Source: WWD / Getty The wait for Rihanna’s highly anticipated ninth studio album continues. According to the nine-time Grammy winner, it will be well worth it. Read more about what we know about her upcoming project inside. In a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar, the 37-year-old star opened up about her long absence from music, her creative journey, and why she refused to release anything that didn’t reflect her evolution. No Genre, No Limits […]

Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Cardi B is officially a redhead. The “WAP” rapper took to TikTok to share a video of her coloring her real hair while also giving fans an update on her healthy hair journey. The clip begins with Cardi traveling to a salon in Brooklyn, NY with her natural hair flowing freely. “My hair has been so f—king healthy,” she said during the commute. Her long thick […]

Michael Ochs Archives For those who can remember the golden era of R&B during the 1980s, it didn’t get much better than DeBarge. Although an all-too-brief run on the charts that ended early due to personal turmoils and run-ins with the law, the group’s musical legacy carried on as one of the most-sampled musicians in both contemporary R&B and hip-hop, including by late rap legends The Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac […]

Source: change.org / other It’s been five years since Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down by two white, wannabe vigilantes in a rural part of Georgia who racially profiled him and falsely suspected the unarmed, young Black jogger of being a burglar. But, the pain of his brutal murder still weighs heavy on the hearts of so many Black families. On Nov. 24, 2021, Gregory and Travis McMichael as well as […]

Source: Anadolu / Getty Kevin Durant recently took to X (formerly Twitter) to give his praises to J. Cole, showering the rapper with accolades for his latest track “cLOUDs.” Durant, known for his candor, expressed admiration for Cole’s mastery, stating, “I don’t care about none of that fake tough guy sh*t. This is mastery,” acknowledging the precision and attention to detail in the song. It was a gesture that highlighted […]

Dan Bongino, a popular podcaster known for putting forth conspiracy theories, was appointed as the deputy director of the FBI over the weekend By President Donald Trump. Dan Bongino will be second in command to FBI chief Kash Patel, and many online have shared their thoughts. President Trump took to his Truth Social platform to celebrate the addition of Dan Bongino to the FBI leadership role. From Truth Social: Great […]

Source: Thaddaeus McAdams / Getty At a recent concert, Lil Wayne straight-up cut Birdman off mid-speech, and it went viral. Birdman, doing what he does best—talking big about the Cash Money legacy—was in the middle of his usual talk-heavy moment when Wayne wasn’t having it. Out of nowhere, Wayne hit the DJ with a quick “Alright, let’s go, let’s go,” and just like that, the DJ dropped the next song, […]

Roberta Flack, an award-winning R&B vocalist, and songwriter who topped the charts in her time, died on Monday (Feb. 24). Roberta Flack earned her first big break after actor and director Clint Eastwood used one of her songs in his films. Roberta Flack was born on Feb. 10, 1937, in Black Mountain, N.C., and grew up in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Arlington, Va. As a child, Flack was inspired […]

Source: X / x I’m often perplexed by Black Trump supporters. I mean, these people really watched a sitting president target the Blackest cities in otherwise overwhelmingly white states (Philadelphia, Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, etc.) with his election fraud lies and said, “Sure, that’s the president for us.” These Sunken Place stooges watched President Donald Trump popularize the white nationalist propaganda that morphed non-whitewashed Black history into anti-white racism, and they […]