Pedro Vilela/Getty Images The Weeknd is the king of Spotify: With 24, he has the most songs that have reached 1 billion streams on the platform. That’s why he’s being celebrated at a special, first-of-its-kind event that fans can attend for free. Spotify Presents Billions Club Live With The Weeknd is a concert that will take…
ABFF/Nice Crowd Keke Palmer and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor have been named among the honorees for the seventh American Black Film Festival Honors, which recognizes excellence in film and television. Keke will be honored for being a “trendsetting content creator” with “outstanding work and commitment to championing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the motion picture and television industry, through…
Dana Jacobs/Getty Images Tinashe’s Quantum Baby era is not yet over. She continues its rollout with her brand new music video for her single “Cross That Line.” Directed by Jonah Haber, the video is a continuation of the Quantum Baby concept of perception and storyline, picking up where “No Broke Boys” left off. The clip…
Dario Griffin/USC Raphael Saadiq is taking his musical talent to USC Thornton School of Music, where he’ll serve as the inaugural member of the Dean’s Creative Vanguard Program. The role requires him to mentor students through spring 2025, providing them with his expertise along the way. He’ll specifically work with seniors in the Pop Performance…
Paras Griffin / GETTY Images Usher and his New Look nonprofit have teamed with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta to launch the Usher Raymond IV Spark Lab and a new signature program called the Entertainment Industry Club. The Usher Raymond IV Spark Lab is intended to provide hands-on experiences in music production, photography and more to members of the…
Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./Def Jam Recordings Teyana Taylor dusted off some old songs in celebration of the 10th anniversary of her debut album, VII. Gifted on her 34th birthday, the video features her and backup singers performing songs from the project in plaid pajamas, from the comfort of what appears to be her living room.…
ShotbyStarks Coco Jones has shared a visualizer displaying a performance of her song “Santa is Me,” off her Christmas EP, Coco By The Fireplace. The clip captures her performing the track by the same fireplace seen in the video for another song on the EP, “Call on Christmas.” She’s also seen singing outside on a beach chair, and preparing some…
Photo by Andrew Chin/Getty Images It seems we’re getting closer to receiving SZA‘s highly anticipated Lana album. Taking to her socials, the singer shared a trailer for the project Monday, which marked the two-year anniversary of SOS‘ release. Soundtracked by an untitled song that samples The Isley Brothers‘ “Voyage to Atlantis,” the clip finds SZA walking through…
Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV Three eras of Summer Walker unite in the promo of her newly announced radio show on Apple Music. Shared to her Instagram, the clip features three versions of the singer respectively representing the phase she was in during each one of her three albums: debut album Over It, Still…
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic via Getty Images Blue Ivy Carter stepped out for the world premiere of Mufasa: The Lion King in Los Angeles on Monday night, attending the event with her parents, Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Blue Ivy voices the young lion cub Kiara, Simba and Nala’s daughter, in the new Disney film, a prequel to 2019’s The Lion King. The prequel is set…
