Kendrick Lamar: Last News

If you’re one of the lucky few who somehow beat Ticketmaster at its price-gouging game and secured tickets to upcoming tours from Beyoncé, Oasis, Lady Gaga, and more — congratulations. The next step is figuring out what to wear, arguably the most challenging part of any concert experience.

Angelique Jackson Canadian music video director and filmmaker Julien Christian Lutz, a.k.a. Director X, has signed with Paradigm Talent Agency for representation.

A judge in New York City has denied a motion from Universal Music Group (UMG) to delay discovery in the defamation lawsuit brought against the label by Drake. This ruling will allow the rapper's legal team to begin "deposing key executives and requesting document production," according to a statement sent by Drake's representative.

Little Simz has delayed the release of her upcoming album ‘Lotus’, citing “scheduling of shooting a movie” as the reason.Originally due to be released on May 9, the album’s release date has now been pushed back to June 6 and will be out via AWAL Recordings. Simz shared the news of the ‘Lotus’ delay on Instagram, saying that it has to be done “due to a scheduling of shooting a movie that just came in.”She added: “Not ideal for me or you I know, trust me I’ve tried many ways around it but just means I can’t do the film otherwise.

Kendrick Lamar‘s untitled comedy film is being pushed back to 2026 – find out more below.In early 2022, it was revealed that Kendrick Lamar would be producing a live-action comedy film in collaboration with the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The following year, it was confirmed that besides producing, Parker would also direct the live-action movie.Ever since then, little information has been shared about the film, except that it would release on the Fourth of July this year.

The untitled, highly anticipated feature comedy film produced by Kendrick Lamar and South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone will no longer be released in 2025. A report in Variety reveals the release date has been bumped from July 4, 2025 to March 20, 2026.

It’s CinemaCon week, so, studios get those release date changes and announcements in. Today, Paramount‘s untitled Kendrick Lamar, Trey Parker and Matt Stone movie from filmmaker Dave Free, which was set for July 4 this year will move to March 20, 2026.

Will Smith revealed the advice given to him by Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar ahead of his return to music.The Men In Black star’s new record, ‘Based On A True Story’, was released on March 28 and marked his first full-length album since ‘Lost And Found’ in 2005. It features collaborations with artists such as Teyana Taylor and DJ Jazzy Jeff.Speaking on the show Sway In The Morning, Smith talked about his preparation for returning to rapping. “Before I started, I made two phone calls,” Smith said.

Sia, David Guetta and Afrojack teamed up to perform their hit single ‘Titanium’ together for the first time ever. Check it out below.The moment took place at Miami’s Ultra Music Festival – which is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary – on Friday (March 28) towards the end of Afrojack’s headlining set.Afrojack began to play a snippet of Guetta’s ‘Sexy Bitch’, hinting to the crowd that he was about to appear on stage.

Will Smith gettin’ jiggy wit it again.After all, he had long ago given up his career as a lighthearted rapper and had become a serious thespian who was the frontrunner to win an Oscar in 2022 — on his third nomination — for “King Richard.”But of course, we all know what happened next. Smith trashed an entire career that had been leading up to that moment — from sitcom star (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) to box-office boss (“Men in Black”) to acclaimed actor (“The Pursuit of Happyness”) — when he shockingly slapped Oscar presenter Chris Rock shortly before winning one of those bald bad boys.Now he was the bad boy.Almost three years to the day after the slap heard around the world went down on March 27, 2022, Smith is attempting the most improbable of comebacks by going back to his roots in music with “Based on a True Story,” his first album since 2005’s “Lost and Found.”He addresses all the drama right away in the opening “Int.

Pro Skater 3+4, which features a mix of OG anthems and music from newer artists.Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 is due out later this year and reworks 2001’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and the 2002 follow-up. The game will include a number of familiar levels and OG skateboarders but developers have also promised new additions to the iconic series.Earlier this month, the first wave of artists for the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 soundtrack were announced.

Kendrick Lamar‘s Super Bowl Halftime Show has received over 100 official complaints filed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).According to The Hill, 125 official complaints were filed to the FCC by viewers following the conclusion of Lamar’s Super Bowl performance in February. According to a report obtained by The Hill, a majority of the 125 complaints took issue with Kendrick’s lyrics and “provocative dancing”.During the performance, Kendrick performed several cuts off his latest album ‘GNX’ and his acclaimed discography, most notably performing the Drake diss ‘Not Like Us’, albeit playing a censored version.One complaint saw a viewer from Lenox saying their children should not have been subjected to seeing and hearing “the language and gestures”, while another suggested that future Super Bowl halftime performances “consider hiring musical entertainment that is family friendly and not socially or politically centered… it would be a nice change to have entertainment that truly shows what America should be: family, country, decency and respect.”That same viewer added: “It is tiresome to have to send children out of the room during what should be a family event due to possible vulgarity and inappropriate language/gestures.”Another viewer complained that the halftime show was “the worst” they’ve seen: “I’m glad that I couldn’t understand most of what Kendrick Lamar was saying because I read the lyrics to a few of his songs, and I am appalled.

Playboi Carti's new album, MUSIC, has debuted at the top of the Billboard 200. It sold 298,000 equivalent album units, Billboard reports.

Thania Garcia Playboi Carti‘s “Music” has entered the albums chart at No. 1 with the biggest opening numbers for a rap album this year. The 30-song set enters the Billboard 200 with 298,000 album units earned in the United States, according to Luminate, and a total of 384 million streams — these are the biggest streaming numbers for any album since Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” collected 428.54 million listens in its second week (May 2024).

SZA has revealed Taylor Swift “was open” to writing something together.Last night (March 21), the ‘Snooze’ singer made an appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, and touched on a time the two had spoken at the Grammy Awards, hinting at a potential collaboration.“It’s so interesting to me,” SZA said. “Every time she walks up to me or approaches me, I’m just like, ‘All right, this is happening, because that’s fully Taylor Swift’. I think what I mentioned was that I would love to write with her and love to build some things together.”“I love her storytelling.

It sounds like a SZA and Taylor Swift collaboration might be on the horizon!

Kanye West has now threatened to end Playboi Carti‘s career as he continues his recent tirade on X/Twitter.The controversial rapper has recently started another slew of misogynistic, anti-Semitic and other defamatory tweets, seemingly triggered by Carti’s new album ‘Music’ and Kendrick Lamar’s involvement in the record. Later, Ye revealed he was upset that Carti removed ‘Different Day’ – a promotional single released back in 2024 which he produced – from ‘Music’ and made it a bonus track on the online paid version of the album.West went on to share more irate tweets aimed at Carti, claiming he gave the Atlanta star his “biggest song and co-sign” (via E! News) – referring to the 2024 single ‘Carnival’ from ‘Vultures 1’, which became Carti’s first Number One on the Billboard Hot 100. He even said he and Carti “beat women” – citing the latter’s 2023 arrest for domestic violence, causing Carti to finally hit back with a succinct tweet: “Ye STFU”.Beneath one of Ye’s tweets, a fan wrote: “Kanye can end Carti career fr [sic] but he won’t do that” – to which West agreed, replying: “I will and I am going to.”Ye, fka Kanye West, says he will end Playboi Carti’s career “I will and I am going to” pic.twitter.com/l3EcYi01aL— Kurrco (@Kurrco) March 19, 2025Ye continued to berate Carti in a separate tweet: “Carti, you a child.

Drake‘s lawyers have claimed that “millions of people” believe Kendrick Lamar was literally calling him a pedophile.Last November, the ‘Hotline Bling’ hitmaker filed a dispute against Universal Music Group in New York, alleging that the publisher and label had “artificially inflated” streams for ‘Not Like Us’, among other allegations.In the filing – which can be viewed here – Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC accused UMG and Spotify of “illegally” aiding and boosting ‘Not Like Us’ streams in favour of Lamar – who entered a viral rap feud with Drake last year.More recently, UMG filed a motion to dismiss the Canadian rapper’s suit, stating that he had sued the corporation because he “lost a rap battle”. They went on to say that “instead of accepting the loss like the unbothered rap artist he often claims to be”, Drake had “sued his own record label in a misguided attempt to salve his wounds”.UMG also cited a 2022 petition in their filing which noted that Drake, along with various other musicians, had urged prosecutors to stop citing rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials.

Dolly Parton has revealed that she laid down some ground rules to Sabrina Carpenter before agreeing to appear on their collaborative version of ‘Please Please Please’.The singer teamed up with the country icon on the joint fresh take of the hit single for the deluxe edition of Carpenter’s latest album ‘Short N’ Sweet’, which was released last month.In an interview with Knox News, Parton said she told Carpenter before agreeing to the collab: “I told her, I said, ‘Now, I don’t cuss, I don’t make fun of Jesus. I don’t talk bad about God, and I don’t say dirty words on camera, but known to if I get mad enough’”.Parton expressed praise for Carpenter, but she did point out that the singer “can talk a little bad now and then.”On the original version of the song, Carpenter sings: “I beg you, don’t embarrass me motherfucker.” For their collaboration the lyrics were altered to: “I beg you, don’t embarrass me like the others.”When they first shared their team-up, Parton posted a clip of herself meeting with Carpenter.

Erykah Badu is finally readying her first album in over a decade – find out more below.In a new interview with Billboard, Badu revealed that she’s bene hard at work in the studio, where she’s recording on her first studio album in 15 years. The album is being produced solely by The Alchemist, who has in the past worked with the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Ghostface Killah and more.While the album isn’t done and hasn’t received a title or release date, Erykah Badu has told Billboard that it’s “taking up most of her time” and that she “can’t wait” until it’s done.Elsewhere during the chat, Badu explained why it’s been so long between albums: “I tour eight months out of the year for the past 25 years. That’s what I do.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music In the latest pushback from Universal Music Group in Drake’s defamation lawsuit against the company over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” diss track, UMG has asked a federal judge to stop all discovery in the case, which includes demands for “all contracts” between Lamar and UMG, as well as compensation and incentives — i.e. salary and bonuses — for Interscope CEO John Janick and other executives.