Apple Music Launches 'Africa Now' Playlist Featuring Latest in African Hip-Hop, Gqom, Afrobeats & More

By Dade Hayes

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Michelle Obama has a ton of new projects in the works. Last year, the former and announced they had with and they'd be launching several documentaries and films through their production company Higher Ground Productions.

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services.

It has been over two years since Justice League released and fans continue to campaign for the Zack Snyder cut of Justice League. The DCEU movie which starred Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller and Ray Fisher in the lead had a disastrous run at the box office. The output left fans fuming and demanding for the Snyder cut. While Warner Bros is yet to address the petition, director Snyder has been teasing his version on his Vero account time and again. 

Mike Boateng is one of the 12 singletons who have been unveiled to star on the new series of Love Island. But the 24 year old is so set on finding romance on the dating show that he has reportedly quit his job as a police officer.

Concord Music Publishing has acquired a stake in the Pulse Music Group, and as a result will form an exclusive joint venture that will see the Pulse brand continuing with funding by Concord, which will also administer its new partner's catalog and future signings.

Mike Yung first captured the hearts of America's Got Talent viewers in 2017, when he made it to the semi-finals in season 12 after years of singing in New York City subway stations.Now, the crooner is back for season 2 of America's Got Talent: The Champions, and in the exclusive clip below, Yung blows the judges away with a powerful rendition of his 2018 Martin Garrix collab, "Dreamer.""I love this song! Great song," judge Heidi Klum exclaims over the crooner's rich, heartfelt vocals.

Mick Jenkins has shared a new song called “Carefree.” It’s out January 10 on a seven-song release titled The Circus. Take a listen to “Carefree” and check out the album art below.

Mouse on Mars’ Jan St. Werner has announced a new album. It’s called Molecular Meditation, and it’s out February 21 via Editions Mego. Listen to “VS Cancelled,” which features vocal contributions from the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, and take a look at the Molecular Meditation tracklist below.

Champagne corks were popped, streamers were thrown and a good time was had by all as celebrities ushered in 2020.

Zara and Mike Tindall are always labelled the most down to earth royals and the way that they reeled in the New Year only proves that more.

New Love Island presenter Laura Whitmore has escaped for a brief break to her hometown of Bray, Ireland before she jets off to South Africa to film the new series of Love Island. Laura, 34, took a winter beach walk on the Bray Seafront with her dog, Mick Jagger, as she prepared to take over Caroline Flack’s presenting role on the ITV2 reality show.

Mykki Blanco has shared a new song called “Lucky.” It was recorded live in London with a three-piece string section and FaltyDL on keyboards; FaltyDL also produced the song. Hear it below.