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How to Watch the 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards
2021 BET Hip Hop Awards: Air Date, Time, Channel The BET Hip Hop Awards will air on BET on Tuesday (Oct. 5) at 9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT. How to Watch the 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards Online Those who want to watch the BET Hip Hop Awards online can tune in on BET.com with a cable provider login. No cable? Signing up for free trials of fuboTV or SlingTV will give you access to BET as well, as both services include BET, to let you watch the BET Hip Hop Awards live on TV or stream the BET Hip Hop Awards from your laptop, tablet or phone. You can watch a live stream of BET (live in most markets) plus dozens of other TV channels via Hulu + Live TV, which is currently offering a seven-day free trial, which you can use to watch the BET Hip Hop Awards onl...
No. 1 Albums With Artists’ Birth Names in the Titles, From Jay-Z to YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Jay-Z’s Vol. 3…Life and Times of S. Carter: The album hit No. 1 on Jan. 15, 2000, for one week. It received a Grammy nomination for best rap album. Jay-Z’s real name: Shawn Corey Carter. Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP: The album hit No. 1 on June 10, 2000, and stayed on top for eight consecutive weeks. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 hit No. 1 on Nov. 23, 2013, and stayed on top for two nonconsecutive weeks. Both albums won Grammys for best rap album. The first also received an album of the year nomination. Eminem’s real name: Marshall Bruce Mathers III. LL Cool J’s G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith the Greatest of All Time: The album hit No. 1 on Sept. 30, 2000, for one week. LL’s real name: James Todd Smith. Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III: The album hit No. 1 on June 28, 2007, and stayed o...
YoungBoy Never Broke Again Returns to No. 1 on Artist 100 Chart Thanks to ‘Sincerely, Kentrell’ Debut
Rank, TitleNo. 28, “Bad Morning”No. 37, “On My Side” (up from No. 71; new peak)No. 40, “No Where”No. 48, “Life Support” (up from No. 79; new peak)No. 53, “Hold Me Down”No. 58, “Nevada”No. 59, “50 Shots”No. 61, “Smoke Strong”No. 62, “Break or Make Me”No. 67, “Sincerely”No. 69, “I Can’t Take It Back”No. 80, “Forgiato”No. 83, “Rich Shit”No. 92, “Baddest Thing”No. 99, “Toxic Punk” YoungBoy previously led the Artist 100 for a week in September 2020 when Top opened as his third No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Elsewhere on the Artist 100, Coldplay re-enters at No. 10, returning to the top 10 for the first time since D...
Snoop Dogg Brings Out Shaq to Perform “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang”: Watch
Snoop Dogg was one of the performers at a fundraiser held by Shaquille O’Neal’s charity on Saturday night, playing a set during which the Long Beach rapper brought Shaq himself on stage to fill in for Dr. Dre on “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang.” “I wanna bring out somebody that means a lot to me. One of my dear friends who I feel like we got in at the same time,” Snoop said before introducing the NBA Hall Famer, who released four rap albums in the 1990s. “We been doing the same things lately and he’s the man of the night. So if you don’t mind, we gon’ do something special for y’all. Never before, never seen, Snoop Dogg and Shaq. Let’s go.” Striding onto the stage in a spiffy maroon sports jacket, Shaq proceeded to admirably take on the classic hip-hop track, which was released on Dr. Dre’s debut ...
Nick Cannon Plans to Be Celibate After Welcoming Baby No. 7: ‘Enough Frolicking’
“I’m trying to chill out,” he said. “I’m kind of stepping away, getting focused, going within, getting my celibacy on. I have enough children, enough frolicking, I’m good right now.” When the hosts joked that Cannon isn’t really celibate, he responded, “Nah, y’all said I ain’t really. I’m saying I’m going in.” Last month, the actor told TMZ that he’s open to having more children. When asked if he wants to continue expanding his family, he said, “God willing. If God sees it that way, then that’s what I’m going to keep doing.” Cannon welcomed his eldest children, twins Monroe and Moroccan, with ex-wife Mariah Carey in 2011. He shares 3-year-old son&...
R. Kelly’s ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ Horrifies Mourners in ‘SNL’ Funeral Sketch: Watch
“I Believe I Can Fly,” which was featured on the soundtrack to the 1996 film Space Jam, reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 for four weeks and won Kelly three Grammy Awards, including best R&B song. The confused priest overseeing the service, played by host Owen Wilson, then chimes to clarify that the dead woman specifically wanted “Fly” performed during her funeral. “But R. Kelly is a horrible man who did awful things,” another mourner says, as the other guests agree that perhaps the lady didn’t know about the 54-year-old singer’s crimes. Thompson’s Burton, dressed in a sequin and large glasses, then continues singing as photos of the deceased woman posing with other celebrities accused of wrongdoing, including Louis C.K., Kevin Spacey an...
TLC Postpones Concerts After T-Boz Suffers an Allergic Reaction
The venue announced on Twitter that “all previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new date.” Later Saturday night, TLC announced a second show had been postponed: “TLC has rescheduled the Sunday, October 3rd show at the Pavilion at Toyota Music in Irving, TX to Tuesday, October 5th. We are so excited to see all our TLC fans there!!!” T-Boz (Tionne Watkins) and Chilli (Rozonda Thomas) have been on the road with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony since early September. The trek comes nearly 27 years after the release of their classic 1994 album CrazySexyCool, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and featured four Billboard Hot 100 top 5 hits, including the No. 1s “Creep” and “Waterfalls.” (TLC’s third member, Lisa “Left E...
Miley Cyrus Dances With Megan Thee Stallion at Austin City Limits 2021: Watch
“Love youuuu,” Megan wrote back. “ACL WEEKEND 1 was Maybbbbe just A LITTLE TOOOOO ICONIC!” Cyrus said in another post that included clips from her own performance (and a video of Shawn Mendes singing along). The Austin City Limits Music Festival is taking places over two weekends, Oct. 1-3 and Oct. 8-10, at Austin’s Zilker Park. See the full lineup here. Watch the fun footage Cyrus shared from Austin City Limits below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Jesy Nelson’s Solo Debut Single ‘Boyz’ With Nicki Minaj Is Almost Here
Jesy Nelson’s solo era is coming soon. The former Little Mix member took to Instagram on Friday (Oct. 1) to reveal that her first single as a solo artist — “Boyz,” featuring Nicki Minaj — will arrive on all music streaming platforms Oct. 8. The 30-year-old artist shared the news by dropping the single’s cover art, which features both her and Minaj in black-and-white ensembles — the singer in a black bralette, white basketball shorts, Bathing Ape low top sneakers and Chanel necklaces; the “Chun-Li” rapper in a white sherpa vest, black sherpa booties, bauble rings and a Chanel bangle. The ex-girl group member first announced the collaboration between her and Minaj on Sept. 28, by teasing fans with a behind-the-scenes snippet of her f...
The Alchemist Unveils New Song “Miracle Baby” Featuring Mavi: Stream
On Tuesday, The Alchemist announced This Thing of Ours Vol. 2, the sequel to the April EP This Thing of Ours. Now, he’s shared the first single from the October 8th release, “Miracle Baby,” featuring the 21-year-old North Carolinian Mavi. Alchemist beats tend to go easy on the percussion and hard on atmospherics, and “Miracle Baby” is no exception. The track opens with samples with such a tinny tone that they just sound black and white, as voices say, “Look in my eyes and tell me what you see,” and, “The eyes are the window to the soul.” The beat drops with choral “oohs,” and persistent bass, and while it’s possible to pick out kick drums and high hats, they’re low enough in the mix that Mavi has the space to do whatever he wants. Here, the rising rapper unleashes a stream o...
Brandy, Eve, Naturi Naughton & Nadine Velazquez Are Regal & Raunchy in ‘Nasty Girl’ Music Video From ‘Queens’
Brandy, Eve, Naturi Naughton and Nadine Velazquez are rooting for every “Nasty Girl” in their first single and music video from the upcoming ABC series Queens. They will all star in the upcoming hip-hop drama series about a former ’90s girl group called the Nasty Bitches trying to shine once more in the spotlight. Ahead of the series’ premiere, Brandy, Eve, Naughton and Velazquez released their first joint single “Nasty Girl” on Friday (Oct. 1) via Def Jam Recordings. The accompanying visual, which was directed by Tim Story (*NSYNC, Monica, The LOX), features Eve, aka Professor Sex, preparing the party at a quite literally lit mansion, filled with a legion of shirtless men, before the girls’ arrival. The foursome later take the festivitie...
Rap Song of the Week: Wale and J. Cole Reunite on “Poke It Out”
Rap Song of the Week runs down the essential rap and hip-hop tracks you need to hear every week. Check out the full playlist here. This week, Wale and J. Cole reunite on “Poke It Out.” Later this month, Wale is dropping a sequel to his 2012 mixtape Folarin. To promote the project, the DC rapper reached out to his fellow blog era alum J. Cole for their new collaboration “Poke It Out,” a throwback single sharing the same sample as Q-Tip’s effervescent 1999 hit “Vivrant Thing.” After a brief falling out in late 2016, the dynamic duo officially made amends on Wale’s boastful 2018 track “My Boy (Freestyle),” and the new track finds the longtime collaborators fully unburdened from any past animosity and simply have a good time. Over a bouncy beat by Cool & Dre, Wale and Cole celebrate t...
