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Source: Katie Flores / Getty Doechii has had an iconic 2025. Fresh off a historic Grammy Award win at the beginning of the year, a massively successful sold-out Live From The Swamp tour this past fall. Now she is ending the year with a bang with a new single in collaboration with another huge star and member of TDE. The 27-year-old artist dropped a surprise release of her new single […]

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is one of the top institutions of its sort in the world, but there has been turbulence afoot since the rise of President Donald Trump. After the Kennedy Center board of trustees voted to add Trump’s name to the building and defied a federal statute, several artists have backed out of performing there, including an anticipated New Year’s Eve concert. Earlier […]

Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Nicki Minaj has found herself at the center of controversy in recent weeks. Her alignment with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance has left a sour taste in the mouths of many fans. The situation escalated further after the Beez In The Trap rapper appeared at AmericaFest, where she openly praised Trump. For some supporters, that moment was the final straw, prompting a […]

Source: Janet Jackson Brings Kehlani’s “Folded” Into Her Live Set R&B doesn’t announce its next chapter loudly — it reveals it. And right now, all signs are pointing to Kehlani standing firmly in that moment. The internet went into a quiet meltdown on December 30 after a viral post highlighted Janet Jackson seamlessly blending Kehlani’s “Folded” into her iconic slow jam “Any Time, Any Place“. It felt like a message. […]

Hip-hop in 2025 either had one of its greatest years in recent memory or one of the worst on record; it really just depends on what angle you look at it from. Tricking from the after-effects of a rap feud that literally divided a genre and its fans down the middle, there was a stark difference between how the year went based on which side your fave fell on. On […]

The past year in rhythm and blues music has seen its fair share of high and low notes depending on how you look at things. We saw Beyoncé finally win the coveted GRAMMY Award for “Album Of The Year,” albeit for a project that’s predominately considered to be a country offering. Granted, the past three-decades-and-counting has seen the superstar diva incorporate soul into pretty much anything she touches sonically, which […]

Source: Warner Bros. TV / Getty They say love in the digital age can be just as loud as your stream chat when it hits 1,000 viewers – and that was the energy with Kai Cenat and Gabrielle “Gigi” Alayah. Kai, the Bronx-born streamer who took Twitch and YouTube by storm with his high-energy content and massive fanbase, went public with his relationship with Gigi during one of his birthday […]

Source: Christopher Polk / Getty J Mulan is one of those names that didn’t come up through traditional celebrity lanes but still found a way to live rent-free in internet culture. She’s best known as a Houston-based social media personality whose presence blew up on Instagram, X, and in blog-era conversations where looks, lifestyle, and mystery travel fast. J Mulan gained attention for her bold, hyper-feminine image – luxury aesthetics, […]

Source: Lionsgate / 50 Cent Action Channel 50 Cent is never one to let things slide. Fabolous, Jim Jones, Maino, and Dave East recently teamed up to launch a new podcast, Let’s Rap About It. Within two months of their debut, the show racked up 63K subscribers on YouTube, quickly carving out space in the Hip-Hop podcast lane. For a Christmas special, the rapper-turned-podcasters went back to their roots and […]