August Alsina is speaking out following Jada Pinkett Smith’s confirmation that she and the singer were romantically involved during her separation from Will Smith. The 27-year-old “No Love” singer took social media on Friday (July 10) shortly after Pinkett Smith detailed their past relationship during her Facebook Watch show Red Table Talk. “Imagine not knowing […]

Kanye West could be one step closer to launching his own music streaming service. The 43-year-old rapper and fashion mogul, who recently announced his plans to run for president in 2020, took to Twitter on Friday night (July 10) to share the “roster proposal” for Yeezy Sound, a company he filed trademark papers for in […]

Yeasayer voluntarily dismissed the copyright lawsuit against The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar over their Black Panther: The Album highlight “Pray For Me.” In this dismissal obtained by Billboard today (July 10), the indie rock band and its record label We Are Free “confirmed to their satisfaction that no copyright infringement occurred” by the defendants The Weeknd (real name Abel […]

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? A surprisingly prolific source of music samples named Spongebob Squarepants. Over the last decade, the kid’s television show created by the late Stephen Hillenburg has become one of the most-memed programs in television history. Thanks to its impeccable reputation online, many artists have found ample material in the […]

Eminem stretched his star power out this year with some megawatt collaborations. But which one shines the brightest? His latest joint with Kid Cudi unpacks 2020’s biggest issues from wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic to speaking out against the unjust killings of Black Americans in “The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady.” At the beginning […]

Lil Nas X has something up his sleeves. The crooner took to social media on Friday (July 10) to lead his fans into the weekend with a new song tease. The tune, “Call Me By Your Name,” has a seductively melodic beat, “Call me what you want / Call me what you need / Call […]

The emerging, genre-blending artist signed to the major label in February and on Friday released his latest single, “White Lie.” At the top of 2020, Los Angeles-based singer-rapper Contradash independently released his second single, “Blocked,” and soon after was fielding meeting requests from most major labels. “We started to meet with labels the day after […]

Though Juice WRLD and Kid Cudi came out swinging with their new releases, for today’s edition of First Beat (July 10), R&B makes a resounding effort with the return of Summer Walker, Snoh Aalegra and more. Check it out below. Summer Walker, Life on Earth EP After a dazzling performance at the BET Awards last […]

Halsey took to social media to pay tribute to Juice WRLD following the release of his posthumous album Legends Never Die on Friday (July 10). “Lots of feelings tonight. but the biggest one is love,” the pop star began on Twitter, using a dove emoji and the hashtags #LegendsNeverDie and #Iljw to pay tribute to […]

As part of what was described as a “rambling” four-hour interview with Forbes earlier this week in which Kanye West laid out his plans for a purported presidential run, the rapper also briefly dipped back into his day job as an MC, dropping three ragged freestyles for the financial magazine that touched on the COVID-19 pandemic, […]