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18th Jan

Chart Check [Hot 100]: SZA’s ‘Kill Bill’ Becomes Her Highest-Charting Solo Hit

SZA season remains in full effect!

As if watching her album, ‘SOS,’ earn a historic fifth run atop the Billboard 200 this week isn’t enough to celebrate (as we reported here), the top-selling set sees its standout cut, ‘Kill Bill,’ carve yet another week in the Hot 100’s top 5.

Originally predicted to secure the tally’s top spot, the Carter Lang-produced smash was outpaced by Taylor Swift‘s ongoing ‘Midnights‘ hit, ‘Anti-Hero,’ for the win. And while ‘Bill’ managed to land at #2 on the updated edition of the Hot 100, the placement still comes as a relative victory for SZA as it marks the highest rung she’s reached on the hitlist by her lonesome to date.

Prior to the top 5 entry of ‘Kill,’ she enjoyed a #3 peak as assistant on Doja Cat‘s 2021’s ‘Planet HER.’

Look inside to see this week’s full Hot 100 recap via TGJ’s weekly ‘Chart Check.’

18th Jan

Movie Trailer: Mo’Nique Stars in Dark Psychological Thriller ‘The Reading’ [Produced by Lee Daniels]

In 2022, Mo’Nique and Lee Daniels shocked their respective fans when they not only called a truce in their 13-year feud but also announced they were hard at work on a reunion project for Netflix.

That film is apparently one of many the reconciled dynamic duo have up their sleeves as BET+ has dropped the trailer for ‘The Reading’ – a psychological thriller that sees Mo portray a widow who battles demonic possession after staging a psychic reading.

Produced by Daniels and serving as the directorial debut of Courtney Glaudé, the movie stars a slew of familiar faces like Chasity Sereal, Denisha Hardeman, Ian Haywood, Charnele Brown, and more.

“I am a fan of the surgical performance by Mo’Nique,” shared Glaudé. “I appreciate the dedication to bringing this, as I was told, ‘sick’ vision of mine to the screen; and of course Lee Daniels for being crazy enough to Executive Produce the project and believing in me. I can’t wait for the audience to think they know, but have no idea what’s going to happen. I promise you…it’s crazy.”

Ahead of its February 2 premiere, look inside to see the trailer for ‘The Reading.’

18th Jan

RIAA: A$AP Rocky’s ‘Praise the Lord,’ ‘Everyday,’ & ‘L$D’ Among Slew of His Hits To Receive Multi-Platinum Upgrades

A$AP Rocky may be loading his new LP, ‘Don’t Be Dumb,‘ for release later this year, but anxious fans – who haven’t gotten a new studio effort from the rapper since 2018’s ‘Testing‘ – have been spinning the hell out of his former hits to tide them over until the forthcoming set’s release.

Evidence of this came recently when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced a slew of the GRAMMY nominee’s singles had received certification upgrades.

Details inside:

18th Jan

Sade, Snoop Dogg, & Teddy Riley Among 2023 Songwriter’s Hall of Fame Inductees

The 2023 class of the Songwriters Hall of Fame not only collects some of music history’s most influential names but also represents one of its most eclectic list of inductees yet.

18th Jan

Shocking! Nelly Worries Fans with Strange Eye-Rolling Antics On-Stage in Australia [Video]

Nelly may have been physically on-stage at the Juicy Fest in Melbourne, Australia today (January 18), however, concerned fans are wondering about his presence of mind.

Find out why below…

18th Jan

Stephen A. Smith on Rihanna’s Super Bowl Performance: “She Ain’t Beyonce! There’s Levels”

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith is renowned for saying his mind. As such, it was little surprise that he didn’t hold back when quizzed about Rihanna‘s upcoming performance at the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show during his appearance on the Sherri Shepherd show today (January 18).

And he drew on none other than Beyonce to make a bold remark.

Full story below…

18th Jan

Michael Jackson Biopic: Antoine Fuqua to Direct Big-Screen Lionsgate Movie

The hotly anticipated Michael Jackson big-screen biopic is set to Moonwalk onto screens in a major way.