Lionel Richie was hospitalized in St. Louis after a weekend concert, marking the second reported health scare for the music legend in recent months. The 77-year-old singer sought medical attention following his Saturday night performance at The Muny in Forest Park. Reports indicated that Richie was admitted to an intensive care unit for testing, with […]
Tom Hardy has spent years disappearing into movie characters. Now the actor has another identity to add to the collection, and this one comes with a microphone. Hardy has released his first officially issued full-length rap album under the name Frankie Pulitzer, joining forces with underground hip-hop group Czarface for the 15-track Czarface Meets Frankie […]
Olivia Rodrigo turned her first Daisy Chain Fields festival into an ambitious celebration of women across generations of popular music, bringing some of today’s biggest performers together with artists who helped shape the musical landscape they inherited. Held August 29 at Great Park in Irvine, California, the inaugural festival featured Rodrigo alongside Chappell Roan, Doechii, […]
Nas and Kendrick Lamar represented two generations of hip-hop excellence as the 2026 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards celebrated influential veterans alongside some of today’s biggest hitmakers in Los Angeles. Nas received the BMI Icon Award, the ceremony’s highest honor, recognizing a career that has helped define lyrical craftsmanship and storytelling in hip-hop for more than three […]
Universal Pictures is filling out the world surrounding Snoop Dogg as its upcoming biopic adds several familiar names from the rapper’s personal life and West Coast hip-hop history. Laya DeLeon Hayes, Olly Sholotan, Corey Champagne and Jonica Booth have joined the cast of Snoop, the feature film chronicling the life and career of the Long […]
Machine Gun Kelly made an unexpected appearance at Lil Durk’s federal trial in Los Angeles, bringing another high-profile music name into the orbit of the closely watched criminal case. MGK attended the proceedings Monday, August 24, and observed the trial from an overflow room. His appearance was not expected, and no explanation was provided for […]
Dr. Dre is embracing artificial intelligence in the recording studio, and the hip-hop heavyweight sees considerably more creative potential than cause for panic. The influential rapper and producer has positioned AI as the latest addition to a long line of technologies that have changed how records are made. Rather than viewing artificial intelligence as competition […]
Drake apparently has no problem crossing genre lines when the right song comes along. The hip-hop superstar turned up at Ella Langley’s sold-out Dandelion Tour stop at Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on Saturday, August 22, and he wasn’t exactly keeping a low profile. As Langley performed her massive hit “Choosin’ Texas,” […]
Kehlani has little patience for the recurring suggestion that R&B has run out of gas. As conversations about the health of the genre continue to surface, the singer is rejecting the idea that R&B has disappeared. From Kehlani’s perspective, plenty of artists are still making the music. The bigger challenge may be getting listeners to […]
Ye is taking his live show to Russia, adding another controversial chapter to an international touring run that has repeatedly generated headlines far beyond music. The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is scheduled to perform at Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg on October 10 and 11. The two stadium concerts would put one of […]