic candidate for the upcoming presidential election.  It has since […]

Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Pharrell has a busy October coming up, as his Something in the Water Festival will be taking place. The  Virginian-Pilot reports the Virginia Beach Hotel Association shared the news with its members in an email Tuesday afternoon. “The Something in the Water dates are being released and will be held […]

Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal Tyler Perry has often been criticized for making the same kinds of movies, particularly with a Black female lead in a distressing situation. Instead of entertaining the noise, however, he tells Keke Palmer that he’s learned to tune it out.   “You gotta drown all that out,” says Perry, whose movie Divorce in the Black earned […]