Rappers Lil Wayne and Birdman performed ‘Pop Bottles’ yesterday on the ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ show. In other Lil’ Wayne news, he shot the video for ‘Lollipop’ – the first single to be lifted from his forthcoming ‘The Carter III’ album – in Las Vegas recently.

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Wyclef stopped by the Jimmy Kimmel show earlier this week to perform his current single ‘Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)’. I’m really feeling this song, the performance was pretty good too. Wyclef’s latest album ‘Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant’ is in stores now.

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With ‘Crank Dat’ spending it’s fourth non-consecutive week atop of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Soulja Boy is definitely riding the wave of success. The 17 year old stopped by the Jimmy Kimmel show recently to perform the smash hit as well as the follow-up ‘Soulja Girl’. For both performances, he was joined by drummer Travis Barker. Though nothing groundbreaking, Barker kinda added a different vibe to each performances. Soulja Boy’s album ‘SouljaBoyTellEm.com’ is in stores now.

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R&B star Kelly Rowland stopped by Jimmy Kimmel with Eve to perform her current single ‘Like This’. She also performed her international smash ‘Dilemma’ which didn’t air in its entirety. Check of the performance:

Kelly must be feeding off her BET Awards energy because this is definitely one of her best performances of ‘Like This’ yet. Her stage presence and vocals have both been upped a notch. Having Eve there was great too – she amped up an already-hyped crowd even more. Great stuff.

Singer T-Pain performed his #1 hit ‘Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin)’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this week. I’m not really feeling this performance; it’s one of the first times I’ve heard his voice without the vocoder effect and he didn’t sound too good. Nonetheless, the live band added an extra umph to the performance and the crowd were hyped throughout.

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Having already found success on Billboard’s Holiday charts with the Meghan Trainor-assisted hit ‘Wrap Me Up‘ in 2023, GRAMMY and EMMY-winning ‘Tonight Show’ host Jimmy Fallon is looking to repeat the feat on the Billboard 200 this year with the new album ‘Holiday Seasoning.’

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The 76th annual Primetime EMMY Awards certainly provided many-a-notable moment courtesy of the host of television stars who took to the stage to be honored.

Now, after historic upsets, heart-warming accepting speeches, and jaw-dropping fashion ensembles (as we reported here), see who walked away with the Dan Levy and Eugene Levy-hosted show’s biggest star – its coveted trophies!

A full winners list awaits below:

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It’s that time of year again.

The Emmy Awards 2024 air live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on September 15 and will celebrate the titles and talents who’ve made the most marked impact.

As the top honor in television, all eyes are on which shows and stars have nabbed nominations in the show’s 76th year.

Well, wonder no more. Because the full list of nominations has been unveiled and it brings with it good news for ‘Shogun’ – which leads with 25 nods and ‘The Bear’ (starring Ayo Edebiri), which follows with 23.

Elsewhere, there are major looks for ‘Abbott Elementary’ and its lead Quinta Brunson, Donald Glover’s ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith,’ ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ and Idris Elba.

Ahead of its broadcast on Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC find out who is up for what – as announced by Tony Hale and Sheryl Lee Ralph – below. (more…)

It’s Miss Kachingwe if you’re nasty!

Tinashe may have released her new single ‘Getting No Sleep‘ on Friday (June 28), but her fans shouldn’t think she’s sleeping on the success of her viral hitNasty.’

Not long after storming ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live‘ and even international stages with live versions of the Ricky Reed-produced jam, Sweet T is still pop, lock, and dropping down the promo trail in support of the song (which is predicted to rise inside the top 50 on next week’s Hot 100).

Ahead of confirmation of that ascension, Tinashe was spotted getting down on MTV’s ‘Fresh Out.’ See her get nasty inside.

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Tori Kelly turned it up and all the way out in the rocking music video for her latest single ‘Thing U Do.’

Found aboard her Epic Records debut album, the April 5-released ‘Tori,’ ‘Thing’ features slick, 90’s-inspired production under booming vocals from the powerhouse GRAMMY winner.

“I can’t wrap my brain around it (Hey) / Feel some type of way about it (Go, go) / I can’t go one day without it  / And I can’t believe it’s all for me,” she wails over the Jon Bellion-produced cut.

Arriving to the Web just a day after Tori rocked ‘Kimmel’ with the song’s first televised performance, hop inside to get acquainted with the official version of ‘Thing.’

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Boasting stunning categorical upsets to moving musical performances from the likes of Billie Eilish, Ryan Gosling, and others, the OSCARs aired Sunday night (March 10) and delivered just what the doctor ordered to raise the ailing awards show even further out of its multi-year ratings slump.

Details inside.

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Katy Perry has announced the end of her ‘American Idol’ tenure.

Full story below…

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