The celebrated director of “Titicut Follies” and dozens of other documentaries was known for in-depth, unadorned movies that ...

In 2006 Sean Paul teamed with R&B singer Keyshia Cole for the song When You Gonna (Give it Up To Me), which was featured on the soundtrack of the film Step Up.

"Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" Mary J. Blige led the rankings with her hit song “ Be Without You.” Part of the award-winning ...

Twenty years after it was first released, Sean Paul and Keyshia Cole’s #3 Billboard Hot 100 hit When You Gonna (Give it Up to ...

Only You, a song from American rap superstar J. Cole's new album The Fall Off, is built around the classic Drop Leaf riddim, ...

J. Cole addressed the Kendrick-Drake feud, and Bruce Springsteen whipped up an instant response to the chaos in Minneapolis. By Jon Pareles When federal agents killed anti-ICE protesters in ...

In case you missed it, in a previous article, we covered a handful of J. Cole songs to get listeners ready for his upcoming (and final?) album, The Fall-Off, releasing February 6, 2026. Read that, ...

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A new Chicago festival celebrating early 2000s R&B and house music will be held at Union Park on Memorial Day weekend. The Forever Mine Music Festival will be held May 23-24. The festival will be ...

J. Cole dropped a surprise package of four freestyles in the aptly named project, Birthday Blizzard ’26, which arrived hours before the rapper turned 41. The mixtape is available on Cole’s website for ...

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