Kendrick Lamar earned praise aplenty for his latest album ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers,’ but the superstar isn’t resting on the accolades.

Instead, he’s working the promotional trail.

Taking a brief break from his mammoth ‘The Big Steppers Tour,’ K. Dot took center stage on the launch episode of Saturday Night Live‘s 48th season.

And Lamar served up a musical feast.

For, he performed a medley of ‘Rich Spirit’ and ‘N95,’ as well as ‘Father Time’ alongside Sampha.

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Chloe Bailey is making it clear and making it known that she has no issue with Normani. Quite the contrary.

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Controversial commentator Candace Owens is sounding off once again about Black culture and this time she’s firing her critique in the direction of Lizzo, Cardi B, and GloRilla. 

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Just six months after being cleared of copying to create his smash ‘Shape of You,’ Ed Sheeran is back under the legal spotlight. This time relating to ‘Thinking Out Loud.’

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Chris Brown continues to accrue wins with his viral smash ‘Under The Influence.’

The track, which is housed on the expanded edition of the star’s 2019 album ‘Indigo,’ has enjoyed an unprecedented resurgence on TikTok.

And the momentum is being reflected on the charts too.

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Kid Cudi‘s creativity knows no bounds and he lives up to said billing with his audio-visual project, ‘Energalactic.’

The release is comprised of the star’s tenth studio album and an accompanying animated TV special on Netflix.

On the LP, Cudi is joined by Ty Dolla $ign, 2 Chainz, and Don Toliver.

Speaking on the album, the 38-year-old said:

“Entergalactic is everything I’ve always wanted to do, create a long-form visual companion to an album. It all started with the music which helped bring this storyline and these characters to life. Entergalactic is unlike anything I’ve ever done, certainly my most ambitious project to date; I can’t wait for you to finally experience it.”

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Ciara is strutting the promotional trail in support of her new single ‘Better Thangs’ and 93.5 KDAY was the singer’s latest stop.

Chopping it up with hosts Cece Valencia and Romeo, CiCi dished on working with Summer Walker on the track. The GRAMMY winner revealed she gave her friend and fellow R&B chanteuse three songs to pick from and the end result ended up being what was hoped for all along.

Expanding on the process of piecing together the cut’s housing album (the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Beauty Marks’), the 36-year-old shared that the process of recording took “about two weeks” during the pandemic and saw her creative juices flowing with right-hand producer Theron Thomas.

Head below to check out the songstress open up in earnest about the LP, her career at large, married life with Russell Wilson, and much more…

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Season 14 of the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ brought with it yet another return for franchise original Sheree Whitfield. 

And this go round, much of her focus centered on finally bringing her infamously elusive athleisure line –  She By Sheree – to the marketplace 14 years (and many a “Spring, Summer, September”) since it was first announced.

The season’s finale saw Whitfield successfully pull off a fashion show (with actual fashions, this time), while the concluding installment of the 3-part reunion saw the 52-year-old gift her castmates with items from the line.

However, RHOA’s Drew Sidora – who Whitfield locked horns with over the season – has gone on record to state that all is not as it seems.

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Keke Palmer has never been one to be boxed in or defined by any one facet.

It’s apt, then, that the star is harnessing her multi-dimensional experience and launching her very own digital TV network.

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Nicki Minaj earned her 125th placement on the Hot 100 this week thanks to her co-starring role on ‘Love in the Way,’ the latest single from rising rapper BLEU.

Extending her reign as the second most-featured woman in the chart’s 64-year history (following Taylor Swift who has a whopping 168 entries), the tune – released September 16 – entered the tally as the week’s top-selling Rap song, besting some of the day’s biggest Hip-Hop hits in the process.

Look inside to see where its impressive performance on digital sales outlets landed it on the renewed Billboard Hot 100.

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Cardi B fans, affectionately called #BardiGang, know she doesn’t hesitate to show love to the big hits of other artists.

And while she’s collected many awards for her Rap skills (often to historic measure), the 29-year-old has never been shy about flexing her singing as well – even offering interesting a capella renditions of Beyonce‘s ‘Love on Top’ and ‘Break My Soul,’ Normani‘s ‘Motivation,’ Selena‘s ‘Como La Flor,’ and more over the years.

More recently she took to social media to demonstrate her vocal dexterity by tackling ‘When I See U,’ the signature tune of fellow GRAMMY winner Fantasia.

Once the ‘American Idol’ alum got wind of Cardi’s adventurous take on the 2006 smash, she suggested the two find time to make a new hit of their own.

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On the wings of its R&B chart-topping lead single and title track, the Beyonce-assisted ‘Make Me Say It Again, Girl,’ legendary family collective The Isley Brothers returned to digital shelves Friday (September 30) with their new album.

Titled after their 1975 classic, originally found aboard their 13th studio album ‘The Heat Is On,’ the Brothers called on some of music’s biggest names to help them turn up the heat on the Billboard 200.