A London songwriter sent a garage track to a Chicago soul veteran, and the result reverses a 30-year habit of British DJs borrowing American vocals.

The Nashville medical examiner has closed the file on Brytavious Lakeith Chambers (Tay Keith), ruling his June 18 death an accident. The finding lands three months after it, and it does not touch the catalog he left.

No Guidnce ended after five years with unreleased music and no money left to put it out. The London quartet joins TLC, En Vogue and Mis-Teeq on R&B's long list of groups that ran out of cash before they ran out of fans.

A Sept. 15 order keeps Kirk Burrowes' case against Janice Combs moving without deciding it. What his claimed quarter of Bad Boy would reach now, after the Warner deal and the 2023 publishing handoff.

Glenn Lewis has released the full music video for ‘Waiting,’ a quietly aching standout from his 2026 album Overture. The new visual arrives with detailed production credits and another reminder that Lewis is treating this independent chapter as a continuation rather than a nostalgia exercise.

Jhené Aiko’s Westside Whimsy opens at No. 1 with 74,000 equivalent album units, giving the singer her first Billboard 200 leader after six previous top-10 projects.

Gunna, RAYE, Shaboozey, Yung Lean and several rising artists have joined the 2026 MTV VMAs performance lineup, with multiple broadcast and awards-show debuts planned.

The Maryland-born soul singer headlines a 4,921-capacity London venue in October, then brings Doctrine of Love home for 14 American dates that top out at 1,800. Inside the routing, from Thalia Hall to the Fonda.

TEEKS will release his sophomore album Lovers Comet on October 30 through Sony Music. The 12-track project arrives five years after Something to Feel and is previewed by the new single "Overdose."

Coi Leray teams with Diplo on "Nothing Into Something," a dance-floor turn that follows her No. 1 at urban radio while her Pink Sweatsuits album keeps waiting.

Tweet wraps the bluesy soul of “Toot Toot” in vintage furniture, vivid color and the intimacy of a living room, giving the breakup record a visual that feels unmistakably hers.

Thee Sinseers and Kareen Lomax arrive Friday without a major label behind either record, AZ Chike makes his Warner introduction, Chaka goes big, and three veterans put the Dogg Pound and Wu-Tang on one title. Plus the two releases landing on a different day.