Music
Paul McCartney has publicly acknowledged his approval of Beyonce’s cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird” on her new country album, Cowboy Carter. “I am so happy with Beyonce’s version of my song ‘Blackbird’. I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song […]
The state of Tennessee has become the first in the nation to protect music artists against the dangers of artificial intelligence. Yesterday (Thursday) in Nashville, Governor Bill Lee signed the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act of 2024, or ELVIS Act. It expands the state’s old publicity law to cover synthetic voices, images or […]
Rapper, Megan The Stallion has been making her slow return to the stage after taking a break following all of the media attention she received during the court battle against Tory Lanez. He was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in state prison for shooting Megan amongst other charges. Megan has been giving slight […]
Mariah Carey officially kicked off the holiday season on Monday — by announcing her annual Christmas tour. Mimi played off the popular meme that she’s kept in cold storage every year until Christmas by saying, “Yes, the actual defrosting has begun.” She then revealed the dates for the Merry Christmas One and All tour, which opens in Highland, California on […]
In spite of recent lawsuits , harsh criticism, and character questioning , Lizzo was awarded the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award. Lizzo attended the Black Music Action Coilition’s Gala on Thursday night, which surprised some as she opted out of the Black Carpet and sat in the audience and supported other award winners. By the end […]
Shenseea is set to release her new song “Waistline” this month. The Jamaican singer has been teasing the song for the past several weeks, and now it finally has a release date. Sources inside the ShenYeng camp told Urban Islandz on Friday that the song will be featured on her forthcoming sophomore album, due later […]
Kid Cudi’s former plans to retire from music were clearly an expression of professional frustration as he is hard at work on his upcoming album, Insano. Unfortunately, the musician has just hit a bump in the road. Today (September 4), Cudi took to his X (formerly Twitter) page to share a few updates regarding the […]
Burna Boy is a proud city boy. The Nigerian singer debuts his new song “City Boys” ahead of the release of his new album, I Told Them…, which drops at midnight. Damini, better known as Burna Boy, is having the best year of his career this year. The African Giant is everywhere performing, hanging out […]
DJ Khaled readies new album “Til Next Time” and drops first single with Future, Lil Baby, and Lil Uzi Vert. DJ Khaled is set to release his 14th studio album as he announced the title of the project and the lead single on Thursday. The mega-producer began teasing fans about a major announcement he had […]
Shenseea has earned herself another entry on a Billboard chart thanks to her feature on The Chainsmokers’ new single “My Bad,” climbing the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart this week. The song entered the chart earlier on its debut week and is expected to continue to climb as fans rave about the track’s catchy lyrics […]
