With the coronavirus pandemic sidelining in-person graduation celebrations, YouTube’s star-studded Dear Class of 2020 livestream on Sunday (June 7) helped fill in the gap for students graduating this year. Following an address from Condoleezza Rice, Jennifer Lopez spoke to the…
BTS (RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook) gave a powerful commencement speech during YouTube’s virtual “Dear Class of 2020″ graduation celebration on Sunday (June 7). Wearing sleek black suits, the seven members recorded their contribution to the event…
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This song was born out of the need to provide a service to people who are frustrated, feel trapped and cannot see an end to the tunnel. Avalanche is the soundtrack to our pain but also our freedom in mind,…
This week has been hard for anyone with a working soul. The black population in the United States and beyond has taken a strong stand against police violence, only to be met with more unbridled brutality. Here are Billboard Dance, we owe…
With protests roiling the city of Madison, the record store made a show of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. In October 1988, Angie Roloff and her husband Ron opened Strictly Discs in Madison, Wisconsin, after Ron left a…
Lady Gaga lands the biggest opening week for any artist on the U.K. album chart in 2020 as Chromatica (Interscope/Universal) debuts at No. 1. Chromatica records 53,000 combined units to become her fourth U.K. No. 1 album. The Official Charts…
There haven’t been many bright moments over the past week, during which Pres. Trump threatened to send the military to quell protests in American cities and endless footage of police hitting protesters with batons and “less-lethal” rubber bullets have filled…
On Thursday (June 4), Forbes announced the 2020 edition of its annual Celebrity 100 list and revealed Kanye West as the world’s highest-paid musician. Clocking in with 2020 earnings of $170 million, the rapper ranks at number two, just behind…
Facing his own battle with the deeply flawed and racist criminal justice system, Drakeo The Ruler is currently pending retrial for a crime for which he was already acquitted. Last week, Drakeo announced an 18-track mixtape recorded through a prison phone over the span of two…