Rihanna made a bejeweled return to her home country of Barbados Monday.
She appeared in a colorful, jewel-and-feather-adorned costume for the annual Crop Over festival, a similar celebration to Carnival. She walked and danced in the Grand Kadooment Day Parade, then boarded a float and waved to fans.
According to Glamour, the look was designed by Barbadian designer Lauren Austin.
Meanwhile, Rihanna’s partner A$AP Rocky opened up about their relationship in an interview with Jason Lee dropping Wednesday.
“One thing I could say about my woman that people don’t know, she a real a** b****, bro. She’s not one of these Hollywood motherf*****’ newbies,” he said in a preview clip. “She really is a strong Black woman, and she held me down even when I was at my lowest.”
“This don’t got nothing to do with her accolades or her money. The truth of the matter is, when my dad died she was there for me,” he added.
Rocky said Rihanna was the only woman who “could match me.” The two share three children together.
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“WAP” has officially gone Diamond.
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion are celebrating after their raunchy 2020 hit “WAP” was certified Diamond by the RIAA with over 10 million units sold.
“Awww y’all,” Cardi wrote on X. “WAP just went diamond… me and @theestallion really did that!! Love y’all so much… thank you for streaming and making history with us.”
Megan responded to the post, adding, “WOWW omg diamond sisterrr thank you for having me.”
The two rappers have since collaborated on two other songs, 2023’s “Bongos” and 2024’s “Wanna Be (Remix)” with GloRilla.
Cardi released her newest single, “Ah Ha,” last week.
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6lack has released the music video for his song “I Guess,” off Love is the New Gangsta.
The visual, directed by Cameron Dean, features the singer in surreal dreamscapes. In one scenario, a giant bear appears in the room with him, and on the wall we see a broken heart and the lyrics “I guess I blew it.” Other scenes feature him in a field of sunflowers and against a cloud backdrop.
On the song, he sings about looking back on a failed relationship and realizing there’s nothing he can do to save it.
This latest music video follows previous video releases for Love is the New Gangsta tracks “On Me” featuring Odeal, “Running Late Freestyle,” “All That Matters” featuring AZ Chike and Leon Thomas, and “Sunday Again” featuring 2Chainz.
6lack is heading overseas in September for the European leg of his 10 Years of 6lack tour. He’ll be back in the U.S. in October, hitting cities such as Los Angeles, Houston and his hometown of Atlanta before wrapping things up in Minneapolis on Dec. 11.
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Jaafar Jackson has found his next role.
The Michael actor is set to star alongside Will Smith in the upcoming action-thriller film Supermax for Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax, ABC Audio has confirmed.
Pineapple Express and Halloween director David Gordon Green will helm the film. It is set to stream worldwide on Prime Video.
Smith will star as Rex in the film, which is described to be “a propulsive and twist-laden action thriller.” It follows two FBI agents who investigate a murder that has taken place inside the world’s most secure prison.
AnnaSophia Robb has also been cast in the film. She will seemingly play the second FBI agent along with Smith’s Rex.
David Weil and David J. Rosen, who are known for their work on the TV shows Hunters and Invasion, wrote the film. Smith will produce the movie for his company Westbrook.
Jackson, who is the nephew of Michael Jackson, portrayed his uncle in the hit biopic Michael. The Antoine Fuqua-directed film is now the highest-grossing biopic of all time, having surpassed Oppenheimer and Bohemian Rhapsody.
Supermax will mark Smith’s first onscreen appearance since the 2024 film Bad Boys: Ride or Die. That movie was his first major film part after the 2022 incident in which he slapped presenter Chris Rock onstage at the 94th Academy Awards. It was the same night he won his best actor Oscar for portraying Richard Williams in the biopic King Richard.
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Coco Jones has gone from “LUVAGIRL” to married woman.
The singer tied the knot with Cleveland Cavaliers player Donovan Mitchell in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Saturday, ESPN reports.
In a video posted by sports agent Troy Payne, the couple is seen dancing to Musiq Soulchild’s 2000 song “Love” at the reception.
Coco teased in an interview with ABC Audio last week that the wedding was “literally occurring very soon.”
Coco and Donovan announced their engagement on Instagram last July. Reps for the couple told People in a statement that the proposal took place while the two were on vacation recharging “after an amazing season and a sold-out tour.”
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50 Cent has appeared in enough films and TV shows to break down some of his most iconic roles, but the same can’t be said for Eminem. 50 attributes Em’s limited acting career to a lack of creative control.
“I said, ‘I wanna do a movie,'” 50 explained in a interview with GQ. “Then, when we got into it, it was really no control. So, this is why they couldn’t get [Eminem] back after 8 Mile because he can control things when we work on music in the studio. It’s not ready until we say it’s ready. We can do it and do it over or, you know, it doesn’t matter. ‘Til it’s perfected.”
In a film, however, “you’re just someone on a team of people that can make a great project. And then there’s a whole cast.”
Among the projects 50 discussed in the clip are Den of Thieves, Southpaw, Righteous Kill and Power, among others.
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