It all started with a podcast. For both Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams, a chance work meeting led to the latter appearing on the former’s Web-chat extension of her blog Blaria (“black Daria“). Cut to three years later: The duo have their own hit podcast2 Dope Queens, appear in sold …

Brantley Gilbert demonstrates how to enjoy a perfect day cruising through the countryside with his motorcycle buddies in the video for “The Ones That Like Me,” the second single from his 2017 album The Devil Don’t Sleep. Filmed in stylish black-and-white in areas around Middle Tennessee, the clip is an …

“You’re gettin’ all kinds of stuff out of me,” says DJ Khaled backstage at the Grammy Awards. He’s bluffing. The boisterous hip-hop producer hasn’t given away all that much about his imminent new album, the follow up to 2017’s Grateful, but he hints that it will involve Kendrick Lamar. “We’ve …

The Grammys received an unexpected morning jolt Sunday when Donald Trump lashed out at Jay-Z on Twitter over remarks the rapper made regarding the unemployment levels among African-Americans. While Jay-Z acknowledged on the Van Jones Show that black unemployment had reached a new low under the Trump administration, there were …

Veteran record executive Clive Davis attempted a complex balancing act at his annual pre-Grammy Gala Saturday night at the Sheraton Hotel in Times Square: how to celebrate the vintage sounds of bygone pop eras with current superstars side by side. The evening seesawed frequently and sometimes incongruously between these two …

Lupita Nyong’o felt compelled to share her own traumatic encounter with Harvey Weinstein last fall after a deluge of women came forward accusing the media mogul of sexual misconduct – but first, she had to tell her own mother. “I had to talk to her about it because it was …

Ashley McBryde just announced the highly anticipated arrival of her debut LP Girl Going Nowhere (out March 30th) and last night, she also made her television debut on Late Night With Seth Meyers. Introduced by Meyers as “poised to break out in 2018,” McBryde and her band launched into a …

The Oscar nominees for the Best Original Song are a mix new names like R&B singer Mary J. Blige(Mudbound)and the indie-folk singer Sufjan Stevens(Call Me By Your Name) as well as previous winners like Common. The rapper is up for a second Oscar for “Stand Up for Something,” which appeared …

The introductions to these Saturday Night Live recaps have gotten somewhat stale lately: I talk about the show’s inconsistencies, note that there are some highlights nonetheless, and then get into the meat of things. This time around, let’s look at five things that are really working this season as a …

Sam Outlaw wears heartache well. On the unhurried “Diamond Ring,” he dresses himself up as a mid-century country crooner, delivering a song built for sock hops and honky-tonk slow dances. A staple of Outlaw’s live sets as far back as 2012, “Diamond Ring” made its official debut on last year’s …