Lena Waithe continues to expand her creative media territory. The 37-year-old screenwriter and producer has signed a multi-project podcast deal with Audible, reports by Variety. The partnership is sealed between the audio service and Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, co-founded with Rishi Rajani. Hillman Grad Productions’ current projects include Showtime’s The Chi, BET’s Twenties, and horror series, Them, on Amazon Studios. “Lena is a supremely gifted storyteller with a proven ability to capture the human experience in all its complexity through her work,” said Zola Mashariki, head of Audible Studios.

Lil Yachty believes that DaBaby once outrapped JAY-Z on a track and that his verse was the superior of the two performances. During the first episode of his A Safe Place podcast, the rapper spoke with cohost MitchGoneMad about Kanye West‘s song “Jail” from his 2021 album Donda. West released two separate versions of the song during the lead-up to the album,one featuring JAY-Z and a second with DaBaby in place of Ye’s Watch The Throne collaborator.

Marques Houston continues to publicly defend his marriage. On Tuesday (April 11), the singer was spotted by TMZ and was asked to share how he felt regarding the internet being against the nearly two-decade age gap between the 41-year-old and his wife Miya, who is 22 years old. “Absolutely not,” exclaimed the former Immature group member when asked if the controversy upset him. “You got to think about it. Everybody has their own opinion.

Quavo shared how he has been grieving rapper Takeoff in a new interview with Jamie Crawford-Walker. The “Workin Me” performer opened up in the Conversation For The Fans segment about how both his life and creative journey have changed since his nephew was murdered inNovember 2022. “I miss him a lot and I love him,” explained the 32-year-old. “He know I love him. That’s what we always know. So when you see me and you see me smiling or something like that, you don’t gotta never think I forgot about him or I’ll forget about him.

Quincy Jones can hang. As AKG Audio’s special event honoring the legendary composer in Hollywood came to an end just before midnight on Tuesday (Nov. 12), the 86-year-old was in the third hour of meeting guests. Sitting on a piano bench with a wide smile, Jones showed genuine love, laughs and hugs with every fan who had their own special story of how his work changed their lives. Jones and innovative sound leaders AKG Audio have a lot in common.