Mixtape Mixup
The concert is due to take place the night before the country's high-stakes presidential election that could end the 26-year rule of its authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko. Rapper Tyga has been asked by the U.S.-based Human Rights Foundation to cancel his participation in a government-sponsored concert in Belarus. According to the non-profit organization, Tyga — […]
“Rags2Riches” rules after debuting on the charts dated Aug. 1. Rod Wave’s “Rags2Riches,” featuring ATR Son Son, becomes the second song to crown both Billboard’s Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global charts as once, ruling both lists dated Aug. 8. The Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global charts highlight the biggest songs on […]
Almost a month into his purported presidential run, Kanye West has yet to make an appearance with the mysterious woman who he’s claimed will be his running mate. In fact, Wyoming-based “biblical life coach” Michelle Tidball doesn’t seem to have acknowledged that the rapper has added her to his independent ticket — other than a […]
In response to incidents of police brutality across the United States, singer Macy Gray is ramping up her nonprofit My Good. The organization, founded quietly earlier this year, seeks to help families and loved ones of victims of police violence with financial, emotional and mental health support. The org is also at work curating different […]
"Rockstar" rules for an eighth week. DaBaby‘s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, furthers its hold atop Billboard‘s Songs of the Summer chart, logging an eighth week at No. 1 on the ranking (dated Aug. 8). The 20-position Songs of the Summer running tally tracks the most popular titles based on cumulative performance on the weekly streaming-, […]
Following the launch of Off-White™ activewear, perpetually busy creative director Virgil Abloh has revealed “Off-White™ Seasons” – a new Instagram account that allows fans a behind-the-scenes look at Off-White™. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Off-White™ Seasons (@off___white___seasons) on Jul 25, 2020 at 11:56am PDT The account was christened with two lookbooks showcasing the men’s and women’s […]
Azealia Banks has decided to shave it all off. The 29-year-old “212” rapper took to her Instagram Stories on Saturday (Aug. 1) to share a series of before-and-after videos of herself shaving her head completely bald. “I’m about to have my Britney Spears moment,” she joked. “I feel like Britney b—h on some 2007 s–t. […]
Beyoncé released the deluxe edition of her 2019 album The Lion King: The Gift on Friday (July 31). With three new songs including her Juneteenth anthem “Black Parade” and a Melo-X-assisted remix of “Find Your Way,” the deluxe LP celebrates pan-African identity while loosely telling the story of The Lion King across its 17 tracks. […]
This week was all about badass women, as Tove Lo, Sophie Turner, Dua Lipa, Miranda Lambert, Zendaya, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift, Beyonce and more made headlines. In events news, Lollapalooza and the GLAAD Media Awards both went virtual, and on the awards show side, nominations were announced for the Emmys and MTV VMAs. (Ariana […]
With the return of Billboard’s Songs of the Summer chart for 2020, we’re feeling a bit nostalgic for the warm-weather music of decades past. Every other week on Thursday, we’ll be revisiting a past decade to see which tunes ruled the chart. The Songs of the Summer chart had a lot of names at the […]