Mixtape Mixup
D Smoke performed a quick medley of his songs at the BET Awards 2020 on Sunday (June 28). During the network’s first virtual ceremony due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the inaugural winner of Netflix’s Rhythm & Flow was joined by his brother SiR on a makeshift stage that resembled the streets of L.A. As the […]
With a long-overdue national reckoning over police brutality against Black Americans dominating the national conversation, the 2020 BET Awards opened on Sunday (June 28) with a fiery, all-star 2020 remix of Public Enemy’s classic anthem of outrage and activism, “Fight the Power.” First, 12-year-old Keedron Bryant appeared in a solemn, affecting cold open to sing […]
Fresh off the release of his new studio album Bigger Love on Juneteenth, John Legend took to the virtual BET Awards stage Sunday night (June 28) to perform one of the album’s most emotive tracks. Held virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the awards show’s performances have so far felt akin to mini music videos. In his video stream, […]
Plus: Bob Dylan lands highest charting album in over a decade and Teyana Taylor earns her first top 10. Lil Baby’s My Turn tallies a fourth total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, tying The Weeknd’s After Hours for the most weeks atop the list for any album released in 2020. My […]
Blackpink‘s long-awaited comeback single “How You Like That” has topped this week’s new music poll. In the poll, published Friday (June 26) on Billboard, music fans voted for the catchy new song, which arrives on the heels of “Sour Candy,” the South Korean girl group’s recent collaboration with Lady Gaga. “How You Like That,” which […]
Beyonce has surprised fans once again with the announcement of her new visual album, Black Is King. The superstar singer dropped a one-minute trailer for the visual album — which is also being described as a film — on her website Saturday night (June 27), giving fans a sneak peek into the Lion King-inspired release. […]
Michelle Obama helped launch this year’s Roots Picnic with a passionate message about voting. Before kicking off the virtual festival on Saturday (June 27), the former first lady joined The Roots‘ Questlove and Black Thought on a split screen to urge voter registration for the upcoming election in November. “These past few months have been […]
Beyoncé is set to release another visual album, titled Black Is King on Disney+ next month, Variety reports. Bey made the announcement sharing a one-minute teaser to her website on Saturday night. The new visual album is inspired by the music of last year’s The Lion King: The Gift and is written, directed and executive produced by Beyoncé. The project is set to be released […]
Kanye West and Dr. Dre hit the recording studio this week to cook up some new music, and Snoop Dogg was there to give fans a sneak peak. The video surfaced on social media yesterday, which appears to show the two super producers working on the highly anticipated Jesus Is King sequel. Snoop secretly filmed the video while in […]
SZA took “Normal Girl” out to nature for this year’s Roots Picnic. The singer delivered a fresh, soothing vocal performance of the CTRL track outdoors for Saturday night’s (June 27) event. Surrounded by trees and accompanied by just a guitarist, SZA crooned about what it might be like to be the “type of girl you wanna […]