GloRilla unexpectedly found herself in the middle of controversy earlier this week after winning the year’s Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award at the 2025 BET Awards on Monday (June 9).

Triumphing over genre staples like Maverick City Music, Tamela Winn, Yolanda Adams, and others, the victory earned her and the network quite the side-eye from some viewers – particularly because Glo, the most successful female rapper of 2024, lost in every other category she was nominated for.

Leading the charge against BET for honoring genre “outsiders” in the Gospel field was singer-songwriter Deitrick Haddon who dropped jaws when he spoke out and called the femcee’s win “discouraging and disappointing.”

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Chrisean Rock has revealed that she isn’t quite ready to call time on her relationship with Blueface, the father of her son, Chrisean Jr.

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Vertical Entertainment has unleashed the official trailer for the upcoming supernatural horror film ‘Eye for an Eye’ starring Whitney Peak and ‘Bridgerton’‘s Golda Rosheuvel.

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Justin Bieber isn’t here for the media’s games, and he made that crystal clear during a heated exchange with paparazzi outside Malibu’s Soho House.

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Kanye West is no stranger to headlines. And today (June 13) saw the Hip-Hop polarizer make even more, after an unannounced appearance at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial in Manhattan.

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Cynthia Erivo served up a vocal master class in her latest performance for Vevo’s ‘Live from Vevo Studios’ series.

The multihyphenate talent, who is a GRAMMY, Emmy, and Tony winner, took center stage for a breathtaking rendition of ‘Save Me From You,’ which is housed on her new album ‘I Forgive You.’

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Idris Elba made an emotional return to Barking & Dagenham College, where MOBO honored the global star with a ‘Paving the Way’ stone to celebrate his trailblazing work in film, music, and activism.

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is set to join the sequel to ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’ titled ‘The Adventures of Cliff Booth.’

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RAYE and Mark Ronson are wasting no time lighting a match under their new single, ‘Suzanne.’

For, just hours after debuting the funky cut, the duo has unwrapped its accompanying music video.

Directed by Theodor Guelat, the clip doubles as a special feature for luxury brand Audemars Piguet.

‘Suzanne’ serves as the first of two releases dropping this month from the duo as RAYE’s Ronson-produced cut ‘Grandma Calls The Boy Bad News’ is also featured on ‘F1 The Album.’

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Stormzy is entering the acting world with his debut film ‘Big Man’, which is under his new production company #MerkyFilms.

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Drake may be one of the biggest stars in Rap history, but he’s never shied away from lending a helping hand to rising Hip-Hop talent – an action he doubles down on with his OVO artist Smiley.

Joining forces for the new song ‘2 Mazza‘ released Friday (June 13), the Canadian duo pay homage to local slang with the phrase used to describe a “crazy situation.”

“I remember pushin’ DT with the mandem, whipping two Mazdas (Double M) / Grocery shoppin’ in Royal York Plaza, me and lil’ Sandra was broke on the Gaza / First floor room at the airport, Ramada, I’m tryna make the most out of nada (Nothing) / Now shorty see me and say, “Oh my God, it’s Mr. 2 Mazza,” raps Smiley over Boi-1da production.

Bolstered by a beat that certainly tips its hat to throwback R&B, hop inside to hear the latest from Drizzy and co.

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From sharing screen time on hit STARZ series ‘BMF‘ to sharing studio time on the song ‘Not the Same,’ rapper 2 Chainz and R&B singer Ne-Yo have proven to be a serious force together or apart.

The latter endeavor, released to digital streaming shelves this week, comes as the latest taste of new music set to line soundtrack of the former’s upcoming film ‘Red Clay.’

“N–gas had that garbage ass weed, I had the trash can / Playaz Circle for life, n–ga, never forget it,” Chainz raps over a soulful beat produced by Streetrunner.

Accompanying the arrival of the tune with its official music video directed by Howard Ross, look inside to see the action.

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