Before the West and East lock horns at the year’s biggest night in basketball at the NBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis on Sunday (February 18), Coco Jones – fresh from winning her first golden gramophone at the 2024 GRAMMYs – has landed the weekend’s first slam dunk with a critically acclaimed live performance of the U.S national anthem as well as the Black national anthem (‘Lift Every Voice and Sing‘).

Accompanied by Winston Salem State University Red Sea of Sound and Virginia Union University Ambassadors of Sound at the HBCU Classic on Saturday (February 17), Jones dropped jaws with her soaring arrangement of the historic tunes.

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Beyonce is set to make a major splash in the haircare space with her very own line, CÉCRED.

And ahead of its launch on February 20, the ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ hitmaker styles and profiles in the March/April issue of ESSENCE Magazine. 

The cover arrived earlier this week and now the diva’s feature spread has landed.

Posing alongside her mom and partner in the venture, Tina Knowles, Queen Bey is also joined by her daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi. 

Opening up in earnest about CÉCRED, Beyonce – whose new ‘Act II’ album drops on March 29 – passionately expanded on her motivations for starting the brand, the mission for the company, and haircare tips of her own.

Pictures and quotes await after the jump…

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The hotly anticipated new collaboration between Yeat and Drake has arrived.

Christened ‘As We Speak,’ the track has been unleashed as part of a surprise expansion to the rising star’s freshly released album, ‘2093.’

Indeed, just a day after releasing his third studio LP, Yeat dropped the Drizzy team-up as part of a two-track bolt-on to the project.

The song follows their previous collab, ‘IDGAF,’ which was housed on Drake’s ‘For All The Dogs’ album.

With ‘2093’ already on track to top the Billboard 200, ‘As We Speak’ looks set to enhance its chances the more.

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Rihanna and ASAP Rocky have been spotted out and about in Paris, France.

With anticipation sky high for the Bajan belle’s long-awaited ninth studio album, her boo was quizzed about its whereabouts by fans he bumped into while in the City of Love.

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All roads lead to March 15 for Justin Timberlake.

For, said date will bring with it the release of the Pop star’s new studio album ‘Everything I Thought It Was.’

Preceded lead single ‘Selfish,’ the project serves as JT’s first LP since 2018’s polarizing ‘Man of the Woods.’

With its release date rapidly approaching, the 43-year-old is drip-feeding fans with fresh tastes of what to expect from the set.

Because he’s shared a teaser of new track ‘Drown.’

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Jennifer Lopez is blazing the promotional trail for her new visual album ‘This Is Me…Now.’

And The Tonight Show with Jimm Fallon was her latest stop.

Chopping it up with host Fallon, the diva was quizzed on the process of piecing together the ambitious venture – which compromises music as well as a companion film and documentary.

During the largely fun-filled chat, J.Lo was asked about her previous remarks about the LP possibly being her last.

Find out what she had to say below…

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Usher‘s blazing halftime show at the 2024 Super Bowl on Sunday (February 11) is still among the week’s hottest topics, so it would only be fitting the R&B superstar – who is gearing up to take his electrifying moves on the road via the highly anticipated ‘Past Present Future Tour‘ – is still fielding some lingering questions around the big game.

Beyond the criticism for his ‘My Boo‘ performance with Alicia Keys, some viewers were still stuck on the absence of expected guest Justin Bieber.

Taking to ‘The Breakfast Club‘ recently, Ush not only addressed the aforementioned but also talked about his rumored feud with Chris Brown and so much more.

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Ahead of the first slam dunk at Sunday’s NBA All-Star game in Indianapolis on Sunday (February 18), the NBA lifted the veil on news that GRAMMY-winning superstars Jennifer Hudson and Babyface would lead the megawatt talent that’s set to provide the night’s musical entertainment.

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Lil Kim is keeping true to her word about her desire to “pass the torch” to the next generation of emcees as evidenced by the new song ‘Love For Ya.’

Released Friday (February 16), the cut features the Rap Queen’s mentee Tayy Brown and sees them spit bars about the measures they’re willing to go to keep peace in their lives.

“On the flight to Florida, but I promise I have love for ya / If I catch ya, I won’t let you go I’m pulling out that rod for ya / And free them boys out ssg but I swear I still break the law for ya / Don’t do a lot of barking but I swear I’ll act a dog for ya,” Brown relays on the first verse of the Austin Kobar and Bayley Hodge-produced tune.

Accompanied by a Joaquin Morales-directed music video, hop inside to get acquainted with ‘Love For Ya.’

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Usher‘s highly anticipated headlining gig of the 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday (February 11) helped the big game run into record books as the most-watched television program in history.

Among the eyes glued to the electrifying showing were the good folks at ‘Rolling Stone’ who were clearly pleased with what they saw.

So much so, they have already updated their ‘greatest Super Bowl Halftime Shows’ list to include the R&B crooner in its higher rankings.

Details inside.

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Jennifer Lopez continues to prove that she is one of Hollywood’s hardest-working talents, with an output rate that is all sorts of prolific.

For, on the day her new album and companion movie ‘This Is Me…Now’ arrived, J.Lo has lifted the lid on a documentary

Christened ‘The Greatest Love Story Never Told,’ the Amazon Prime Video special chronicles the making of the dynamic visual album and shines a broader lens on the diva’s two-decade quest for the ultimate love. A love that lives within herself and one she now shares with her husband Ben Affleck. 

Set to premiere on February 27, the trailer awaits after the jump…

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Beyonce is already making history with her new single ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ – one of two new tracks serviced from  ‘Act II’ of her three-album project.

Anchored in Country, the track is blazing a trail in the genre.

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