Music
NEW YORK (AP) — Jay Z’s struggling streaming service Tidal is watering down its prices for students. Tidal announced Wednesday it would offer its $9.99 service for $4.99 to those with a “valid .edu email address” in a few weeks. The music platform also offers a premium service with high-fidelity sound for $19.99, which is […]
Idris Elba is a jack of all trades. He acts, directs, and DJs. Now he can even add rapper to the his ever-growing resume. He’s featured…
Some artists are here for the short term and others are around for the long haul. But sometimes, when its still early in an artist’s career, it can be hard to tell the difference. During June, Black Music Month, our #Forward20 are the artists that we think will survive musical trends and changes to remain […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Iggy Azalea has canceled her U.S. tour for a second time. The “Fancy” rapper tweeted Friday “as u may know, the tour is cancelled.” She added that she’s “so sad and sorry to let my fans down.” Azalea announced in March that The Great Escape Tour would not kick off in […]
Mel Waiters, the blues singer known for party songs like “Hole In The Wall” and “Got My Whisky,” died after a short battle with cancer. NOLA.com reports: Waiters was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, where he honed his powerful voice in both the church choir and in nightclubs beginning in the early 1970s. […]
A royalty dispute may cause Jay Z’s music streaming service Tidal to lose one of its flagship artists…who also happens to be his wife. Bloomberg’s insider sources say that both Sony and Warner have been asking Tidal for huge advances in exchange for the rights to stream their artists’ catalogs. While Tidal has apparently come […]
Got a boo thang? Well, if you do, the concert to take them to this summer is the Forever Charlie tour with Kem, Charlie Wilson and Joe Thomas. “It’s been incredible,” says Kem, the Detroit-born crooner known for his sensuous jazzy love songs. “We’re making a statement for R&B music. We’re playing in arenas and […]
After claiming that Jay Z failed to come through as promised on a donation to her arts organization Marina Abramovic seems to have cleared things up with a formal…
Drake and Beyoncé’s new collabo “Can I” has surfaced in its entirety after snippets began appearing online. The minimalist song with sparse production also features artist Sal Houdini, who according to his Instagram post, leaked it “accidentally.” The track is rumored to appear on Drake’s forthcoming album “Views From the 6.” Bey’s contribution is limited […]
Jamie Foxx co-hosted the Tom Joyner Morning Show with the crew for two hours this morning! His new album ‘Hollywood’ was released this week and he talked to Tom, Sybil, J. and Sherri Shepherd about everything from love and relationships, getting it on to his music, the advice he would give Bill Cosby, how wild his Hollywood parties are […]
The hip-hop community’s been having a hard time coping with the untimely death of Coke Boyz rapper Chinx Drugz, but nothing surpasses the pain his…
Janis Gaye, one of the 17 children of pioneering musician Slim Gaillard, spent the early years of her life in foster care, ultimately going to live with her mother as a teenager. She met her future husband Marvin Gaye when she was just 17. While their love affair produced two children, Nona and Frankie, their relationship […]
