2022 has seen Nicki Minaj back on a number of fronts.

From the charts to the headlines to the stages across the globe.

Tonight saw the femcee play to a hometown crowd at Rolling Loud New York 2022 and make history in the process. Because the superstar became the first female rapper to headline the festival solo.

Showing up and showing out, Onika rocked the audience with hits such as ‘Super Bass,’ ‘Moment for Life,’ ‘Chun-Li,’ and ‘Feeling Myself.’

Guests during her set included Lil Uzi Vert, Fivio Foreign, Bia, and G Herbo.

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Beyonce is glowing a potent shade of Gold today. Because her blazing summer smash ‘Break My Soul’ has earned a shiny new plaque in the UK.

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Wizkid has long been waving the flag for Afrobeats on a global scale and, for all his success, the crusade continues.

And New York is next up for the music royal.

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Cardi B made headlines when she teamed with rising rapper GloRilla for a rousing remix of the latter’s hit ‘Tomorrow.’

Aptly titled ‘Tomorrow 2,’ the track was unwrapped yesterday (September 23) and has been drumming up plays aplenty.

Especially on Apple Music. 

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When it comes to Hot 100 stats, few can boast the chart victories Ed Sheeran can.

One of the best-selling artists of the digital era, the English hitmaker – with hits like ‘Thinking Out Loud,’ ‘Shape of You,’ ‘Perfect,’ and more – has seen his name attached to a number of milestones on the 64-year-old tally including being the first artist to debut multiple songs in the top 10 in the same week and more.

Far from fly-by-night hits, Sheeran’s songs have exhibited some serious staying power over the years – a tenancy that led him to be penciled in Hot 100 record books again recently.

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DaBaby sprung quite the surprise on his fans with the unexpected, September 23 release of his fourth studio album ‘Baby on Baby 2’ – the conceptual follow-up to his 2019 Billboard 200 top 10 debut album, ‘Baby on Baby.’

To help trumpet the LP’s arrival, the rapper (born Jonathan Kirk) unveiled a cinematic music video about marital infidelity for its housed cut, the JetsonMade, Pooh Beatz, and Los-produced ‘Socks.’

“B*tch a** n*gga, I ain’t scary Imma shoot / B*tch get missing, I ain’t caring if she cute / Nah for real, probably keep it too real / Ain’t no secret can’t keep my lil chill / N*ggas gone eat d*ck just to keep that lil deal / Lost 20 million for keeping it real,” he spits over the track.

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Following a slew of uncharted releases (‘Skyline,’ ‘Last Call,’ ‘Present,’ New Normal,’ and more), last week saw singer-songwriter Khalid score a chart triumph with the Marshmello-led ‘Numb’ – his first Hot 100 top 40 single since 2020’s ‘Be Like That’ with Kane Brown and Swae Lee peaked at #19.

Hoping to make capital of the momentum, the 24-year-old is giving music lovers yet another taste of new music set to line his forthcoming studio album, ‘Everything is Changing,’ via the new song ‘Satellite.’

Produced by Chrome Sparks, the tune likens a fading love to that of a satellite drifting in space.

“Saw the news / All of a sudden left me so confuse,” Khalid croons on the emo track. “They’re tеlling stories that you’re leaving soon / Thеy’ll never know what you’ve been going through, ooh-ooh-ooh.”

Accompanied by a Levi Turner-directed music video, look inside to see K’s futuristic, out-of-this-world ‘Satellite.’

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After watching her breakthrough single, 2021’s ‘Hrs & Hrs,’ spend weeks and weeks atop Billboard R&B singles charts, singer-songwriter Muni Long saw its previously overlooked parent project – ‘Public Displays of Affection‘ – soar to #21 on the Billboard R&B album chart.

Capitalization on the track’s popularity not only came via a slew of televised live performances, but also via the release of a conceptual follow-up to its parent EP, ‘Public Displays of Affection Too,’ on July 1.

Now, Long is elongating her breakthrough era again – this time combining the ‘PDA’ EPs into one, 18-track package courtesy of the September 23-released ‘Public Displays of Affection: the Album.’

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If there are any Teena Marie fans who think JoJo doesn’t have what it takes to do the Ivory Queen of Soul’s biopic justice, the 31-year-old’s recently shared rendition of the classic tune ‘Square Biz’ may be just what’s needed to change their minds.

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‘Blank Space’ singer Taylor Swift has been trending online today as speculation about her headlining the Super Bowl Halftime Show 2023 cranked into overdrive.

However, per a new report, the superstar will not be gracing the grandest stage of them all and there remains a blank space in place of who will be.

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DaBaby may have an uphill battle on his hands clawing back his commercial clout after a close brush with total cancellation last year, but it appears the MC has found time to muse on others. Namely Megan Thee Stallion. 

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Just two weeks after Nia Long reportedly moved to Boston to be with longtime boyfriend Ime Udoka, former head coach of the Boston Celtics, reports surfaced he was having an affair with a Celtics staffer.

Believed to have broken an ethics clause in the process, the affair led to a full-year suspension from the team.  At this time, it’s uncertain what his future will the franchise will look like at the suspension’s end.

With more eyes on the couple than ever before, Long and Udoka have issued separate statements in response to the hoopla.  Look inside to see what they said.

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