Solána Imani Rowe, who goes by the stage name SZA, indirectly owes her career to Kendrick Lamar. She met members of the “euphoria” star’s former label, Top Dawg Entertainment, during the CMJ New Music Report in 2011. Her boyfriend’s clothing company was sponsoring a show in which Lamar was performing.

The iHeartRadio Music Award nominations were announced Wednesday and it was a good day for Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen.

Beyoncé leads the 2025 Grammys nominee pack, but Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli xcx are vying for their moment in the spotlight. Beyoncé is up for 11 awards thanks to “Cowboy Carter,” tying Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” record for most nominations for a single album.

Paycor Stadium appears ready to host another major concert in 2025. The Cincinnati Bengals said in a release Wednesday that they and Live Nation will host a press conference at 11 a.m. Thursday to announce a special concert.

Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter and Post Malone also scored multiple nominations at the March 17 event that will pay tribute to the rebuilding of Los Angeles following the devastating wildfires.

Kendrick Lamar has been confirmed as the performer for the Super Bowl halftime show, but a photo of Swift posted after the Chiefs' AFC championship has led fans to speculate that SZA may not be Lamar's only special guest on Super Bowl Sunday.

while Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone and Sabrina Carpenter are tied with nine nominations

Jon Batiste is preparing for his Super Bowl 2025 National Anthem performance, and the 22-time Grammy nominee is aiming to present a rendition that will stand the "test of time."

The iHeartRadio Music Awards will return on Monday, March 17, to celebrate their station’s most-played artists and songs of 2024. The nominees for the 2025 awards were announced Wednesday, and Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen lead with ten each for their inescapable hit songs this year.

On Thursday, Jan. 23, Lamar, 37, revealed that SZA will join him as a guest performer at the Super Bowl in a trailer for Apple Music's Super Bowl LIX Halftime show. In the clip, the Pulitzer-winning rapper stands on a football field and chats on the phone with someone.

She’s a well-established artist who’s had barely any Grammy recognition in the past (prior to this year, her two nominations were a decade ago, for Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy”), and she’s defined by her penchant for creative reinvention – so the possibility that she’ll be nominated in future years feels less inevitable than it does for many of her Big Four competitors.

Mustard revealed that Kendrick Lamar described feeling like Goku when he first heard the electrifying beat for "Hey Now."