Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage A celebration of Roberta Flack‘s life took place Monday at the New York Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, featuring a surprise appearance and performance by Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean. “We weren’t formally asked to do this because I think they were a little shy in asking us to attend,” Hill said, according…
Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images When the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2025 class was announced in January, Rodney “Darkchild” Jenkins was named among the inductees. In an interview with Ebony, he shared that he’s “humbled” by the “amazing” honor. “It’s amazing. I’m humbled. To be mentioned alongside people I look up to—like Michael McDonald in the same year…
Lars Niki/Getty Images Wendy Williams was taken by ambulance from an assisted living facility in Midtown Manhattan to Mount Sinai West hospital on Monday morning, according to sources. Police responded to the assisted living facility in Hudson Yards after the fire department was called for a wellness check, sources said. Two NYPD officers and a sergeant, as…
Courtesy of The Angie Stone Estate The details for Angie Stone‘s homegoing service have been revealed, giving friends, family and collaborators an opportunity to say their last goodbyes. The homegoing service will take place at the Word of Faith Cathedral in Austell, Georgia, on Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET. A public viewing…
Disney/Christopher Willard While T-Pain is often associated with Auto-Tune, he says it was Snoop Dogg that made its use cool. Speaking to Shaquille O’Neal on The Big Podcast with Shaq, he says there was initially some resistance when he first started using Auto-Tune, until fans heard Snoop take a stab at it. “It was only resistance, until somebody…
After failing to release his album Dominique in February as planned, Lil Baby has given fans an update. “The album drop in eight weeks,” he recently said on an Instagram Live session. “I had to push it back.” The follow-up to his WHAM album, Dominique showcases a personal side of Baby. “That’s a part of the new…
Billboard Doechii has been added to the list of honorees at Billboard‘s Women in Music event for 2025. She’ll be honored as the publication’s Woman of the Year, awarded to women who have made “significant contributions to the business” and are inspiring “generations of women to take on increasing responsibilities within the field.” She’s set to…
Photo by: Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Big Sean‘s 2015 hit “I Don’t F*** With You” is currently 9x Platinum, but it’s a song Beyoncé thought might be a “little disrespectful.” During an appearance on the St. Brown Podcast, Sean recalled playing the track to Bey and Jay-Z in their home, noting they had opposite reactions. “I went to their…
One Umbrella Records Tory Lanez‘s idea to record and drop a new album within three weeks has come to fruition with the release of Peterson, the sequel to 2020’s Daystar. The album features 20 songs, including “Verdict Day x Lawyer Fees Interlude,” on which he recalls being sentenced to prison for Megan Thee Stallion‘s shooting.…
Photo by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!, has died at the age of 64. According to a statement shared on the group’s socials, he passed away Friday in the presence of his family and loved ones. He had been secretly battling bladder cancer over the past…
