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A second posthumous Pop Smoke album is set to drop on July 16 via Victor Victor. A trailer featuring archival audio and video footage of Pop Smoke was released. However, no additional details, including the title or tracklist, were revealed. The 17-track album arrives just about a year after Pop Smoke’s first posthumous album, Shoot…

Avril Lavigne made her TikTok debut on Go Skateboarding Day (June 21), and shared the link for the video on her Instagram. The video, which also features skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, shows Lavigne sitting on top of a ramp, wearing a black T-shirt with matching shorts and a striped necktie, and lip-syncing along to her…

Miley Cyrus’ star-studded cover of Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters,” featuring Elton John and others, has dropped. The cover features Cyrus on lead vocals along with John, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Andrew Watt, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Metallica’s Robert Trujillo. The cover was released by Metallica alongside Tuesday’s Black Album announcement. “Check out your…

Ariana Grande has shared a video showing her live performance of “POV,” a song from her sixth studio album, Positions, for an exclusive live series with Vevo. The visual, shared by Grande on Monday (June 21), shows her singing the song, standing in a field of lush green grass and colorful wildflowers. Once the bright…

Legendary rapper DMX will be honored with a special tribute at the 2021 BET Awards. Curated by DMX’s longtime collaborator and friend Swizz Beatz, the special celebration on Sunday, June 27, will feature performances of DMX’s iconic songs by Busta Rhymes, Method Man, Swizz Beatz, Griselda, and more, along with a special appearance by Michael…

Hip-Hop sensation, J. Cole has announced a 17-date cross country concert series. Titled “The Off-Season Tour,” the Live Nation-produced event will kick off on September 24 at the FTX Arena in Miami, Florida, and will wind its way across Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Las Vegas, and Phoenix before coming to a close with…

Pitbull has announced a 32-date cross country tour slated to kick off this fall. Titled the “I Feel Good Tour,” the venture is set to kick off at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, on August 20, and will find its way across several large cities in the U.S, including Chicago, Virginia Beach,…

Billie Eilish has apologized after a years-old edited video showing her mouthing a racial slur resurfaced on TikTok last week. In the edited clip, the teenage sensation can be seen mouthing the racial slur “ch—,” a derogatory term used against Asians, while lip-synching along to Tyler, The Creator’s song “Fish.” Eilish, who is now 19,…

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Black Album, Metallica will release a covers album, titled The Metallica Blacklist. The Metallica Blacklist features more than 50 artists covering 12 songs from the album, with each contributing a unique interpretation of their favorite Black Album cut. Spanning a vast range of genres, generations and continents,…

Chris Brown has been accused of hitting a woman in a Los Angeles home, on Friday, June 18. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a report of a domestic argument at a home in the San Fernando Valley. The incident is being investigated as a battery and will be referred to the Los Angeles…