“We care about our neighbors, and that’s why we want to help.” New York native and acting legend Robert De Niro kicked off Robin Hood and iHeartMedia’s Rise Up New York! telethon on Monday (May 11) with that simple reasoning about why the benefit show was happening. Since the coronavirus began spreading across the nation […]
Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in their careers this week (chart dated May 16) with the “Say So” remix. The Barbz celebrated the end of Minaj’s 10-year odyssey to reach the top after giving Doja’s groovy disco-tinged hit more liftoff than TikTok (which first sparked the […]
Girls run the world (and the charts) this week, as Doja Cat‘s Nicki Minaj remix of “Say So” launched the tune to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The achievement marks each artist’s first leader on the list, and it’s the first Hot 100 No. 1 credited to two women in nearly six years, since […]
On the heels of earning her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 with Doja Cat’s “Say So,” a joyous Nicki Minaj expressed her excitement Tuesday afternoon (May 11) on Instagram. “Can’t thank you guys enough for going so hard this past week to help us make history,” she captioned her post of a pseudo Billboard […]
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Brooklyn Rapper Nick Blixky Dead at 21
Brooklyn rapper Nick Blixky has passed away following a shooting in New York City on Sunday, NBC reports. He was 21 years old. The rising artist, real name Nickalus Thompson, was found at 9:30 pm in Prospect Lefferts Gardens with multiple gunshot wounds in his torso and buttocks. He was transported to NYT Health & Hospitals/Kings […]
The music community is mourning the loss of legendary soul and R&B singer Betty Wright. Music stars like John Legend, Snoop Dogg, Ledisi, DJ Khaled and many more took to social media Sunday (May 10) to pay tribute to Wright, who recently died after a battle with cancer. She was 66. “I loved being around […]
In her nearly 50-year chart career, R&B legend Betty Wright stretched across generations with a soul, funk and disco catalog that made her one of the genre’s most consistent hitmakers in the 1970s and early 1980s, and, in later years, as a frequently sampled presence in hits by Beyoncé, DJ Khaled and others. The singer-songwriter, […]
Boyz II Men and Babyface joined forces for a special Mother’s Day tribute during the season 45 finale of Saturday Night Live. For the show’s third “at home” episode on May 9, the legendary R&B trio performed 1997’s Babyface-penned “A Song for Mama” from their respective homes and studios. The iconic songwriter and producer joined […]
“My goal is to bring real black America — just as it is, not watered down — to people everywhere through music, through films, through everything we do.” This was the manifesto of 32 year-old, newly-minted entertainment mogul Andre O’Neal Harrell, in conversation with the L.A. Times in 1992 about his $50M multi-media deal with […]
Eminem recently paid a visit to Lil Wayne‘s Young Money Radio on Apple Music, where he discussed a range of topics, including the new Michael Jordan documentary, Googling his own lyrics, connecting with fans, and more. Em’s visit to Young Money Radio on Friday (May 8) marked the show’s third episode. Past shows featured interviews […]