De La Soul’s first album in 12 years, the Kickstarter-backed and the Anonymous Nobody…, scores the group its first No. 1 on Top Rap Albums, since the chart began in 2004. (The group first reached the Billboard charts back in 1989 with 3 Feet High and Rising.) Anonymous leads the chart with 21,000 copies sold in the week ending Sept. 1
G.O.O.D. Music MC Desiigner was arrested in New York City Thursday night (Sept. 8) and charged with gun and drug charges, according to a spokesperson for the NYPD. The arrest stemmed from an alleged road rage incident that resulted in police pulling over an SUV in which the rapper was a passenger. “It looks to be a road
It’s been all Kanye West this week, as the rapper/producer/mogul geared up for his Yeezy Season 4 fashion show in New York City on Wednesday, as well as a pair of dates at Madison Square Garden earlier this week. And Wednesday night at a pop-up show at Manhattan’s Highline Ballroom to celebrate his G.O.O.D. Music collective, Kanye
Power fans may recognize Lala Anthony as Keisha, a woman who often plays second to her BFF Tasha St. Patrick every Sunday night. But sitting in the McDonald’s All Day Breakfast lounge at Made In America festival in Philly last weekend, the actress/producer is not easily overlooked. Anthony juggles a swarm of press –– alongside real-life
Which rappers “started from the bottom” and made it all the way to the top? On Wednesday (Sept. 7), Forbes unveiled its “Hip Hop Cash Kings 2016”list, and Diddy holds down the No. 1 spot for the second year in a row. Diddy has kept himself quite busy this year, kicking off his Bad Boy Reunion Tour last week and releasing
From the heavily social media-teased Life Of Pablo album release to the buzzed-about global merch pop-ups that were staged in August, 2016 has proven to be a year of not-so-entirely-surprising Kanye West surprises. And the latest of these predictably unpredictable moves came on Wednesday, when the hip-hop artist and fashion designer decided to withhold the location of his Yeezy Season 4 show until three
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that hit maker Usher was honored with the 2,588th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. PDT. The star in the category of Recording will be dedicated at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard in front of Eastown. “Usher is one of
Phoenix police say $3 million worth of jewelry was taken from a tour bus belonging to Drake and DJ Future the Prince. Police Sgt. Vince Lewis says the theft occurred Tuesday night at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix, where the men were performing. According to investigators, a suspect entered the bus between 10 p.m.
Maxwell and Mary J. Blige will be heating up stages across the U.S. this winter on their King and Queen of Hearts Tour. Announced today (Sept. 7), the 24-date sweep will kick off Nov. 5 in Baltimore and wrap Dec. 14 in Chicago, with stops in New York, Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Preceding the
International queen of pop Britney Spears’Glory peaks at #1 on iTunes in over 50 markets. The album debuts at #3 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart and marks the icon’s tenth top 5 debut on the chart. Following her MTV VMA performance “Make Me…” with G-Eazy, the single jumped back to #2 on iTunes and