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 awards will air live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday, February 22, at 8:00 PM ET/PT on BET and CBS.
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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...
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...
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...
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
Offset has shared his first new single of the year. The Migos rapper revealed "TEN" on Valentine's Day, tapping back into his trademark flow for his first new release since December 2024's "Swing My Way."With production from London Jae, Yak Beats and BC Moon, "TEN" hears Offset holding nothing back over a dancehall-meets-trap beat."I ain't going back and forth with a peon (Peon) / That ain't on the type of sh*t a n*gga be on (Be on) / Cop a Cybertruck and pop out like I'm Elon (Elon)," he opens the first verse."TEN" is the latest in Offset's post-SET IT OFF selection of singles including "Style Rare" with Gunna and, most recently, "Swing My Way." The rapper has also appeared as a featured artist on Gunna's "prada dem," Killer Mike's "EXIT 9," Blxst's "Risk Taker" and posthumous Juice WRLD ...
The Jane Doe who accused Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her when she was 13 years old has dropped her civil lawsuit.The Guardian reports that the unnamed woman filed to voluntarily dismiss the case with prejudice in Manhattan federal court on Friday, February 14. Doe will no longer be able to bring the case to court in the future.Her attorney Tony Buzbee, who has had a public back-and-forth with Hov’s lawyers during the suit, did not comment.“Today is a victory,” JAY-Z said in a statement via Roc Nation. “The frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations have been dismissed. This civil suit was without merit and never going anywhere.” He added that the lawsuit was also traumatic for Beyoncé and their three children.Combs’ lawyers said in a joint statement, “We will...
“There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with,” she wrote. “So long Tesla.” Sheryl Crow Sells Her Tesla, Donates Proceeds to NPR Jo Vito