The Hip-Hop titan is officially bringing his ‘DAMN Tour’ to international shores from next February.
Kicking off in Dublin, the leg with boast 15 dates across 11 countries.
It’s being mounted in Support of K. Dot’s critically acclaimed ‘DAMN’ album, which has shifted 2.3 million album units to date and racked up over 400 million streams. The project has been praised for its riveting reflection of the complexities in today’s culture.
Want to know where the TDE wonder is heading and when? The answers await below…
The weekend started with Tina Campbell, one half of Grammy-winning gospel duo Mary Mary, celebrating the release of her sophomore album, ‘It’s Still Personal’ (in stores September 29th).
The weekend is ending, however, with the singer/songwriter suffering an all out dragging on Twitter after an interview during her promo run for said LP saw her reiterate her support of sitting president Donald Trump. Asserting she backs the businessman-turned-politician because of his ‘Christian values,’ that very support has landed the reality show star in hot water with fans who are now claiming they no longer support her.
This week’s From The Vault pick comes courtesy of Beyonce and Shakira. It’s 2007’s ‘Beautiful Liar.’
For the re-release of her sophomore album ‘B’Day,’ it was back to the drawing board for Mrs Carter who enlisted Latin sensation Shakira to trade verses with her on the set’s first single.
‘Liar’ was helmed by Stargate and Knowles, who are the same team behind her mega-hit ‘Irreplaceable.’
In the US, the track peaked at #3 and it was also a top charting single in many European countries such as France, Germany and the UK.
It was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration at the 2008 Grammy Awards and Record Of Year at the Latin Grammy Awards 2007.
Jake Nava directed the song’s video, which was dynamite! High fashion, beauty shots, hair-o-graphy and “that” killer belly-dance break. Though minimalistic, it did a brilliant job bridging the gap between these two very different but dynamic artists.
The clip won the VMA for Best Collaboration in 2007.
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It’s still puzzling to see that we never got a live showing of this particular track (featuring both ladies), especially when THAT dance break was simply begging for it.
Anyhow, with Bey and Shak still killing it in their respective lanes a whole decade and 5 kids later, who knows what the future holds for this song.
For now though, we salute them for this epic Pop moment!
Jay Z has never been one to shy away from making big statements and tonight, during his performance at the premiere of ‘SNL’s 43rd season, proved no different.
Taking to the legendary stage to render live renditions of hits found aboard his latest chart-topper, ‘4:44,’ HOV -joined by Damian Marley – rocked Colin Kaepernick’s “7” jersey while rocking out to the tunes ‘Bam’ & the album’s title track.
Did you miss either showing? They await you below:
It looks like Will, Grace, Jack, and Karen are just what the doctors ordered for NBC.
This week brought with it the highly anticipated return of the network’s game-changing comedy, ‘Will & Grace,’ and if ratings are anything to judge by, the four have not missed a step. Granted, some of those steps landed on the toes of Trump supporters as the reboot’s premiere episode (aired September 28) was unapologetically politically charged, that certainly didn’t stop viewers from staying tuned.
Defeating ratings titan ‘Grey’s Anatomy’s new season kickoff (part of ABC’s #TGIT lineup), in fact, ‘Will’ not only defeated the usual Thursday night champion, but also every other scripted series that aired that night.
Viewers apparently couldn’t wait to get their eyes and ears on the newest episode of FOX’s hit series, ‘Empire.’
Learning the latest of the Lyon gang Lucious, Cookie, Andre, Jamal, and Hakeem, the series’ season 4 premiere was launched on September 27 and slayed every scripted competitor in its timeslot.
Going on to become the third-most watched scripted series of the night overall, the Lee Daniels-directed program also helped secure an impressive lead-in for the director’s other FOX darling, ‘Star.’ See the numbers below:
