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Play video content TMZ.com Lil Baby is in especially high spirits heading into his Washington, D.C. tour stop with Chris Brown, and briefly clued us in on Gunna and Young Thug‘s moods … even though we interrupted his Future flow. The 4PF Records CEO kindly stopped his rapping rendition of Future’s “Back to the Basics”

News Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa Announce New Festival in West Africa The Black Star Line Festival is to be held next year in Accra, Ghana By Matthew Ismael Ruiz July 19, 2022 Facebook Twitter Chance the Rapper (Keeley Parenteau) Facebook Twitter Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa have announced the Black Star Line

Desus and Mero’s Showtime series’ untimely demise put the spotlight on internal negative intentions … at least that’s Charlamagne Tha God‘s take as he digests the surprising news. Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. Charlamagne pointed out how numerous outlets rushed to cover the breakup in spite of D&M’s 6-year TV run

News Pi’erre Bourne Announces 2022 World Tour He’ll hit North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand later this year By Allison Hussey July 19, 2022 Facebook Twitter Pi’erre Bourne, photo by Cian Moore Facebook Twitter Pi’erre Bourne has announced an extensive tour that begins later this year, with dates taking him through North America before

Nolan Neal, a contestant on both “America’s Got Talent” and “The Voice,” has died. Nolan passed away Monday according to the medical examiner … Nolan’s cousin Dylan Seals tells TMZ he was found dead in his apartment in Nashville. No official cause of death has been determined, but the singer has talked openly about his

News Lil Uzi Vert’s Pronouns Are They/Them The rapper’s team confirmed the news, which was originally revealed on their Instagram bio By Madison Bloom and Evan Minsker July 19, 2022 Facebook Twitter Lil Uzi Vert, October 2019 (SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Lil Uzi Vert’s pronouns are now they/them, a spokesperson for the

Johnny Depp seemingly had a new female companion in his life, which is true … but there’s nothing romantic about their relationship, TMZ has learned. Depp, unsurprisingly, made headlines over the weekend when he was spotted in Italy accompanied by the redhead. Johnny was in town for the Umbria Jazz Festival — where he played

News Xenia Rubinos Announces New Tour Dates, Shares New Song: Listen  “Dia Libre en el Yanky” is a reimagined version of her 2021 Una Rosa track “Working All the Time” By Matthew Ismael Ruiz July 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Xenia Rubinos, photo by Paula La Bloise Art Facebook Twitter Xenia Rubinos has shared “Dia Libre

DaBaby’s heinous remarks about HIV patients cost his Dua Lipa feature maximum exposure, but according to one of his Billion Dollar Baby artists … he still made off with a pretty penny. Stunna 4 Vegas poured the tea, revealing — at least according to him — DaBaby got $350,000 last year for appearing on DL’s

News Beabadoobee Announces Fall 2022 North American Tour Dates New shows in support of Beatopia take place in October, November, and December By Matthew Strauss July 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Beabadoobee, April 2022 (Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella) Facebook Twitter Fresh off the release of her new album Beatopia, Beabadoobee has announced a fall tour

Play video content TMZ.com Ne-Yo just dropped his first album in 4 years, and he says the hiatus is largely because COVID took a massive toll on his emotional state and creativity. The R&B singer joined “TMZ Live” Friday to talk all about his 8th studio album, titled “Self Explanatory” … an album that was

News Carly Rae Jepsen Teams With Lewis OfMan for New Song “Move Me”: Listen “Lewis has really been the silver lining of my last two years when touring wasn’t possible,” said Jepsen By Jazz Monroe July 15, 2022 Facebook Twitter Carly Rae Jepsen and Lewis OfMan, artwork by Jean-Philippe Delhomme Facebook Twitter Carly Rae Jepsen

Johnny Depp is a man about town — perhaps even more so now that the Amber Heard drama seems to finally be in his rear-view … and on the horizon, maybe a new flame! JD was seen stepping out in Italy Sunday, where he’s in town to perform for the Umbria Jazz Festival alongside fellow

News The Weeknd’s HBO Max Series The Idol Gets Teaser Trailer: Watch Starring Lily-Rose Depp, Troye Sivan, and Abel Tesfaye himself By Nina Corcoran July 17, 2022 Facebook Twitter The Weeknd in The Idol (HBO/YouTube) Facebook Twitter The Weeknd has shared the first teaser trailer for The Idol, his upcoming series for HBO Max. Starring

Kanye West is out, and Kid Cudi is in at Rolling Loud Miami — an interesting swap, considering the two have been beefing these past few months. Festival organizers made the announcement Sunday, saying that — for reasons beyond their control — Kanye wouldn’t be performing at their event later this month as one of

News Kid Cudi Replacing Kanye West as Rolling Loud Miami 2022 Headliner “We spent months working with him and his team on the performance. Unfortunately, Ye has decided that he will no longer be performing.”—Rolling Loud co-founders Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler By Matthew Strauss July 17, 2022 Facebook Twitter Kanye West, Kid Cudi (Getty

Play video content It’s Tricky with Raquel Harper Amber Rose knows Kanye West, and she opens up about his divorce from Kim Kardashian … short story, she’s not surprised at all. Amber sat down with Raquel for the “It’s Tricky with Raquel Harper” podcast and Amber — though circumspect — seems to know of what

News Paramore Announce Fall 2022 North American Tour A string of dates in smaller venues By Jazz Monroe July 15, 2022 Facebook Twitter Paramore, photo by Elke Musek Facebook Twitter Paramore have announced a fall tour of North America. The 12-show run begins in Bakersfield, California, and includes dates in various U.S. cities, as well

Play video content Britney Spears dropped some news lots of people have been impatiently waiting on — she’s dropping new music, and the first song choice is really interesting. Britney took to Instagram Friday and did something she hasn’t done in a long, long time … sing. As for what she sang — the song

News Kodak Black Arrested on Felony Drug Charges in Florida The rapper was reportedly taken into custody for trafficking oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance By Nina Corcoran July 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Kodak Black (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Kodak Black was arrested and charged with trafficking oxycodone of less than

Play video content Ricky Martin‘s brother is backing his sibling’s claim that their nephew — who’s accusing Ricky of domestic violence and incest — is a deeply troubled guy. Eric Martin took to social media this week to air out his grievances about the case playing out in Puerto Rico … starting out by saying

News “Beastie Boys Square” Approved for Paul’s Boutique Street Corner in New York The site of the famous album cover, at Ludlow and Rivington, will be officially named in honor of MCA, Mike D, and Ad-Rock By Jazz Monroe and Nina Corcoran July 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Beastie Boys, May 1987 (Vinnie Zuffante/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty

Play video content TMZ.com It took some time, but Brandy says she’s now on board for Ray J‘s “unique” leg tattoo he got to honor his sister … and now she’s considering getting one to honor him in return!!! We ran into the R&B legend as she was getting a ton of fan love outside

News Happy Mondays Bassist Paul Ryder Dies at 58 The brother of frontman Shaun Ryder helped define the sound of the baggy subgenre of dance rock with the Salford group By Jazz Monroe July 15, 2022 Facebook Twitter Happy Mondays’ Paul Ryder (Mick Hutson/Redferns) Facebook Twitter Paul Ryder, whose house-inspired basslines anchored Happy Mondays, died

Kodak Black’s weekend is off to an unfortunate start … the “Super Gremlin” was arrested after cops say they found a bunch of oxycodone pills in his car. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Kodak was traveling in a Dodge Durango Friday in Ft. Lauderdale with what cops believed was an illegal window tint. Kodak Black

News YoungBoy Never Broke Again Found Not Guilty in Federal Case The rapper had been indicted by a federal grand jury in California on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition By Matthew Strauss July 15, 2022 Facebook Twitter Kentrell DeSean Gaulden aka YoungBoy Never Broke Again, November 2018

Boosie Badazz says Twitter is the only social media platform he has left … and he’s using it to fire off a series of hate-filled messages to the FB and IG honchos he blames for banning him. In the rants, which continued Friday after an initial wave on Thursday, Boosie IDs Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and

News William Hart, Founding Member of the Delfonics, Dies at 77 The Philadelphia soul icon was behind the hit singles “La-La (Means I Love You)” and “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)” By Rob Arcand July 15, 2022 Facebook Twitter The Delfonics’ William Hart, October 1968 (Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter William

Play video content TMZ.com Boosie Badazz claims the car he was riding in got pulled over and cuffed because he’s famous … but cops in Georgia say the traffic stop wasn’t a case of the hip hop police hard at work. Here’s the deal — Boosie was riding shotgun in a black Cadillac SUV when