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Kehlani shares how taking risks earned Grammy noms while balancing mental health during activism

Dec. 20, 2024 12:07 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — While recording “Crash,” Kehlani faced a career-defining decision: Stick with the familiar R&B sound that helped build the singer's name, or risk it all to showcase their full artistic range. For Kehlani, who uses she/they pronouns, choosing the latter...

Ice Cube's mind stays on music with other endeavors from BIG3 to NFL partnership keeping him busy

Dec. 13, 2024 12:57 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ice Cube could have chased trends to keep up with today’s rap game for his latest release, but instead, he stayed loyal to the gritty West Coast gangsta sound that’s been his signature since his early N.W.A. days and flourishing solo career. Ice Cube stuck to...

Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre's brotherhood is still strong after 30 years with new album 'Missionary'

Dec. 12, 2024 15:46 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it comes to music, there's one person in particular Snoop Dogg trusts enough to steer the ship without question: hit-making producer Dr. Dre. Their bond, built over 30 years of brotherhood, began when Dr. Dre shaped Snoop's game-changing debut,...

Selena Gomez reveals engagement to Benny Blanco

Dec. 12, 2024 09:11 AM EST

Selena Gomez is having quite a year, and it's being capped with an engagement to music producer and songwriter Benny Blanco. The Grammy- and Emmy-nominated performer announced she was off the market in an Instagram post Wednesday of her ring and an embrace with her fiancé, with the...

AP Breakthrough Entertainer: GloRilla, once a choir girl, is one of hip-hop's most promising voices

Dec. 11, 2024 09:11 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — GloRilla has gone from choir girl to husky-voiced rap queen, climbing the hip-hop ranks so high that she’s earned a trip to the White House. The Memphis-born performer has become one of industry’s most promising voices with her genuine character, rap flow and...

New Orleans rapper Percy "Master P" Miller to keynote Fall Commencement at Grambling State

Dec. 10, 2024 13:06 PM EST

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Percy Miller, who's also known as New Orleans rapper Master P, will deliver the keynote address Friday at Grambling State University's Fall Commencement. Miller is scheduled to address graduates at 10 a.m. in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center on...

AP's top songs of 2024: 'Texas Hold 'Em,' 'Not Like Us,' 'Igual Que Un Ángel' and more

Dec. 05, 2024 11:31 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman, in no particular order. “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey It is not only the biggest song of the year, but one of the longest-reigning No. 1s of all...

AP's top albums of 2024: Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Mk.gee and more

Dec. 05, 2024 10:19 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Ten of the top albums of the year, as chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman. “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé She rode in on a white horse, in patriotic chaps and wielding an American flag. She declared, this “ain’t a Country album”...

Eminem's mother Debbie Nelson, whose rocky relationship fueled the rapper's lyrics, dies at age 69

Dec. 03, 2024 20:16 PM EST

Debbie Nelson, the single mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known widely through his hit song lyrics, has died. She was 69. Eminem’s longtime representative Dennis Dennehy confirmed Nelson’s death in an email on Tuesday. He did not provide a cause...

Iran releases rapper famous for lyrics about 2022 killing of Mahsa Amini

Dec. 03, 2024 03:09 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran released a government critic and popular hip-hop artist who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, local media reported Tuesday. Toomaj Salehi spent a little over a year in jail and faced a death sentence issued by...