Happy Friday, folks. As always, the good people here at ESSENCE are giving to you our weekly roundup of the best new music ...

After the success of their first drop this spring, Giuseppe Zanotti and Mary J. Blige are continuing their collaboration with ...

Coldplay's Chris Martin puts on a colorful show in New Zealand, plus Ariana Grande, Elizabeth Olsen and more. From Hollywood ...

It's a four-quarter week filled with big-name new music releases, including a revamped Linkin Park, newly minted Rock and ...

Legendary producer, music executive, and composer Quincy Jones has died, aged 91. “Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we ...

Those credits don’t include countless recording sessions with the likes of Luther Vandross, Mary J. Blige, Boyz II Men, Toni Braxton, George Duke and George Benson. Jubu, who moved from Los Angeles to ...

Ludacris’ fifth album, The Red Light District ... Originally released on Def Jam Recordings, The Red Light District repress ...

Mary Trump, Donald Trump's estranged niece, took to social media on Saturday to make a new request of the former president after his appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast. Trump, the GOP presidential ...

Mary J. Blige was inducted into the ... pioneered the fusion of soul and hip-hop. Blige has been a key figure in the music industry since her debut album, What’s the 411?, in 1992, according ...

who dropped his ninth solo LP just days before he headlined February's Super Bowl halftime show — a tactic that paid off in an album of the year nod when Usher's old pal Mary J. Blige deployed ...

All five of One Direction's studio albums have returned to the UK top 40 following the death of former member Liam Payne. The singer died at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor ...