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Global music streaming service Spotify is making a giant leap into Kenya and other 38 African countries with the launch in a matter of days. Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Capo Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Estwani, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea and Guinea Bissau. The rest are…

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from rapper Kanye West after almost seven years of marriage, bringing to an end one of the world’s most recognisable duos in entertainment with a social media following in the hundreds of millions and a number of political and big-business ventures.…

Cicely Tyson, the stage, screen and television actress whose vivid portrayals of strong African-American women shattered racial stereotypes in the dramatic arts of the 1970s, propelling her to stardom and fame as an exemplar for civil rights, died on Thursday. She was 96. Her death was announced by her longtime…

Rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to a federal firearm charge on Saturday, and now faces up to 10 years of prison time, according to a statement from the Southern District of Florida’s U.S. Attorney Office. The rapper has previously been convicted of a felony, making it illegal for him to…

Sean Connery, the Scottish actor best known for his portrayal of James Bond, has died aged 90. His son, Jason, said he had died peacefully in his sleep, having been “unwell for some time”. He was admired by generations of film fans as the original and best 007, and went…

Kenyan rapper Khaligraph Jones lost the Best International Flow award to UK’s Stormzy at the just concluded BET hip hop awards. The rapper took to Instagram to prove that he is not a sore loser as he congratulated Stormzy for the win. The OG as he is also known said…

The 2020 Billboard Music Awards are a wrap! Post Malone came into the show the biggest nominee and he leaves the biggest winner, taking home the top artist prize to end the night and winning nine awards overall. See all the night’s big winners below: ARTIST AWARDS Top Artist:Billie EilishJonas…

Jay-Z is standing by protesters calling for justice in the February 2020 shooting death of Alvin Cole at the hands of police in Wisconsin. Jay-Z and Team ROC, the social justice arm of the rapper’s ROC Nation company, offered Friday to pay the fees associated with the arrests of peaceful…

Actor, director and producer Clark Middleton, who appeared in “Kill Bill Vol. 2,” “The Blacklist” and “Snowpiercer,” died Sunday as a result of West Nile Virus, his wife Elissa confirmed. He was 63. “With heavy hearts we announce the passing of a life eminently worthy of celebration: Clark Tinsley Middleton,…

The release of the new James Bond film has been delayed again. The premiere of No Time To Die had already been moved from April to November because of the pandemic. The film has now been further delayed until 2 April 2021 “in order to be seen by a worldwide…