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John Legend recently released a video for “Dope,” the first song from his upcoming album. The video, directed by Christian Breslauer, shows Legend performing the song and partying with friends, including rapper J.I.D., at a soulful, eclectic retro house party. Ian Kirkpatrick and Ryan Tedder produced the song, which Legend co-wrote with Charlie Puth, Tedder,…

Superstar Beyoncé recently revealed that her upcoming seventh studio album, Renaissance, will drop on July 29 via Columbia Records. Columbia Records shared an image of a black background with “act i” and “RENAISSANCE” written in white on each side. The record label captioned the post, “Beyoncé. RENAISSANCE. July 29.” Beyoncé also updated the bios on…

Mary J. Blige has announced the “Good Morning Gorgeous Tour,” her first headlining tour in five years. The “Good Morning Gorgeous Tour” kicks off on September 17 in Greensboro, North Carolina. She will make stops across Washington, D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Las Vegas, New Orleans, and Cincinnati before concluding the trek on October29 in Atlantic City,…

Black Entertainment Television has announced the primary list of artists set to perform at the 2022 BET Awards 2022. The star-studded lineup includes Chlöe, Giveon, Lizzo, Babyface, Chance The Rapper, Doechii, Ella Mai, Fireboy DML, Jack Harlow, Joey Bada$$, Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin, Latto, Muni Long and Roddy Ricch. Additionally, up-and-coming artists GoGo…

Eddie Vedder has announced an additional weekend for his Ohana Festival this year, called Ohana Encore. The second weekend will take place October 8-9 at the same site as the original, Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California. Vedder will headline the festivities on October 8, alongside Alanis Morissette, The Roots, Julieta Venegas, The Front…

Nicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky and Future are set to headline the upcoming Rolling Loud festival scheduled to take place at Citi Field in Queens, New York, from September 23 to 25. Rolling Loud announced that the third annual festival will also feature performances by hip-hop heavyweights including Pusha T, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, BIA, Fat…

Lady Gaga is reportedly in talks to play Harley Quinn in a musical sequel to director Todd Phillips’ 2019 blockbuster Joker. The Hollywood Reporter reported that Gaga was in early talks to play the unhinged Quinn in a musical sequel to Joker, with Joaquin Phoenix in discussions on a return in the lead role. Citing…

Post Malone has announced the dates for a North American Tour, featuring Roddy Ricch as special guest. Malone is embarking on the tour this fall in support of his fourth studio album Twelve Carat Toothache. The 33-date tour, produced by Live Nation, will commence on September 10 with a concert at the Chi Health Center…

Kanye West recently took to Instagram to accuse Adidas of copying his Yeezy Designs. The hip-hop superstar shared an image of Adidas’ recently released Adilette 22 slide sandals and alleged they are “a fake Yeezy made by adidas themselves.” He subsequently deleted the post that contained a message addressed to Adidas CEO Kasper Rørsted. “I’m…

Halsey covered Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” at their Governors Ball performance on Saturday night. In fan-captured footage from the show, the singer can be seen singing, “So if I only could/ I’d make a deal with God/ And get him to swap our places/ I’d be running up that…