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Roots Picnic 2025 Headlined By D’Angelo, Lenny Kravitz, Meek Mill & More
Roots Picnic is back for 2025, and the headliners are once again top-notch. On Monday, February 17, the Roots and Live Nation announced that the headliners for the annual event include D’Angelo (wth the Roots), Lenny Kravitz, and Meek Mill along with GloRilla, Miguel, Tems, Latto and Kaytranada, and more. The two-day festival will go […]
The Wayans Family To Be Inducted Into NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame
The awards will air live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday, February 22, at 8:00 PM ET/PT on BET and CBS.
Rubella Back?: RFK Jr. Confirmed As Health Secretary, Nation Shudders
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Health and Human Services Secretary on Thursday in a narrow vote. All Democratic senators voted against him, with Senator Mitch McConnell the only Republican to join them.
Guns N’ Roses and Tool added to star-studded final Black Sabbath show
Among the other additions are Rival Sons, Mike Bordin, Vernon Reid, and host Jason Momoa. Guns N’ Roses and Tool Added to Star-Studded Final Black Sabbath Show Spencer Kaufman
Taj Mahal on Grammy Noms, Generational Blues, and Swingin’ Live in Tulsa: Podcast
The blues legend breaks down his influences, lasting impact, and upcoming releases. Taj Mahal on Grammy Noms, Generational Blues, and Swingin’ Live in Tulsa: Podcast Kyle Meredith
First Look at Matt Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan's latest epic comes to theaters on July 17th, 2026. First Look at Matt Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Alex Young
Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR’s ’$ome $exy $ongs 4 U’ Sets New Apple Music Record
Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR’s collaborative album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U has officially set a new Apple Music record.According to Billboard, the 21-track album now holds the record for the biggest R&B/soul album in the history of Apple Music by first-day streams worldwide. No additional details, such as the total number of streams, were provided, but Billboard has reached out to Apple Music.$ome $exy $ongs 4 U released on Valentine’s Day, and is The Boy’s first full-length effort since For All the Dogs in 2023 and his publicized beef against Kendrick Lamar; it’s also PND’s first since P4 in 2024. It featured guest appearances from Pim, Chino Pacas and Yebba as well as production work from some of the pair’s frequent collaborators, including Noel Cadastre, Gordo and Jordan Ullman.Click here to...
Drake To Headline All Three Nights of Wireless Festival With Three Different Setlists
In a series of firsts, Drake is set to become the only artist in the world to headline a festival for three nights with three different setlists at Wireless Festival 2025.The Boy's residency arrives in time for the festival's 20th anniversary, which takes place on July 11 to July 13 at London's Finsbury Park. Wireless will also mark his return to the UK for his first performance in six years, where he'll be joined by the likes of Burna Boy, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U collaborator PARTYNEXTDOOR, Summer Walker, Vybz Kartel (in his debut UK performance) and more to be announced soon.Three customer pre-sale begins February 17, followed by the Wireless pre-sale the next day. General tickets will be available starting February 19.Check out the lineup below. Wireless Festival 2025 takes place July 11 to...
SNL50 Was a Culmination of Lorne Michaels’ Star-Making
Every generation of the sketch comedy series came together for the epic-length anniversary special. SNL50 Was a Culmination of Lorne Michaels’ Star-Making Liz Shannon Miller
Kendrick Lamar Is the First Rapper With Three Albums in the Billboard 200 Top 10 Simultaneously
Kendrick Lamar has set chart history as the first rapper with three albums in the Billboard 200 top 10 all at the same time.He makes three appearances in this week's top 10 following his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, first at No. 1 with GNX. Dot's latest studio effort moves up from No. 4 with 236,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending February 13, including 117,000 in streaming equivalent album units (161.01 million on-demand streams of the songs), 116,000 in album sales and 3,000 track equivalent album units. This marks GNX's second week at No. 1 and is its largest week since its No. 1 debut in December 2024.Following GNX are DAMN. and good kid, m.A.A.d city at Nos. 9 and 10 respectively, both of which jump from Nos. 29 and 27. The former moves with 39,000 equivalent...
Paul McCartney closes out SNL50 with Beatles medley
The iconic musician put a bow on the festivities with "Golden Slumbers," "Carry That Weight," and "The End." Paul McCartney Closes Out SNL50 with Beatles Medley: Watch Spencer Kaufman
‘MF Ghost’ Season 3 Will Release in 2026
Over the weekend, official MF Ghost outlets dropped a new video teaser. While the video served to commemorate the original manga’s finale before its last chapter’s release, it also came with the news that season 3 of its anime is set to air in 2026.Created by Shuichi Shigeno, the original MF Ghost manga debuted in 2017 as a much-anticipated sequel to the legendary street-racing series, Initial D. Set two decades after the events of Initial D, MF Ghost follows the story of Kanata Rivington/Katagiri, a 19-year-old Japanese-Britsh prodigy racer, as he enters his first MFG Competition while searching for his missing father.At the end of December 2024, MF Ghost’s second anime season wrapped up partway through the Peninsula Manazuru race. While Kanata aced the qualifying round with stellar resul...
