Lucky Daye: Celebs Rumors

Stormzy has shared a new video for his track ‘Need You’, featuring Ayra Starr and Tendai – check it out below.The track is lifted from the rapper’s 2022 album ‘This Is What I Mean’, with the new video directed by Meji Alabi.It sees the trio hanging out in a lavish hotel, and follows previous visuals for the singles ‘Hide & Seek’ and ‘Firebabe’.Check out the ‘Need You’ video below.The first wave of acts for Stormzy‘s ‘This Is What We Mean Day’ at All Points East 2023 were recently announced.Last November, it was confirmed that the Croydon MC would be taking over Victoria Park in London on August 18 as part of this summer’s APE gig series. He’s curated the full bill for the day, and is set to deliver a headline show that evening.Organisers then revealed that Stormzy will be joined at the event by Kehlani, Sampha, Knucks, Lucky Daye, WSTRN, Ms Banks and The No Signal Stage.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music If there’s a top jack-of-all-trades in the music industry, there’s a good chance it’s Ryan Tedder. He’s a hugely successful recording artist (as leader of OneRepublic), one of the top songwriter-producers of the past 15 years (Beyoncé’s “Halo,” U2, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5, Ariana Grande and many more) and is also a more savvy music publisher than many full-time music publishers.

Justin Timberlake‘s new album Everything I Thought It Was is out in the world now and he celebrated its release with a star-studded party in Los Angeles.

Lucky Daye has dropped a new song titled "That’s You." The R&B artist co-wrote and co-produced the track with Bruno Mars. Check it out below.

Victoria Monét has opened up as to why she did not perform at this year’s edition of the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs).The singer-songwriter released her debut album ‘Jaguar II’ last month. The LP included collaborations between Monét and Lucky Daye, Buju Banton, her daughter Hazel Monét, and Earth, Wind & Fire and a song produced by Kaytranada.Her fans took to social media after noticing that Monét was not part of the MTV VMAs 2023 performer’s list.

Philly’s pre-eminent hip-hop and R&B festival is fast approaching.On Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4, the annual Roots Picnic drops into Philadelphia’s TD Pavilion at the Mann for two days of music, podcasting, food, drink and more.And you haven’t picked up last-minute tickets yet, you may want to re-evaluate because legends like Usher, Lauryn Hill, Lil Uzi Vert, Busta Rhymes and Eve will be taking the stage at the two-day extravaganza.Ari Lennox, Black Thought, City Girls, GloRilla and Lucky Daye are also set to perform.Plus, legends Roy Ayers and The Isley Brothers will be there too.You won’t want to forget festival curators and headliners The Roots either.Or Dave Chappelle kicking off the festivities at Wells Fargo Center on Friday, June 2.Seriously, there’s a lot of talent dropping into the City of Brotherly Love.We didn’t even mention Talib Kweli and Charlemagne tha God’s podcasts.Yes, there’s still so much more.So, how much does it cost to get in on the action?Well, at the time of publication, we found two-day general admission passes going for as low as $197 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes start at $103 before fees.$152 before fees is the lowest price to see Dave Chappelle live.If you still need more information, that’s no problem.We’ve got everything you need to know and more about the Roots Picnic Festival below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all Roots Picnic Festival dates, start times and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Dermot Kennedy has been announced as the final headliner at this year’s All Points East festival in London.The Irish singer will close out out the bash at Victoria Park on Sunday, August 27 alongside SG Lewis, Olivia Dean, James Vincent McMorrow, Nick Mulvey, Novo Amor, Moncrieff, Rachel Chinouriri and Áine Deane.Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Thursday (April 6) – you’ll be able to purchase yours here. A pre-sale is also due to go live at 9am today – sign up here.All Points East 2023 is also due to host performances from The Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs (August 25), Jungle (26) and Haim (28).Additionally, APE will stage this year’s Field Day in Victoria Park on August 19.

Stormzy‘s ‘This Is What We Mean Day’ at All Points East 2023 have been announced – check out the line-up so far below.Last November, it was confirmed that the Croydon MC would be taking over Victoria Park in London on August 18 as part of this summer’s APE gig series. He’s curated the full bill for the day, and is set to deliver a headline show that evening.Today (March 31), organisers have revealed that Stormzy will be joined at the event by Kehlani, Sampha, Knucks, Lucky Daye, WSTRN, Ms Banks and The No Signal Stage.Many more artists are to be announced for ‘This Is What We Mean Day’ in the coming weeks and months.

Thania Garcia Mary J. Blige, Pepsi and Live Nation Urban are joining forces to put together the second annual Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit in Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on May 11-14. The festival was launched by Blige last year as a means to empower women and their communities with live music events and special programming curated by an all-Black, female-led team consisting of Blige, Nicole Jackson, VP of MJB Inc., and Ashaunna Ayars of the Ayars Agency. This year’s iteration will kick off with a new special live music event with Grammy Award winner Robert Glasper. There will additionally be a #HipHop50 celebration hosted by Kenny Burns featuring rarely-performed hits by Blige and friends dubbed the “MJB B-Sides” set; and a special R&B night with performances by Lauryn Hill, Summer Walker, Lucky Daye, Muni Long, and more.

Chris Brown is a sore loser.

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.At Sunday night's awards ceremony, the former Destiny's Child singer took to the stage to announce the winner for Favorite Male R&B Artist. Nominees included Brent Faiyaz, Giveon, Lucky Daye, , and Chris Brown.When the opened up the envelope to reveal Brown as the winner of the category, loud boos from the audience were immediately audible—prompting Rowland to look surprised as she attempted to continue with her presenting duties."Now Chris Brown is not here tonight, so I'm accepting this award on his behalf," Rowland said before sternly addressing the continued booing.

Chris Brown won an award at the American Music Awards 2022 and the audience made their voices heard.

SG Lewis has announced his sophomore album AudioLust & HigherLove, the follow-up to 2021's times, with two new singles. “Infatuation” and “Vibe Like This” featuring Lucky Daye and Ty Dolla $ign are both out today – it's Lewis's second collaboration with Lucky Daye after the English electronic producer teamed up with the R&B crooner for "Feed The Fire" back in 2020.

SG Lewis has announced a new album and shared the first single from the record featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Lucky Daye.‘AudioLust & HigherLove’ is set for release on January 23 via PMR/EMI Records and is the follow up to his 2021 album ‘times’.He has also shared a new double single ‘Infatuation’ and ‘Vibe Like This’, the latter of which features Ty Dolla $ign and Lucky Daye. You can view the video for ‘Vibe Like This’ and listen to ‘Infatuation’ below.“The album is clearly split into two worlds,” SG Lewis said of his new record.

Afropunk was back in its birthplace for the first time since 2019 this past weekend.

Tank, one of R&B foremost artists, believes that many of today’s top rappers sound like singers, and vice versa. While rap has risen to the top of popular culture, traditional R&B, from the male standpoint, seems to have suffered. Decreasing record sales and a lack of representation is hurting the artform that produced acts such as New Edition, Usher, Boyz II Men, and Lucky Daye, among others.For upwards of two decades, Tank has managed to put out records consistent to the sound of R&B, beginning with his debut, 2001’s Force of Nature.

Megan Thee Stallion has shared a video for Traumazine song "Her." The house-inspired track comes with a suitably dance-orientated video with director Colin Tilley creating multiple replicas of the rapper to carry out the choreography. Anyone who has ever dreamed of a girl group made up entirely of Megans, this one is for you.

Megan Thee Stallion is never afraid to drop a bar or two upholding her own greatness, and her latest single is a whole song dedicated to just that. On Monday, the rapper dropped the stylish music video for the song “Her,” a leading track from her recently released studio album, Traumazine.

Megan Thee Stallion is never afraid to drop a bar or two upholding her own greatness, and her latest single is a whole song dedicated to just that. On Monday, the rapper dropped the stylish music video for the song «Her,» a leading track from her recently released studio album, . Directed by Colin Tilley, the video features a group of fabulously clad Megans voguing along to the house-inspired track as the rapper's boasts about being the top dog are supported by her impeccable flow. «Just the other day, I heard a h*e say / matter of fact, what could a h*e say? / With a face like this and a b**ch this paid, sh*t, what could a h*e say?» the rapper opens.

At the end of 2021, Alicia Keys shared her project KEYS, an ambitious double album-length exploration of the R&B songwriter's inspiration and compositional spectrum. She even spoke to us about it for a two-part podcast.

Megan Thee Stallion shares her new album Traumazine, which includes features from Key Glock, Pooh Shiesty, Latto, Rico Nasty, Jhene Aiko, Lucky Daye, Future, and more. This week, The Isley Brothers delivered their song “Make Me Say It Again, Girl,” featuring Beyoncé, Ari Lennox returns with her new single “Hoodie,” and DJ Premier drops the video for “Remy Rap,” with the assistance of Remy Ma and Rapsody.

winning five gramophones for her instant-classic debut, 2001’s “Songs in A Minor,” when she was just 21.The Recording Academy kept on falling for Keys, who went on to earn 10 more of its prestigious prizes. But the now-41-year-old star — who will headline two hometown shows at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday and Friday — has one very special Grammy that she didn’t technically win: She picked it up when John Mayer shared his Song of the Year trophy with her after his “Daughters” beat out her “If I Ain’t Got You” in 2005.“When he was onstage, [he said that] he just felt like I deserved that for ‘If I Ain’t Got You,’ ” Keys — who has also hosted the Grammys twice in her career — told The Post.

Diane Warren has apologised after making controversial comments about the numbers of co-writers on Beyoncé‘s new album, ‘Renaissance’.On Monday (August 1), Warren tweeted, “How can there be 24 writers on a song?” alongside an eye-roll emoji. The tweet was likely referring to ‘Alien Superstar’, a song on ‘Renaissance’ which credits two dozen songwriters.Those include the likes of Honey Dijon, Jay-Z, Lucky Daye, Labrinth and 070 Shake, but many of the credits are also due to sampling and interpolation of other artists’ songs.

Last year saw the release of times, the debut album from the London-based electronic artist SG Lewis. The project enlisted legends like Nile Rogers and Robyn as well as hotly-tipped newcomers like Lucky Daye and Channel Tres to showcase Lewis' meticulous study of dancefloor euphoria. Today, he's released two new singles: “Missing You” and “Something About Your Love.” "Missing You" is '80s synth-rave carried on the back of a snappy Linn drum-sprinkled beat that would make Starboy-era The Weeknd salivate, while "Something About Your Love" will find a home in the heart of anyone missing the glory days of French touch.

celebrities arriving at fashion shows, sitting front row, and gathering at the after-parties, but what’s it like during those moments in between? As glamorous and fun as it may look, there are a lot of moving parts that go into capturing those organized moments of well-dressed celebrities. For the most recent cycle of Men’s Fashion Week in Paris, photographer Stephen Tayo followed Lucky Daye and his stylist, Alexander-Julian Gibson, around to document their experience for ESSENCE.

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CNN on Sunday will broadcast the first-ever Juneteenth: A Global Celebration for Freedom, featuring a Hollywood Bowl concert with a lineup of artists, with an effort to inform and educate viewers on the meaning of the new federal holiday.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter a three-year hiatus, the Brooklyn edition of the Afropunk festival will return this fall, taking place over the weekend of September 10-11 at its traditional location of Commodore Barry Park in the New York City borough’s Fort Greene neighborhood.The lineup, announced Tuesday, (June 14th) includes  the Roots, Lucky Daye,m= Tierra Whack, Burna Boy, Freddie Gibbs, Isaiah Rashad, Earl Sweatshirt, Bartees Strange, Adekunle Gold, Fana Hues, Pink Siifu, Butcher Brown, Alex Mali, Mick Jenkins, and others.The festival is divided into two stages: the “Brooklyn Baby” stage and the “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” stage.See the full lineup below.The Afropunk franchise continues to expand, holding its first-ever Midwestern event this weekend at Minneapolis’ Sheridan Memorial Park. Titled Planet Afropunk Live: Minneapolis, the lineup will include Ari Lennox, Noname, and Mereba just to name a few performers who will make an appearance on both days.

AFROPUNK is returning back to the Mecca in Brooklyn! This popular celebration of Black music and culture will be held in Commodore Barry Park on September 10th and 11th, and includes Burna Boy and The Legendary Roots Crew as this year’s headliners, along with Lucky Daye, Earl Sweatshirt, and many more of your favorite entertainers.AFROPUNK Brooklyn 2022 features the Spinthrift Market, a shop market full of talented makers, selectors and curators from the New York area, as well as Bites ‘n Beats, which provides event goers an opportunity to indulge in cuisines from NYC chefs and local food trucks.Tickets to the festival go on sale Friday, June 17th at 10am EST.Take a look at some of the artists set to perform at this year’s AFROPUNK in Brooklyn, New York.TOPICS:  AfroPunk lucky daye The Roots

Pharrell Williams shared some of the featured artists that will appear with him for his “Pharrell and Phriends” set at this year’s Something In The Water festival in Washington, DC from June 17 – 19.The list of newly released special guests include Clipse, Justin Timberlake, N.O.R.E, Q-Tip, SZA and more.  Earlier this month, the festival revealed additional performers including Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, bLAck pARty, J Balvin, and 21 Savage, along with several others.Previously announced performers 6LACK, Adekunle Gold, Ashanti & Ja Rule, Ashe, Baby Tate, Baird, BIA, Blxst, Calvin Harris, Chloe x Halle, Dave Matthews Band, Davido, Denzel Curry, DJ Domo, Dreamer Isioma, Duckwrth, EARTHGANG, Emotional Oranges, ericdoa, Gracie Abrams, Hope Tala, Jean Dawson, Jeremy Zucker, JID, Jon Batiste, Lakeyah, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, Lucky Daye, María Isabel, Mariah the Scientist, Moneybagg Yo, Montell Fish, Ogi, Omar Apollo, Ozuna, Paris Texas, Pharrell & Phriends, Pusha T, Q, Quinn XCII, Rae Sremmurd, Raveena, Rei Ami, Roddy Ricch, ROLE MODEL, Run The Jewels, Saba, Sabrina Claudio, Skepta, Skiifall, Skillibeng, slowthai, Snoh Aalegra, Sound of the City, Syd, Teyana Taylor, Thundercat, T.I., Tierra Whack, Tobe Nwigwe, Tokischa, Tyler, The Creator, Usher, and YVNGXCHRIS are all slated to hit the stage on Juneteenth weekend.Produced by Redrock Entertainment and Live Nation, this year’s SOTW festival will celebrate art, culture, and music, and will continue its mission to unite communities, celebrate diversity and empower everyone from the youth to small business owners in Washington, DC.

Emanuel Okusanya From traditional West African highlife music to modern-day Afrobeat R&B, Adekunle Gold has become one of the top exports during the genre’s globalization. Initially garnering attention for his 2014 One Direction “Story of My Life” cover (later retitled “Sade”), Gold used that momentum to launch his career and release four studio albums.

Juneteenth, several entertainers of color will perform at the Hollywood Bowl on June 19, which is set to air live on all CNN platforms.Juneteenth: A Global Celebration of Freedom will include performances from Earth, Wind & Fire, Michelle Williams, Robert Glasper, Jhené Aiko, Billy Porter, Mary Mary, Lucky Daye, Anthony Hamilton, Yolanda Adams, Killer Mike, the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, and the Re-Collective Orchestra; marking the first time an all-Black orchestra will perform at the Hollywood Bowl stage since it opened in 1922.In addition to rocking the stage with The Roots, Questlove will also serve as the event’s musical director with Adam Blackstone, CNN reports.“It’s a moment to celebrate and reflect on Black independence and the Black experience,” Shawn Gee, President of Live Nation Urban said in a statement.  “It’s also a moment to raise awareness and shine light on the miles we still need to travel to true equity.”Juneteenth is a remembrance of the slave’s emancipation in 1865. This year will mark the second year it will be celebrated as a national holiday, after President Joe Biden signed the bill last year on June 17, just two days prior to the date.

Lucky Daye has linked up with producer Mark Ronson for a new collaborative single, sharing the smooth cut ‘Too Much’.Released on Friday (May 13), it marks the second time the pair have worked together, after collaborating in 2019 on ‘Fly’ from the soundtrack for animated film Spies In Disguise. On ‘Too Much’, the pair join forces again to create a harmonious blend of disco, soul and funk, courtesy of Ronson’s sumptuous production and Daye’s velvety vocals.

Ella Mai. After a nearly four-year hiatus, the “Boo’d Up” singer released Heart on My Sleeve, which features Latto, Roddy Ricch, and Lucky Daye.

“The Kelly Rowland” show is something the singer could really dig into.