Renowned author Eric Jerome Dickey has reportedly died.

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The Weeknd is back.

For, he has just unleashed the latest set of visuals for his song ‘Save Your Tears.’ He surprise announced the release of the music video on January 4, a day before it officially premiered.

The song is lifted from his most recent album, ‘After Hours.’ It serves as the project’s fourth official single and follows the releases ‘Heartless,’ ‘Blinding Lights,’ and ‘In Your Eyes.’ Both ‘Heartless’ and ‘Blinding Lights’ topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with the latter going on to become the longest-running song in the Top 10 of the chart’s history (as we reported here).

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SZA scorches on the February issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine.

And it arrives as she’s currently blazing the charts with new song ‘Good Days’ – which is exactly what fans will be experiencing soon. For, she confirmed that her long-awaited sophomore album is on the way.

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DaBaby is not holding back.

The ‘Rockstar’ rapper has now declared that he and Lil Wayne are the “best rappers alive” in a new post to his Instagram account.

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Demi Lovato appears to have new music she’s cooking up.

This week, Scooter Braun, Lovato’s manager, confirmed that the ‘Heart Attack‘ songstress is back in the studio.

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‘Cleanin Out My Closet’ hitmaker Eminem is coming clean about a leaked song that featured lyrics praising Chris Brown for his vicious 2009 felony assault of Rihanna.

On the decade-old track, ‘Things Get Worse,’ the GRAMMY-winning emcee said:

“Of course I side with Chris Brown, I’d beat a bitch down too.”

As the tune gained traction post-leak, the rapper’s reps immediately came to his defense by claiming it was not only scrapped and re-recorded but they’re unsure of how anyone got their hands on the original version.

Nevertheless, Em released a formal apology in the form of new song ‘Zeus’ (found aboard the December 18-unveiled deluxe edition of his latest Billboard 200 #1 album, ‘Music to Be Murdered By’).  He doubled down on said apology in an interview with SiriusXM on Monday (January 4) when he said:

“Honest to God, I told Paul [Rosenberg, Eminem’s manager and co-founder of Shady Records] this when it first happened. I was like, ‘First, I didn’t know how somebody got it. Second of all, I have no … zero recollection of even remembering doing that verse,'” Em claims.

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It would appear rapper Jawara Headley, better known as Brinx Billions, is trying to get rich from ‘Rich Sex.’

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Jhené Aiko‘s third studio album, ‘Chilombo,’ was arguably the most aggressively promoted R&B project of the year.

With over 10 music videos and multiple live performances on the late night circuit and beyond in its support, the onslaught of promotion not only helped the LP become the best-selling 2020-released effort of the genre last year but also nab 3 GRAMMY nominations (click here to read more).

Fans who thought the campaigning ended with the end of the year were mistaken as evidenced by Aiko’s recently unveiled living room concert.  A stripped down affair featuring minimal instrumental backing, the 32-year-old crooned out ‘Chilombo’ favorites “Triggered (Freestyle),” “Born Tired,” “Summer 2020,” “10K Hours,” and more before venturing into tunes from her debut studio album, ‘Souled Out.’

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With Colin Tilley at the helm, Justin Bieber kicked off 2021 with the premiere of the music video for his new song, ‘Anyone.’

An action-packed performance, the visual – inspired by the “Rocky” film franchise – sees the Pop pinup in top form knocking out the competition in the boxing ring.  In real-life, the song is mirroring that theme as it’s punched its way to #1 on real-time streaming and digital download tallies – measures that look to spell for a handsome top 20 debut for it on the Hot 100 next week.

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Saweetie is set to ‘Tap In’ to the television arena.

For, the femcee is set to make her acting debut on Freeform hit ‘Grown-ish.’

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Cardi B‘s massive hit ‘WAP’ has been heard by just about everyone besides her own daughter Kulture.

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Its first two incarnations may have signaled a flop, but Dua Lipa‘s song ‘Levitating’ has reaffirmed the age old adage – ‘the third time’s the charm.’

After tapping DaBaby to assist its latest adaptation, radio listeners immediately ate that version up – a feat supported by Lipa’s onslaught of live promotion of the tune that saw her perform it at ‘SNL,’ the American Music Awards, and more.  Together, the increased action helped hoist it to top 20 status on the Hot 100 just weeks after its premiere (marking her fourth career visit to the chart region).

Despite being pushed out of said region due to the influx of holiday hits, those tunes’ disappearing act from the tally has helped ‘Levitating’ live up to its namesake on the refreshed chart.

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