Ethan Miller/Getty Images via ABC Drake donated $10,000 toward the prize money for a contest looking for his doppelgänger. The Casuals Cakery bakery in Toronto hosted the event on Saturday. It shared a screenshot capturing the moment Drake offered up the prize money. “I’m adding 10 bands to the look alike contest. As the main prize,” he…
Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images Doechii is an animated rapper who makes use of dynamics, different flows and sound changes in her music, and she explains why in a conversation with Brittany Howard for Rolling Stone‘s latest Musicians on Musicians series. “There’s so many different emotions that I feel like you don’t have to emote in one…
Joe Maher/Getty Images Jamie Foxx is recuperating after his representatives said he was hit by glass at a Beverly Hills restaurant where a fight with other people allegedly broke out Friday night. The Oscar winner required stitches following the incident at Mr. Chow restaurant on Camden Drive, his representative told KABC. Foxx “was at his birthday…
ABC/John Argueta 2024, naming Tyla as #1. She jumps up from being #14 last year, thanks to her hit single “Water” and its 51-week run on the weekly U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, as well as her self-titled album having 10 of 14 songs reach the chart. “Water” is the #1 track on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs year-end…
Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Mariah Carey‘s festive hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” appears to be the gift that keeps on giving. The song has garnered over 2 billion streams on Spotify, an accomplishment Mariah says is “beyond incredible.” “I’m honored to have ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ be…
© Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York. @basquiatofficial @artestarnyc The Weeknd has pulled off a marketing coup with his new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow. He’s partnered with the estate of the late, acclaimed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat for The Weeknd X Basquiat collection, which includes vinyls, autographed CDs and a box including a T-shirt and…
LL COOL J, Inc. LL COOL J is still celebrating his comeback album, The FORCE, hence the release of his limited-edition skate decks and triptychs. A partnership with THE SKATEROOM, the exclusive line brings together graphics inspired by The FORCE‘s artwork and the artistry of skateboarding culture, according to a release. There are only 200 solo decks…
DMX was a man of God, a side of him displayed in his second posthumous project, Let Us Pray: Chapter X. Produced by gospel’s own Warryn Campbell, it features eight tracks: four songs of DMX’s prayers on Warryn’s beats and their respective instrumentals. Killer Mike, MaryMary, Lecrae, Snoop Dogg, Terrace Martin, Lena Bird-Myles and RoyzNoyzOrchestra appear on the…
Death Row/Aftermath/Interscope Records The wait is over: The highly anticipated Dr. Dre-produced Snoop Dogg album, Missionary, is officially out. Featuring Eminem, 50 Cent, Method Man, BJ the Chicago Kid and singles “Outta Da Blue” with Anus, the Sting-assisted “Another Part of Me” and “Gorgeous” with Jhené Aiko, the album marks Snoop and Dre’s first collaborative album…
New Citizen/Epic Records Mario is back with a new album, Glad You Came, an invitation to a new era in his life and a journey of confidence, flirtation, love, intimacy and vulnerability. The project pays homage to the music Mario loves, starting with a jazz and R&B fusion and turning into more contemporary songs along the…
