Just one day after Hayley Williams announced her upcoming debut album, Petals for Armor, the songstress surprise-dropped the first part of the record. Featuring previously released singles, "Simmer" and "Leave It Alone," the five-song drop also came with an abstract Warren…
Fans of Kobe Bryant expressed outrage this week over Gayle King's interview with Lisa Leslie, during which the reporter probed the former WNBA star about Bryant's 2003 rape case. The latest critic to come out of the woodworks is Snoop Dogg,…
Last year, as part of Billboard's Black History Month celebration, we asked Black artists spanning all genres to compile unique playlists exclusive to Billboard's Spotify account. Everyone from Normani and Khalid to DJ Premier and Rapsody shared tracks that represented…
Denzel Curry also sneaks in some new music into this trippy visual adventure with a pretty clever plot. Both and Kenny Beats would find equal success as showrunners over at Comedy Central’s Adult Swim if either musician were to ever quit the music industry,…
The 1975 unveiled a giddy music video for their new single "Me & You Together Song" on Thursday (Feb. 6), just in time for Valentine's Day. In the clip, the rockers sing the romantic hook as various teenage couplings make out,…
Ah, February. The month when love in the air, on the radio and likely in more than a few song titles on your most swoonworthy playlists. Four years ago, Billboard ranked the top 50 "love" songs of all time based on their…
AD’s tattoo artist shares a look at his Black Mamba-inspired ink. Los Angeles Lakers teammates LeBron James and Anthony Davis recently set out to get some new tattoos in honor of the late, great Kobe Bryant, much like many of the…
“Industry rule No. 4080: record company people are shady.” A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip memorably sounded his warning about the perils of the music business almost thirty years ago; a cautioning that was well-reflected over the following years as news of…
ALBUM REVIEW: Lil Wayne’s alien exterior cracks under human emotions. The title Funeral has a few meanings that parallel to Wayne’s career. It could represent the end of an era, the beginning of a new one, fueling speculation that Wayne…
“He is for the people” During last weekend’s Super Bowl LIV, . The move lead many people . “You understand that all eyes were on you, you should’ve stood up,” . While the reactions continue to pour in online, TMZ caught up…