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Top Dawg Entertainment, in partnership with Toyota and BET and powered by The Orchard, has launched the TDE University Tour, a nine-campus initiative bringing live music, creative opportunities, and career development to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The tour began Aug. 12 at Grambling State University in Louisiana and continues through Sept. 3, with stops…
Teyana Taylor emerged as the night’s top honoree at the 2026 BET Awards, capping a ceremony that celebrated music, film, sports, and Black culture with tributes, performances, and career recognition. Taylor won four awards, including Icon of the Year, Best Actress, Video Director of the Year, and the Fashion Vanguard Award. Janet Jackson presented the…
Hip-hop and R&B artists delivered many of the headline moments at Monday night’s American Music Awards, with Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Bruno Mars among the genre winners recognized during the fan-voted ceremony. Rap and R&B continued to play a major role in the awards lineup and performances, with host Queen Latifah leading the…
Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Kehlani and Leon Thomas were among the Black hip‑hop and R&B artists honored at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday night, with the acclaimed hip‑hop artist leading the field with multiple wins at the Crypto.com Arena. Kendrick Lamar and SZA won Record of the Year for their collaboration “luther,” a track that…
SZA criticized the White House on Wednesday after it used a song she performed in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch in a promotional video for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The clip, titled “WE HEARD IT’S CUFFING SZN,” includes “Big Boys,” a track she performed on the show in a segment about pairing up during…
SZA has reached a historic milestone on the Billboard charts. Her album SOS is now the first by a female artist to spend 100 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, according to chart data released this week. The record, released in December 2022, debuted at No. 1 and spent 10 nonconsecutive weeks…
SZA has responded to Nicki Minaj’s recent criticism by sharing evidence of the rapper’s prior interest in working together. The public back-and-forth escalated this week after Minaj accused SZA of being fake and dishonest in a series of posts on X. SZA replied by posting a screenshot of a conversation from 2020 showing Minaj reaching…
Following a run of sold-out shows across North America and upcoming European and UK performances with SZA, Kendrick Lamar is expanding his Grand National Tour to Latin America this fall. The tour will visit major stadiums in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Presented by Live Nation and pgLang, Lamar’s Latin American leg begins September…