J. Cole is full of surprises. His latest album The Off-Season blasted to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in May of this year, giving him a perfect six-for-six. In the same month, he made his professional debut with the Basketball Africa League, netting three points, three rebounds and two assists in his first game […]

The Comedy Store is looking to tap into its past and future with the launch of Comedy Store Records. The new venture, which kicks off Oct. 13 with Launch Label Night at the iconic Los Angeles club, will be a full-service record label that will mine the Comedy Store’s rich vault to issue hourlong albums,

Karol G took center stage at the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Week on Tuesday (Sept. 21), where she sat down with Billboard Latin’s VP Leila Cobo for The Superstar Q&A. Presented by Samsung Galaxy, the Colombian artist discussed her career, music, and upcoming projects, and opened-up on her struggles in the music industry and how

R. Kelly is unlikely to take the witness stand at his sex-trafficking trial, a lawyer for the R&B singer told a judge Tuesday. The remark by attorney Deveraux Cannick, made with the jury out the courtroom, came as the defense wound down its case at the trial in federal court in New York City. The

Kacey Musgraves scores her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Sept. 25) as her latest studio effort Star-Crossed debuts atop the list with 47,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 16, according to MRC Data. It’s her second-largest sales week ever, trailing only the debut week of

T.I. isn’t mincing words on his new song “F— Em.” The track comes after news broke that neither the rapper (né Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) nor his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, will face charges stemming from a 2005 incident involving a woman who alleged that the couple drugged and sexually assaulted her in Los Angeles. Charges cannot be made

The person behind the NFT discussion account @CozomoMedici has been revealed, and it’s… Snoop Dogg? “I am @CozomoMedici,” the rapper tweeted Monday (Sept. 20), just five minutes after the user behind the NFT account promised they would imminently reveal their identity. I am @CozomoMedici — Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) September 20, 2021 “Shortly, as promised, I

Investors’ enthusiasm for newly minted Universal Music Group shares spilled over to Warner Music Group on Tuesday (Sept. 21), helping WMG shares climb as much as 13.2% to $45.57 before ending the day at $45 — an 11.8% gain. Earlier in the day, during trading on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange, UMG shares climbed 35.7% —

The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards (Sept. 12) impact both the Billboard 200 albums and Billboard Hot 100 songs charts (dated Sept. 25) as a bevy of performers, and performed songs, post gains on the tallies in the wake of the show. Billboard 200: On the latest Billboard 200, which reflects the sales and streaming

Britney Spears is going full rock star with her latest Lenny Kravitz-inspired dance routine. On Tuesday (Sept. 21), the pop superstar broke out her best air-guitar moves and whipped her long blond hair in circles to the tune of Kravitz’s 1993 Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 hit “Are You Gonna Go My Way.” Spears, 39, explained that she