This past summer, Ella Mai answered the phone and heard one of her heroes: Stevie Wonder was calling to tell her how much he loves “Boo’d Up,” the R&B sleeper hit that has made her a star this year. He even sang a bit of its suave, catchy hook back to her. “It was insane,” says Mai. […]
Lil Wayne’s lengthy and tumultuous legal battles regarding his record label are finally behind him. In September, the New Orleans native revealed that he was now the sole owner of Young Money. In a new sit-down for Elliott Wilson’s CRWN interview series, Tha Carter V rapper divulged the Young Money status of two of the label’s most lucrative stars,Drake and Nicki Minaj. […]
Saturday Night Live is opening its 44th season with back-to-back rap performances. The sketch comedy show announced that the musical guest on October 6th will be Travis Scott. It will be his first performance on the SNL stage. Scott will follow Kanye West’s performance during SNL’s season premiere on Sept. 29. Crazy Rich Asians actress Awkwafina, a rapper herself, will host on the night that […]
Lil Baby and Gunna will release the mixtape collaboration this week, according to Lil Baby. The project was supposed to be released in September but, according to a tweet from Lil Baby over the weekend, “September Went To Fast !!!” The duo from Atlanta will make it up to fans later this week when they plan to drop Drip […]
Drake just dropped new merchandise for his 2018 tour. Fans can choose from a satin tour jacket, socks, tees, long sleeves and more. The ‘Scorpion’ rapper also has COLDBLOOD-emblazoned long sleeves and hoodies available on his website. Drake dropped new merch back in august at the start of the tour, including a popular long-sleeve tee […]
Standup comedian Lil Duval makes his first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Sept. 8), as “Smile (Living My Best Life),” featuring Snoop Dogg and Ball Greezy, debuts at No. 83 but has made it’s way to the number one spot over the past few weeks. Lil Duval (full name: Roland Powell) is signed to EMPIRE Recordings, was a finalist on BET’s comedy series Coming to […]
1. “Reaching this milestone again is a dream for this band,” Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine tells Billboard of the group’s return to No. 1 on the Hot 100 (with its first leader in six years). 4. As “Killshot” bounds in at No. 3, Eminem earns his 20th Hot 100 top 10, a run that began with […]
Ella Mai’s “Boo’d Up” ties for the longest-running No. 1 among songs by women on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart since the list’s inception in 1992. The single logs its 15th week in charge on the chart dated Sept. 29, matching the run of Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You” from January – April 2006. “Boo’d” holds on […]
This week’s Artist 100 is out and musicians from every genre are a part of this one. We see a country act at the top, plenty of hip-hop and R&B artists spread throughout the top 10, and one very big rock act in between. Carrie Underwood is having a great year and she’s hit number […]
American Soul is set to premiere in 2019 but we’re already hearing more about who we’re going to see as a part of this sure-fire hit show. This one is going to tell us all about how Soul Train became a huge hit back in the 70s and it’s adding some big names to help […]