The BET Awards is back and set to blaze on Sunday June 27.

As always, all eyes are on who’ll be up for nominations at Black entertainment’s biggest calendar night. A ceremony that’s even more notable this year, given that it marks a return to the live-audience format after a year like no other.

Well, wonder no more. For, the nominees list has been revealed.

After unprecedented success, Megan Thee Stallion and DaBaby lead with seven each.

Drake and Cardi B follow closely with five.

Elsewhere, the likes of Beyonce, The Weeknd, and Chloe X Halle are amongst the stars who also scooped notable noms at the show/

What are you waiting for? The full list of nominations awaits below…

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Aya Nakamura serves up flavor aplenty in the video for her brand new single ‘Bobo.’

Armed with the momentum of hits such as ‘Djadja’ and third studio album ‘Aya’ (which was released last year), the French AfroPop princess re-affirms that she’s an ever-dependable hit vendor with her latest effort.

A delicious fusion, this summer sizzler looks set to be a firm fixture on the airwaves and dancefloors worldwide.

Wondering why the likes of Rihanna and Madonna are buzzing about Aya’s music? Watch her in action after the jump to find out…

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It looks like the sun won’t be the only thing scorching this summer, because Normani is officially ready to blaze.

Full story below…

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Nicki Minaj is staying busy.

For, the ‘Seeing Green’ rapper recently re-released her iconic 2009 mixtape ‘Beam Me Up Scotty’ – which became the highest charting mixtape by a female rapper ever on the Billboard 200 – and is gearing up to drop an album “real soon.”

Her words below…

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MHD is back!

The French rapper delivers potently on his return offering ‘AFRO TRAP Part 11 (King Kong).’

Wasting no time igniting the hard-hitting track, the 26-year-old premiered the jam alongside its action-packed music video.

Tailor-made for the dancefloor, the latest instalment in his Afro Trap series ought to make the world turn all the way up.

Watch the seismic visual for ‘AFRO TRAP PART 11 (King Kong)’ below…

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Check out Gwen Stefani!

The GRAMMY winner graces the latest issue of Paper Magazine, where she stuns in several striking pictures and gives an equally compelling interview.

Within the feature, the ‘Slow Clap,’ songstress dished on politics, cultural appropriation, and more.

Peep pics and quotes below…

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New music from JoJo has finally arrived!

Coming off of her second place finish on ‘The Masked Singer,’ the music superstar has shared her latest track: ‘Creature of Habit.’ 

Across the 2000’s-influenced R&B jam, she sings:

“It’s like I’m kinda scared to leave you / it’s not a feature I’m proud of.“

The new track arrives after she teased new music was coming soon earlier this week (as we reported here).

What are you waiting for? Stream new JoJo below…

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It’s a Destiny’s Child reunion!

Michelle Williams has recently shared several never-before-heard recordings of her past “group chats” with fellow members Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland. The newly shared chats were released to celebrate the unveiling of William’s new book, ‘Checking In.’ 

True to the book’s title, she checks in with her fellow bandmates to discuss their lives.

Hear what they had to say below…

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‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star Porsha Williams is no stranger to topping headlines for her highly publicized romantic woes over the years, but that measure went into overdrive recently as more details emerged about her engagement to successful investor and entrepreneur Simon Guobadia – the ex-husband of RHOA’s newly added friend Falynn (as we reported here).

Now, after weeks of criticism for the announcement, Williams’ has put the pen to paper to tell her story in her own words.

Details inside:

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Nick Cannon continues to prove himself quite the renaissance man.

From rapping to acting, TV and radio show hosting, and more, the 40-year-old has his hands in a number of concurrent entertainment projects – a “to do” list that seems to only be growing as evidenced by the recent unveiling of the official teaser to his forthcoming talk show.

See it inside:

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BTS blew YouTube and Spotify streaming records out of the water last week with the premiere of their latest English single, ‘Butter‘ (as we reported here).

Attention to the song only increased after the Korean septet took to the 2021 Billboard Music Awards to unveil the tune’s first televised live performance – and the momentum didn’t stop there.

Showing no signs of slowing their promo train down, the GRAMMY-nominated group pulled into ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ Tuesday (May 25). While there, the boys of BTS not only sat down for a hilarious interview with the host but also rendered another blazing performance of ‘Butter.’

Did you miss the action when it first aired?  See it inside:

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Lil Nas X bust it open literally and figuratively Saturday night (May 22) when he ripped his pants during a choreography break at the season 46 finale of ‘SNL.’

No stranger to being a viral sensation, the GRAMMY winner instantly became meme fodder once his reaction to ripping his pants during the inaugural live performance of his #1 hit, ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name),’ was captured.

Taking it all in stride, LNX was all laughs when he took to ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’ recently (May 25) to discuss the incident.

Look inside to see what he said:
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