Kendrick Lamar responds to rumours of split from his label Top Dawg Entertainment

Kendrick Sampson, the actor and activist co-founder of the social justice group BLD PWR, has been an active voice this year in local L.A. politics, including co-leading a weekly protest at the offices of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey over her handling of police killings of civilians.

Kendrick Lamar has spoken about the substantial gaps between his solo album releases, explaining his reasoning for why it takes him “so long” to follow up a project.The Compton rapper last released a studio album in April 2017 with ‘DAMN.’, which followed over two years on from his 2015 album ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ (with the compilation ‘Untitled Unmastered’ released in between).

The San Diego Unified School District last week approved a major overhaul to its grading system as a part of a larger effort to combat racial discrimination. The new changes came in response to data that showed disparities between the percentage of white and minority students who received D or F grades, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.  A racial disparity in failing grades has prompted the San Diego Unified School District to overhaul its entire grading system.

Heading to Google and searching for info about a favourite celebrity seems like a harmless activity — but a new study warns that some celeb Google searches carry high risks of exposing the searcher’s computer to viruses and malware.

Janet W. Lee When the coronavirus pandemic hit California in March, San Diego Film Festival artistic director Tonya Mantooth briefly considered canceling this year’s program.

New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz  many of the TikTok users set their tutorials to a mashup of Kendrick Lamar's 2017 track "Humble" and AOC talking about Representative Ted Yoho, who "crazy," "disgusting," and As the users do their makeup and style their hair, they mouth her speech's words, and some feature facts about AOC and her accomplishments in office thus far on screen.

Bella Hadid is reportedly dating a new actor! The 24-year-old model has been quietly dating Duke Nicholson for the past few weeks, a source shared with Page Six. The 21-year-old actor is the grandson of Hollywood icon Jack Nicholson.

Hip-hop agent Brent Smith is out at WME, weeks after he was suspended for reported behavioral issues. "Following an investigation based on complaints of bullying behavior by Brent Smith, WME and Brent have mutually decided to part ways," reads a statement from the agency.

Open’er Festival.Porridge Radio, Flohio, BadBadNotGood, Destroyer and Artur Rojek will all head to Gdynia across the weekend of June 30 and July 3 next year.The new names join a huge list of already confirmed artists for next year’s festival.

Russell Westbrook is giving back after leaving the NBA bubble.

Anna Kendrick has been named as America’s most dangerous celebrity to search for online.Anna reunites with the Pitch Perfect cast!The Trolls World Tour star tops cybersecurity firm McAfee’s 2020 list of those posing the highest potential malware risks to fans searching for content about the celebrities online.She is closely followed by rap mogul Sean Combs, aka Diddy, while Blake Lively, Mariah Carey, and Justin Timberlake round out the top five.See what Anna is up to now.Taylor Swift,

Kendrick Lamar's status at his long-time label Top Dawg Entertainment has been the subject of much speculation on social media over the last few days, thanks to numerous unconfirmed reports that the rapper and T.D.E. had parted ways.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterWith the election less than a month away, Universal Music Group label Interscope Geffen A&M Records (IGA) has launched Interscope X Votes, a campaign to get out the vote that encourages early and mail-in voting and supports the current shortage of poll workers.IGA is home to such acts as Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, DaBaby and Eminem, among others, and plans to tap into those fanbases via influencer platforms and staff engagement.

Big Sean has shared a lyric video for new track ‘Wolves’ featuring Post Malone – you can watch it below.The new visualiser, which sees a group of wolves roam the streets of Detroit while one of them transforms into a person, comes after the release of the Sean’ new album ‘Detroit 2’.The album is a follow-up to his 2012 mixtape of the same name, which featured guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Royce Da 5’9″ and Chris Brown.Watch the haunting lyric video for ‘Wolves’ below:Last month, Sean

It was back in 2016 when Rihanna released her eighth album ANTI, which took over No. 1 on Billboard 200 while giving us hit singles like Work ft.

San Diego Loyal SC just scored a major goal — for shutting down homophobia!