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Britney Spears has reportedly sold the rights to her music catalogue. The catalogue includes hit songs like “…Baby One More Time” and “Oops!…I Did It Again,” according to US media reports. Celebrity website TMZ, citing legal documents, reported that the deal was signed on December 30. TMZ sources also estimated the deal could be worth about $200m, although the exact amount was not stated in the documents. Reports said the rights were bought by music publisher Primary Wave. Primary Wave’s po

Kehlani has won Best R&B Performance, for “Folded,” at the 2026 Grammy Awards. They won out over songs by Chris Brown and Bryson Tiller (“It Depends”), Justin Bieber(“Yukon”), Leon Thomas (“Mutt [Live from NPR’s Tiny Desk]”), and Summer Walker(“Heart of a Woman”). View this post on Instagram A post shared by New Dope (@newdopehq) This is Kehlani’s first Grammy win; she also won for Best R&B Song, again for “Folded,” later in the evening. “I’ve never won anything before, this is a really

J. Cole released his highly-anticipated album The Fall-Off on Friday (Feb. 6). Nearly eight years after teasing The Fall-Off with the KOD outro, “1985,” J. Cole has finally delivered what he’s long framed as his final album. The Fall-Off is a double-disc album split into Disc 29 and Disc 39, totaling in 24 songs. The Dreamville honcho recently shared that some of his earliest verses were written at just 19 on The Come Up, when “a delusional teenager from Fayetteville” packed up and headed to NY

J. Cole has revealed the tracklist for The Fall-Off two days ahead of the album’s Friday (Feb. 6) arrival. The double-LP boasts 24 tracks in total. It’s broken down into 11 tracks plus a bonus on each disc, which are titled Disc 29 and Disc 39. It’s possible that the featured guests are being hidden. In addition to Cole, Dreamville cofounder Ibrahim “IB” Hamad, T-Minus and Dreamville are credited as executive producers. The back cover reveals posters of Cole’s hip-hop inspirations, including r

Kendrick Lamar has set a new record at the 2026 Grammy Awards, becoming the most-awarded rapper in history with 27 wins, surpassing Jay-Z’s previous record of 25. The 38-year-old took home the award for Best Rap Album for GNX at the start of the ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 2. Later during the broadcast, he also won Record of the Year for "Luther," featuring SZA. "I'm not good at talking about myself, but I express it through the music," Lamar said during his acceptance speech. "It’s an honor to b

Bad Bunny says “ICE out” in forceful Grammy speech It is music's biggest night - but politics is still playing a leading role at the Grammy Awards. Artists including Puerto Rican megastar Bad Bunny and British singer Olivia Dean, as well as country star Shaboozy and Cuban-American icon Gloria Estefan, used their wins to call out the Trump administration's continued immigration enforcement operations. Immigration operations have riled multiple cities, most recently Minneapolis, where federal a

It appears that late rapper Juice WRLD’s music has sprung a leak ahead of the upcoming deluxe version of his posthumous album, The Party Never Ends. XXL broke the news on Tuesday (January 27), revealing that the leak occurred last week. The tracks surfaced on January 24, just weeks before the planned release of The Party Never Ends (Deluxe). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Juice WRLD 9 9 9 (@juicewrld999) The leak reportedly includes songs such as “Lost My Mind,” “Time,” “B

J. Cole has unveiled a second album cover for his long-anticipated seventh album, The Fall-Off. On Thursday (January 29), the two-time Grammy winner shared the new artwork for his upcoming album, which is scheduled to arrive February 6, alongside a backstory on why he’ll have two separate covers. "The Fall-Off that is currently circulating is a picture that I took on a disposable camera when I was 15 years old," Cole wrote in a post on X. "My very first set up. My first beats were made in that