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After over five years since his previous album, Kendrick Lamar will finally return May 13 with his much-anticipated and fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.
Under the new alias, oklama, the multi-platinum and Grammy-award winning rapper made the announcement Monday (April 18) through his new company, pgLang. This will be Kendrick Lamar’s final album on TDE.
Taylor Swift can add a new honor to her overflowing cabinet of accolades: A new species of millipede from the Appalachian Mountains has been named after her, according to Phys.org.
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The Nannaria swiftae — or vernacularly, the Swift Twisted-Claw Millipede — is one of 16 new species named by Virginia Tech scientists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means, and Paul Marek in a new paper published via ZooKeys. Hennen, the study’s lead author, is the avowed Swiftie who selected the name, noting on Twitter that he chose it for that specific millepede species because, so far, it’s only been found in Tennessee.
Jimmy Iovine co-founded Interscope Records in the early 1990s and played a huge role in the funding and set-up of Death Row Records. It was Jimmy Iovine who signed Tupac Shakur to his first recording contract and it was Jimmy Iovine who played an enormous role in launching the careers of Dr Dre and Eminem. So strong was his relationship with Dr Dre they co-founded the hugely successful Beats Electronics (popularly known as Beats by Dre) business in 2006, a business that would dominate the sector and that the duo would eventually sell for $3bn to Apple in 2014. James was also a silent investors in Beats when it was sold to Apple.
Jennifer Lopez sparked engagement rumors by wearing a large diamond ring on her left hand in a new paparazzi photo. Lopez was chicly dressed for the casual outing, donning a flowing print dress and large sunglasses. She also accessorized the look with a giant sparkler on her engagement ring finger.
Just two months ago, Jennifer Lopez was on a promotional tour for her new film, “Marry Me,” in which she gushed about her rekindled love Ben Affleck. The movie star told Ellen DeGeneres she could have “never imagined” getting back together with the “Argo” director, but added, “It’s a beautiful thing.”
Last summer, Roc-A-Fella Records filed a lawsuit against Damon Dash after the label’s cofounder announced plans to auction a portion of Jay-Z’s debut album, Reasonable Doubt as an NFT. The label argued that the album is owned by the company, and not by its individual partners.
Jay z close friend was Executive Producer of the Documentary Surviving R Kelly
Kelly, finally, has been found guilty—not of assault or rape, but of one count of racketeering and eight counts of violating the Mann Act, an anti-human-trafficking law. Federal prosecutors built a case against Kelly that emphasized the network of associates that helped him corral victims and move them across state lines for sex.
With 73.5 million new certifications, Eminem is now the number one awarded musician in RIAA’s history with 227.5 million in total.
Among the total includes 61.5 million in album certifications and 166 million in singles certifications.
Shortly after Future linked up with Kanye West to executive produce Donda 2 and Kendrick Lamar performed alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Mary J. Blige at the Super Bowl halftime show, the three rap giants are now set to headline this year’s Rolling Loud Miami.
R. Kelly’s new lawyer asked for an acquittal in his sex crimes case on Thursday, February 17, arguing that prosecutors were influenced by the Me Too movement in bringing charges that didn’t fit the allegations against him. Prosecutors were “invigorated by an influential social movement determined to punish centuries of male misbehavior through symbolic prosecutions of high-profile men,” Jennifer Bonjean, who successfully appealed Bill Cosby’s conviction, wrote in court filings.
LL Cool J is getting ready to step into a new role -- awards show host! The music artist and actor has been tapped to host the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
iHeartMedia and FOX Entertainment announced on Thursday that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will helm the event, which will be held at the The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 22.
A&E Networks announced that they had greenlit an upcoming four-part docu-series titled Exposing Parchman. The series will follow JAY-Z and Yo Gotti and Roc Nation’s philanthropic branch Team Roc after they spearheaded a civil rights lawsuit alongside the 29 inmates of Mississippi’s notorious Parchman Prison.
Parlux had sued Jay in 2016, claiming he failed to hold up his end of the promotional bargain when they teamed up to launch his cologne, Gold Jay-Z. The company said the whole deal was a stinking disaster because the rapper refused to do media and public appearances to pump up sales when the fragrance dropped in 2013. Parlux wanted $18 million from Hov but now he's effectively turned the financial tables on Parlux.
The nominations for the 2022 Academy Awards are expected to be announced in a few days on February 8, and anticipation is, as always, incredibly high. Looking at the Best Original Song category, it seems like the ninety-fourth Oscars will be chock full of pop stars vying for one of the most coveted prizes in the entertainment industry, which isn’t always the case. Two of the biggest artists in the business who are definitely in the running know each other very, very well, and they might end up competing against one another very soon.
An Abu Dhabi-based investment firm linked to a top security official in the United Arab Emirates said Thursday it has invested $25 million in Savage X Fenty, the lingerie company co-founded by megastar and business mogul Rihanna.
Savage X Fenty also raised new investment from the Abu Dhabi Growth Fund, owned by the Abu Dhabi government.
Jay-Z and Kanye West are in elite company as a pair of the 10 highest-paid musicians of 2021. But both rappers and businessmen ain’t bringing in as much bank as Bruce Springsteen, though.
Rolling Stone compiled the list, written by author Zach O’Malley Greenburg, who noted that selling copyrights is what brought in the most dollars for the big bank artists.
YNW Melly's manager, 100K Track, recently announced that the Florida rapper will be home in two months.
Following the release of 100K Track's new song, "Rings," the former manager to King Von responded to questions about him becoming a full-time rapper. While he did not deny becoming a rapper, full-time, he did reveal an update in YNW Melly's case.
A few days ahead of his headlining performance at Day N Vegas this weekend, it has been announced that rapper Kendrick Lamar has a new business manager. The pgLang co-founder is working with Anthony Saleh, who is well-respected in the music industry as the longtime manager of Nas.
An emotional Jay-Z joked that the tributes at the ceremony were “trying to make me cry in front of all these white people."
“Brooklyn’s finest,” Jay-Z, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on Saturday night among a class that included The Go-Go’s, Carole King, Tina Turner, Todd Rundgren, and Foo Fighters.
