Queen Latifah will be honored by Harvard University for her contributions to black history and culture, the Associated Press reports. Latifah is one of seven honorees who will receive the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal on October 22. Other recipients include poet and educator Elizabeth Alexander, artist Kerry James Marshall, and more. The medal is named
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Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Kanye West gave Washington D.C. a taste of his new album — and also took the opportunity to declare definitively he’s a man of God now … specifically, a converted Christian. Ye was all over D.C. Saturday with his fam, first stopping off at HBCU Howard University to do his
Chance the Rapper will host and perform on Saturday Night Live October 26, joining the ranks of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Woody Harrelson, and Stranger Things’ David Harbour as hosts for the show’s 45th season. Chance released his most recent album, The Big Day, in July. He released a new video for his song “We Go High”
Play video content TMZ.com Kanye West took his Sunday Service on the road again, this time landing at Howard University. Kanye, Kim Kardashian, along with North and Saint, showed up at the historic, African-American college Saturday for an 8 AM show, and it did not disappoint. Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse have announced a new documentary chronicling the creation of their forthcoming album Colorado. It’s called Mountaintop, and you can check out the film’s trailer below. [embedded content] Colorado marks Neil Young’s first record with Crazy Horse in seven years. The album arrives October 25 via Reprise, while Mountaintop hits theaters
Exclusive Getty The Weeknd and Bella Hadid hit it off at the model’s birthday party, but only as close friends … TMZ has learned. Reports surfaced Friday claiming the once inseparable pair were dating again after celebrating Bella’s 23rd birthday together in NYC Thursday night. The bash was held at L’Avenue at Saks and Le
Nicolas Godin, best known as a one-half of the influential French electronic duo Air, is back with a new solo song. It’s called “The Border.” Have a listen below. The new song arrives four years after his solo album Contrepoint. “I wrote this song thinking of the great architect Mies van der Rohe,” Godin said
Exclusive TMZ.com DaBaby is firing back at the promoters who sued him for bailing on a show … he’s now suing them, and claiming the reason he never took the stage was over a lack of security. According to new legal docs obtained by TMZ … DaBaby is suing Nothing To Something ENTertainment for breach
Jack White’s Third Man Records and Misfire have launched a new podcast about the White Stripes Hosted by Kentucky journalist Sean Cannon, the first season of Striped: The Story of the White Stripes will retrace the band’s early days through interviews with friends, fans, and other musicians. Below, listen to a trailer for Striped, as
Exclusive TMZ.com Aaron Carter is dedicating some serious real estate on his neck for the king of the jungle — not that he’s trying to save face or anything. He already inked that up. Anywho, tattoo artist Nadia Katherine tells TMZ … she recently met Aaron through a friend who happened to be the opening
Lil Kim performed a career-spanning medley at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards, including an appearance from the Junior M.A.F.I.A., the Brooklyn rap group assembled by the late Notorious B.I.G. She was also presented with the I Am Hip Hop Award by Rick Ross. Watch it all below. Kim’s medley included the Junior M.A.F.I.A. hit
Play video content Exclusive Scootercaster Lil Kim wasn’t about to let an anti-fur protester tell her what animals she can and can’t wear … nearly trading blows with the woman before security stepped in. Kim was outside Verizon Media Studios in New York City Tuesday when multiple anti-fur protesters started shouting “Stop wearing fur!” at
The soundtracks for all three of Chad Stahelski’s John Wick films are getting the deluxe vinyl treatment. Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard’s original scores for the Keanu Reeves-starring saga: John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, are getting pressed as 2xLP sets in gatefold jackets. All three albums
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Howard Stern‘s feeling the loss of Cream drummer Ginger Baker, but says he hopes it will lead to a tribute performance from the last surviving member of the British rock supergroup. As we reported … Baker died peacefully in a hospital in England Sunday, and Howard shared some of his
Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig sat down with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon for a nearly two-hour interview on the latest episode of his Beats 1 show “Time Crisis.” They reminisced about playing beer pong at a Minneapolis bar after a Vampire Weekend show, talked about their personal hurdles with touring, discussed Vernon’s life in Wisconsin (including
Getty Taylor Swift and her BF are busting out of their usual shells … and it already has fans buzzing there could’ve been a secret marriage — but we think those fans are blind. Tay Tay celebrated her ‘SNL’ performance Saturday night in NYC by attending the cast after-party at Zuma, and she brought actor
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has released a new song called “Your Capricious Soul.” It’s available to purchase on his website, with all proceeds going towards the climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion. You can check out the song’s music video via the website as well. Watch the Sam Taylor-Johnson directed video here. “Your Capricious Soul”
Exclusive Details TMZ.com Kanye West and Rick Fox are joining forces to help aid those in need in the Bahamas after the country was devastated by Hurricane Dorian. Yeezy and Rick were spotted together Thursday at the Baha Mar Resort in Nassau, before speaking with government officials about ways to assist rebuilding efforts in communities
Derick Almena—the master tenant of the Oakland warehouse known as the Ghost Ship, where 36 people lost their lives during a devastating fire in late 2016—will be retried on multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter, as Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU reports. Almena was arrested and charged in June 2017 for his role in the blaze,
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson have been friends for years, but from the looks of it … they’re kicking their relationship up a notch. Miley and the Australian musician/heartthrob were spotted at a Backyard Bowls eatery in L.A. Thursday being very lovey-dovey, and in a video obtained by TMZ …
Lana Del Rey played a full, piano-and-voice cover of Joni Mitchell’s “For Free” in Seattle last night. Check it out via her Instagram below. The track originally appeared on Mitchell’s 1970 album, Ladies Of The Canyon; Lana shared a brief Instagram rendition in 2017. She hints in a new LA Times interview that more covers
Exclusive Getty Kylie Jenner‘s split from Travis Scott wasn’t the result of a cheating scandal or a blowup fight … they were simply done in by a harsh dose of reality. Sources close to the ex-couple tell TMZ … their decision to break things off came weeks ago, following a very long honeymoon phase that
Play video content Exclusive A homeless woman’s beautiful voice isn’t just making her go viral — it might have landed her a legit big break in the music biz. Emily Zamourka already got Internet famous after an LAPD officer shared a clip of her singing Puccini last week, but her star’s still rising, and now
Gucci Mane and Iggy Pop are among the stars of Gucci’s new Cruise 2020 campaign. Titled #ComeAsYouAre_RSVP, the campaign was shot at Villa La Furibonda by Harmony Korine, creative directed by the fashion label’s Alessadro Michele, and features music by Giorgio Moroder. Watch a video from the campaign below. Gucci Mane is using one of
Exclusive TMZ/Getty Jay-Z‘s work with the NFL is already falling short on his promise of diversity, making him look like nothing more than a pawn and the “token black guy” … so says Uncle Luke. The 2 Live Crew frontman was quite outspoken with us when we asked him to elaborate on his op-ed in
It makes sense that Kanye West staged the Manhattan event for his ninth album Jesus Is King at the United Palace—an ornate gold theater that was once saved from demolition by a televangelist in the late 1960s, and still regularly hosts spiritual gatherings today. After hosting a Sunday Service in a New York church yesterday
TMZ/Getty Composite Air Drake is about to see some real-life liftoff from the public, ’cause the Sacramento Kings are gonna be using Drizzy’s jumbo jet this week for a long trip to India. The Kings announced some last-minute flight arrangements this weekend, saying owner Vivek Ranadive — who’s Indian-American — got in touch with Drake’s
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com DaBaby‘s concert Saturday night got way out of hand, with a female fan getting knocked out cold by the rapper’s hired muscle. DaBaby was performing at the Free Water Block Party In New Orleans and things were going okay, until 30 minutes into his set, when he jumped into the
Breaking News Getty Latin singer José José has died after a battle with cancer. The Mexican cultural icon — known as “El Principe de la Cancion,” aka “The Prince of Song” — passed away Saturday, according to his assistant Laura Nunez. Per reports, he died in a South Florida hospital — and while cause of
The stage is almost set for Justin and Hailey Bieber to walk down the aisle (again) in South Carolina, and if you’re unfamiliar with the venue … give it a gander, why don’t ya. As we’ve reported … the Biebers are hosting their second round of nuptials this Monday at the Montage Palmetto Bluff —