Drake and 21 Savage dominated 2023 and it is now being reflected on the year-end charts from Billboard.

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Jennifer Lopez is firing from all cylinders with the launch of ‘This Is Me…Now’ – her first studio album in a decade.

As reported, the project is being serviced as an audio-visual experience in that it will come paired with a like-titled theatrical film that will premiere on Amazon’s Prime Video.

Now, J.Lo has unlocked the latest piece of the project.

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The most star-studded of BET+’s 12 original films for its 2023 holiday slate, ‘The Christmas Ringer’ – starring Trenyce Cobbins, Tyler Lepley, Kelly Price, Tamika Scott (of Xscape), Q. Parker of 112, Akbar V, and Chrisette Michele – also comes as one of the season’s most anticipated yuletide movies overall.

Written and directed by Patricia Cuffie-Jones, ‘Ringer’ tells the story of a floundering singer whose attempt at a Christmas comeback was derailed by her crook manager-fiance and a series of other unfortunate events. Said occurrences led her home for the holidays and into an unlikely choir competition that has a cash prize big enough to change her and her family’s lives.

Also starring Arischa Conner, Jarrett Michael Collins, and Adrian Hernandez, see the official trailer ahead of flick’s premiere on November 30.

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Although Ari Lennox is one of her generation’s most-praised female R&B artists, she’s never shied away from giving flowers to her peers and predecessors.

Name-dropping the likes of everyone from Tweet, Victoria Monet, Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke, Jazmine Sullivan, Maxwell, and others as inspirations across various interviews in the past, Lennox definitely waves her genre’s flag high and proud.

Along that same vein, Ari recently made headlines for not only giving rousing fanfare to Brandy‘s latest project, ‘Christmas with Brandy,’  but also for revealing she’d love to do a duet with the singer-actress.

Around the same time, she gave the diva’s ‘Boy is Mine’ co-star and fellow R&B icon Monica a similar ovation.

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Jimmy Fallon took a break from his hosting duties of NBC’s ‘The Tonight Show’ to hop over to ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ to promote his latest holiday single, ‘Wrap Me Up.’

Featuring GRAMMY-winning Pop star Meghan Trainor, the appearance marked the first live performance the Gian Stone-produced cut has gotten since it arrived on digital shelves November 17.

Did you miss the fun and festive action on Monday night’s ‘Kimmel’ (November 27)? No worries; we’ve got you covered.

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Sexyy Red may be turning heads across the nation performing her greatest hits on the ‘Hood Hottest Princess Tour,’ but the rising rapstress is still finding time to crank out new material.

The latest of such comes courtesy of the recently released ‘Free My N***a,’ the first taste of new music set to line the deluxe edition of her breakout mixtape ‘Hood Hottest Princess.’

“Free my n-gga, free my n-gga / Only if he knew that this a** gettin’ thicker / Free my n-gga, free my n-gga / Gone for too long, need to get home quicker,” she spits over the Sool Got Hits-produced beat.

Just days after the controversial tune hit the net, Red’s unveiled its official music video.

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Few honors can rival a coveted spot in the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

And for a select few, induction is in reaching distance.

For, the nominees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024 nominees have been unveiled.

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Busta Rhymes is taking his new album ‘Blockbusta’ on the road.

For, the veteran MC has announced the aptly titled ‘Blockbusta Tour 2024.’

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The countdown is officially on to the release of ‘The Book of Clarence.’

Directed by Jeymes Samuel, who earned accolades in earnest for directing ‘The Harder They Fall,’ the film is a bold Biblical-era blockbuster.

LaKeith Stanfield leads as Clarence – a streetwise, but debt-ridden man trying to get by.

Enchanted by the magnetizing appeal of the Messiah and His apostles, Clarence puts everything on the line to make a change – and learns an unlikely lesson in the process.

Hotly anticipated, the movie features all-new music from JAY-Z, Samuel, and more.

Ahead of its release, check out the newly unveiled extended trailer below…

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Tina Knowles, mother of music megastar Beyonce, has had enough of critics weighing in on her daughter’s complexion.

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As one of the most revered lyricists in Hip-Hop history, OutKast star Andre 3000‘s unofficial retirement came as a crushing blow to the group’s legion of fans in the mid-noughties.

Years of calls for new music was answered in the most unorthodox way when the GRAMMY winner unexpectedly announced his debut solo album would come courtesy of an instrumental set titled ‘New Blue Sun.’

Shwoing off his skills as a flautist, the 48-year-old’s inaugural solo LP is supported by prized instrumentalists Deantoni Parks, Jesse Peterson, Diego Gaeta, and others.

Its opening on Billboard charts this week was accompanied by history-making news. See how inside.

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Those who thought Diddy‘s legal and personal woes ended after he quickly settled a sexual assault lawsuit filed by his former girlfriend Cassie earlier this month have another thing coming.

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