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The 63rd annual Grammys, hosted by Trevor Noah, are taking place tonight, Sunday, March 14th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. While many big names will be there for the ceremony, a notably absent presence from tonight’s events is none other than Rihanna. The Fenty CEO hasn’t released new music in close to five years, which has left eager fans impatient as they await a fresh project. While she’s teased fans for years about when the new project could possibly arrive, people close to Rih say her mogul-status and her desire for freedom have been delaying the release of R9. 

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When the New York Post reached out to a representative at her label Roc Nation about the status of the highly-anticipated project, the rep simply replied: “Don’t know … haven’t heard anything.”  The publication also spoke with Memsor Kamarake, a stylist who has worked with the megastar, who explained her sporadic musical releases.

“You know how Sade drops an album, we love it and then she disappears to the English countryside every five or six years?” Kamarake said. “That’s Rihanna. She’s become bigger than the music.” 

The publication also noted that on-air personality on the popular The Wake Up Show with Sway & King Tech Skyy Hook believes Rih enjoys the freedom working in fashion brings her. “Fenty … is why the album is taking so long to drop,” said Hook about Rihanna’s successful beauty and fashion brand. 

“Rihanna understands her value,” said Hook, noting how, in the music industry, artists often have to pay back fees to labels for recording and promotion of an album. But with fashion, Hook explained, “There are not 50 people in Rihanna’s pocket before she even sees her profit. There are very little middle men in fashion compared to the music industry.”   

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While we do miss hearing new hits from Rihanna, it seems like she’s no longer wants to be the enormous pop star she once was. Thoughts on her new musical outlook? Sound off in the comments. 

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Carmelo Anthony is one of the most prolific scorers to ever play in the NBA. Over the past few years, some fans have tried to say that Melo is washed although he has proven this to be false ever since joining the Portland Trail Blazers. Anthony has found his role as a secondary scorer on a team that boasts the talents of one of the best point guards in the league, in Damian Lillard.

Since joining the Blazers, Anthony has consistently crept up the all-time scorer’s list and last night, he reached yet another milestone. The Blazers star officially surpassed Hakeem Olajuwon for 11th on the all-time list. This was after a 26-point game in a win against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Following the match, Carmelo spoke on just how much the milestone means to him.

“I’m still here, I’m still playing, I’m still going, I’m still enjoying the game, I’m still happy.. that’s all that matters,” Melo said. With this performance, Melo now has 26,946 points and this total is only going to keep going higher. Now, Melo will be going for the Top 10.

Melo has proven that he can still play at an elite level and we’re sure the Blazers are ecstatic that they gave him a chance last season.

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Future is undeniably one of rap’s most powerful forces, namely for his role in popularizing Atlanta trap music among a slew of other accolades. He cemented this status in 2017 with the release of his sixth-studio album Hndrxx, which arrived just one week after releasing his self-titled fifth studio album. He made history by becoming the first artist to release two Billboard 200 chart-topping albums in consecutive weeks, and the former project was met with positive critical reviews. While surely an impressive era, the hitmaker thinks he would’ve blocked Michael Jackson’s insanely successful Thriller album from being as popular as it was had he been around in the 80s.   

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The 37-year-old Atlanta rapper co-signed a comparison made by a fan, reposting a screenshot of a tweet where the bold statement was made. “If ‘HNDRXX’ woulda came out in 1982 MJ woulda never blew up,” penned the fan, suggesting that MJ’s Thriller, which is the current best-selling album in history, would’ve maybe run into some commercial trouble had Future been around. His manager wrote on the screenshot, “That’s deep and one helluva compliment.”

Resharing his manager’s post in his story, Future added, “just saying….” seemingly in full agreement with the statements. 

While Future’s commercial success is remarkable, this comparison does seem a bit unfounded. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments! 

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Celebrity boxing matches have been all the rage as of late especially in light of all the money Jake Paul has been making. Promoters all around the country are trying to get as many celebrities involved as possible, and on June 12th, a new match will be taking place between Aaron Carter and Lamar Odom. On paper, Odom should win this match incredibly easily although it seems like Carter won’t go down without a fight.

In new footage obtained by TMZ, Carter can be seen vigorously training with the likes of Jesse Strader who is an MMA fighter. Carter’s skill still has a long way to go although, at this point, it seems like he might have a fighting chance if he can prove to be mobile. In the clip below. Carter explains just how badly he wants to win.

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Big Sean has revealed that his iconic Detroit mixtape is getting remastered and will be added to streaming services, next month.

“Next month the Detroit mixtape will be on all streaming services, re-mixed and mastered properly, finally! Happy 313 day tho,” he tweeted, Saturday night.

Sean also tweeted out a teaser for the vinyl edition of Detroit 2 with a pair of pictures of the packaging.

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Sean first teased Detroit being added to streaming services after replying to an account on Twitter, last year: “Yeah We need Detroit the mixtape on all streaming services too tho, quit playin.”

Sean recently appeared on One Question, One Mike with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. During the interview, Sean opened up regarding his mental health and admitted that there have been multiple points in his life when he contemplated suicide.

“I for sure contemplated suicide a lot of times,” Sean said during the interview. “Having guns in my hands and really just… feeling it, for real. Not even trying to be dramatic. Even planning it out to the point where, hey, if I do kill myself, at least my family will get this amount of money. I’d have done this already. All these things. Because I just was stressed out and not happy and I realized that I need to stop everything I’m doing and figure this out or I’ma self-destruct.”

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