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Lizzo is back in the studio working on new music. The “Truth Hurts” hitmaker’s feet have barely touched the ground since she released her acclaimed album, Cuz I Love You, last year, but now she is back home. She headed straight back into the recording booth and is giving fans a little taste test of…

Rihanna is poised to spend Valentine’s Day in a way that will surely please her fans. The 31-year-old star — who reportedly split from long-time boyfriend Hassan Jameel in January — has revealed she’s set to spend the big day in the recording studio working on her long-awaited new album, R9. Asked about her Valentine’s…

Missy Elliott and Lizzo might have another collaboration on the way. Earlier this year the rappers teamed up on trap banger “Tempo”- which is featured on Lizzo’s debut studio album Cuz I Love You – and now the “Work It” hitmaker has revealed they’ve recorded a second track for her own project. In an interview…

SZA has been in the studio working on her upcoming second album. The 28-year-old singer-songwriter — whose real name is Solána Imani Rowe — has revealed she recently hit the studio with Justin Timberlake, and although it was an unlikely pairing, SZA was surprised by how well their voices harmonized together. Speaking about her session…

It’s been a minute since Elle Varner blessed the listening public with her impressive 2012 debut, Perfectly Imperfect — one that boasted the chart-topping “Only Wanna Give It To You,” (featuring J. Cole) and contagious smash “Refill.” In her absence, the digital age has all but done away with CDs, in-stores, street teams and all…

R. Kelly’s Chicago studio was recently vandalized. During a visit this week to the embattled star’s studio on North Justine Street, a rolling out reporter discovered several markings on the front of the building, which is situated in a desolate industrial area. The markings, likely made using chalk, included the phrases, “rapist pedophile,” “times up,” and “not…

Two years after their infamous nightclub brawl, it looks like Drake and Chris Brown have buried the hatchet.

Producer and studio mogul Tyler Perry is making yet another major move in the film industry. Perry has announced that he wants to purchase a massive amount of land on the now closed military base Fort McPherson located in East Point, Georgia, a mostly black area southwest of downtown Atlanta. The 500-acre base called the…

Andre 3000, the more reclusive half of the acclaimed duo OutKast, is rumored to be working on new music–and he may be working with another one of hip-hop’s most creative rapper-producers: Q-Tip.

Spike has two upcoming movies on his mind these days

Imagine if one of the biggest actors in Hollywood was listening to your music and watching your movie. Watch as rapper, Gillie Da Kid has his moment in the studio with Will Smith. Is Smith dropping subtle hints about his music career? Will Smith recently opened up about being in the studio with Kanye…