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Lil Wayne honours Kobe Bryant in BET Awards performance

Lil Wayne honoured the late Kobe Bryant during the BET Awards by performing an updated rendition of his 2009 track sharing his namesake. The track was performed when it came time to pay tribute to those who passed away over the year. Bryant died back in January after a tragic helicopter accident. During the performance, the rapper touched on the NBA star’s legacy and spoke directly to his family. Advertisement “Heart goes out to Vanessa and the whole Black Mamba family,” Wayne rapped during the performance. Watch Lil Wayne’s performance of ‘Kobe Bryant’ below: This year’s BET Awards took...
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Watch Roddy Ricch perform ‘High Fashion’ and ‘The Box’ at the 2020 BET Awards

Roddy Ricch has delivered a medley of two of his biggest hits from the past year for the 2020 BET Awards. He performed a medley of his viral hits ‘High Fashion’ and ‘The Box’, the latter of which spent 11 weeks at the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 at the beginning of this year. Watch it in full below. Advertisement This wasn’t Ricch’s only performance at the award ceremony. He also delivered a powerful performance of his collaboration with DaBaby, ‘Rockstar’, which also hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was a huge night for the...
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Watch Christine and the Queens perform ‘La Vita Nuova’ for Global Citizen’s Global Goal concert

Christine and the Queens has continued her trend of theatrical live-streamed performances with a rendition of her recent release, ‘La Vita Nuova’ for the ‘Global Goal: Unite For Our Future’ digital benefit concert over the weekend. The performance was filmed within the empty Grand Palais in Paris and features Chris – real name Héloïse Letissier – moving around in a Balmain black jumpsuit. Watch the performance of ‘La Vita Nuova’ below: Advertisement The ‘Global Goal’ concert was held on June 27 and featured performances from Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Usher and Justin Bieber, among others. For their performances, Cyrus covered...
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Jennifer Hudson covers Aretha Franklin’s ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ at 2020 BET Awards

Jennifer Hudson has released a showstopping rendition of Aretha Franklin’s ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ today (June 28) for the 2020 BET Awards. The performance sees Hudson paying homage to the Queen of Soul’s early gospel roots and is immediately followed by a trailer for the film RESPECT. READ MORE: Family speak out and tributes pour in after the death of soul legend Aretha Franklin Watch the cover below: Advertisement Hudson will play Aretha Franklin in an upcoming biopic of the legendary singer’s life, titled RESPECT. Franklin handpicked the 38-year-old to play her, still heavily collaborating on the film up until...
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Watch Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Mad Max’-inspired 2020 BET Awards performance

Megan Thee Stallion has delivered a Mad Max-inspired performance of ‘Girls In The Hood’ and the remix of ‘Savage’ featuring Beyoncé in the desert for the 2020 BET Awards. READ MORE: BET Awards – Drake and Megan Thee Stallion lead 2020 nominations The medley marks the first time she’s performed ‘Girls In The Hood’, which was released last Friday (June 26). It’s the first single she’s released since the Beyoncé-featuring ‘Savage (Remix)’, with Megan doing choreography during Beyoncé’s verse for the performance. Watch it in full below. Advertisement In addition to the performance, Megan Thee Stallion also walked away...
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Beyoncé, Solange, Janelle Monáe sign open letter calling for end to voter suppression

Beyoncé, Solange, Janelle Monáe and more Black women in the entertainment industry have called for the US senate to end voter suppression. Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé and Solange’s mother, penned an open letter in support of ‘The HEROES Act.’ The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act is described in the letter as “step in the right direction toward a more inclusive democracy.” Beyoncé posted the letter to her Instagram, adding that “this bill would help provide funding to ensure that our vote is protected this election cycle.” Advertisement Read the letter in full below: View this post...
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Tomorrow X Together voyage through surreal nightmares in epic 19-minute ‘Eternally’ video

Tomorrow X Together have shared a 19-minute and 30-second-long video for ‘The Dream Chapter: Eternity’ track ‘Eternally’. Read more: K-pop super rookies Tomorrow X Together are the imaginative, passionate boyband the world needs In its lyrics, the song details “an unknown presence that leads the boys through repeated nightmares”. The video takes its cues from the track, taking the five members of the Korean band out of reality and into surreal, eerie dreamworlds. It is split into seven sections, each with its own sub-plot, beginning with leader Soobin who is drawn down a seemingly never-ending corridor before being thrust...
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Arlo Parks performs stripped-back ‘Black Dog’ in front of Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage

Arlo Parks performed on Worthy Farm yesterday (June 27) as part of the BBC’s The Glastonbury Experience 2020. Read more: Arlo Parks: Creator of the year’s most devastating song The network has been broadcasting a series of special programmes from the Glastonbury site this weekend to make up for the cancellation of the festival. Parks played a stripped-back version of her recent track ‘Black Dog’, stood between a campfire and the Pyramid Stage structure. She was joined by a guitarist for the performance, who sat six feet away from her in adherence with social distancing regulations. Watch the performance below...
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Tekashi 6ix9ine to release more new music this week

Tekashi 6ix9ine has announced a new song and music video, both set to arrive this week. Read more: The troubling rise of Tekashi 6ix9ine The rapper has been releasing a steady stream of new music since he was released from prison and put under house arrest. 6ix9ine shared the news with his followers on Instagram, captioning a video of him speaking: “NEW MUSIC VIDEO THIS FRIDAY JULY 3RD.” In the video, he spoke about his plans for his final days of house arrest and beyond. Advertisement “I have about 34 more days til house arrest is over, about 34...
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Watch Laura Marling perform in front of the Pyramid Stage for ‘The Glastonbury Experience 2020’

Laura Marling performed in front of the Pyramid Stage as part of the BBC’s The Glastonbury Experience 2020 yesterday (June 27). Read more: Laura Marling: “America has become a bit more sinister now that it’s Trump-addled” The singer-songwriter was one of many artists set to feature on the bill for the Worthy Farm festival before it was forced to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Marling played a version of her song ‘Strange Girl’, which features on her latest album ‘Song For Our Daughter’, in front of the Pyramid Stage structure, cows and a plane. Adhering to social distancing...
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