The music, the releases, and the conversations beyond the charts.
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The longtime collaborators’ 11-song debut as a duo is now streaming, pairing comedy and vulnerability while a federal lawsuit leaves the ownership dispute unresolved.
Her first solo album is live as a 12-track statement rooted in Miami and Southern rap, even though a longer 21-song sequence was announced days earlier.
The October chart milestone belongs to Drake, but the route there also shows how deluxe editions, visual rollouts and streaming now extend an album’s commercial life.
The December 3 show in Belén is off and the promoter says ticket refunds will be automatic; authorities have not implicated Snoop Dogg or his team in the separate probe.
Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Jay-Z lead an album-by-album argument about rap greatness, with listening and shopping links.
A four-track EP lets listeners compare Prince’s 2003 recording with the horn-enhanced ‘Timeless’ version and adds two raw ‘Prince And The Band’ performances.
The Bronx rapper’s two-minute single joins Rockstar’s 34-track companion album, extending one of gaming’s biggest music rollouts into Black popular culture.
The Atlantic Music Group partnership puts Gunna in the CEO seat as Casper Bluff, Nechie and Dracc become the imprint’s first signees.
The former ‘Cry Baby’ bonus track invokes the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre while extending the album’s confrontation with anti-Black violence and American power.
Rapper LUCKI was left with a facial and neck-area laceration after violence erupted outside ComplexCon in Los Angeles. Police say four people were injured and are investigating the incident as an attempted murder.
The September 25 release turns a familiar Southern rap foundation into a song about faith and endurance ahead of Franklin’s first double album.
With Kill the King already released and “Let ’Em Know” adding another radio No. 1, Atlanta’s Tip has given us a timely reason to revisit the catalog.
The narrow discovery ruling does not dismiss the wrongful-death case, which remains headed toward a November trial.
The 14-track album arrives October 2 with Offset, Future, Tyler, the Creator, A$AP Rocky and more.
The unannounced guest delivered a masked run through familiar hits during the first night of the R&B Tour’s Los Angeles stop.
Episode six of JAŸ-Z In 8 finds Jay-Z and Rick Rubin unpacking the Donda collaboration and the artists’ complicated bond.
The six-track project arrived September 25 alongside “Why I Get Married?” and its official video.
CBS News says it reviewed the 12-page filing. The woman’s lawyer says she maintains she experienced sexual assault but mistakenly identified Jay-Z.
