The calendar says it’s March.

The coaching fraternity is much closer than most people realize.

Drake beat Missouri in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night, led by a bunch of Division II transfers who followed their old coach to the Missouri Valley Conference school.

Bennett Stirtz scored 21 points and No. 11 seed Drake held on after blowing most of a 15-point lead to be sixth-seeded Missouri 67-57 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The handful of remaining perfect brackets in the NCAA Tournament busted out on Sunday, ending the hopes of millions against exceptionally long odds.

As the annual NCAA tournament kicks off, some Americans are skipping March Madness — or at least they aren't trying to predict who'll win.

Texas-based iHeartMedia says it settled its legal dispute with Drake over Kendrick Lamar’s dis track “Not Like Us” after demonstrating that it “did nothing wrong.”.

Court records show Drake has reached a settlement with iHeartMedia in his ongoing legal dispute over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during President Donald Trump’s tenure.

The Golden State Warriors are known for their electrifying plays and superstar Stephen Curry, but now the team is pioneering a fresh gameplan: blending sports and entertainment in a way no NBA franchise has before.

The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in the first Super Bowl to be held in New Orleans in a dozen years.

Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles’ ferocious defense denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat.

The beef between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar started out in their lyrics but has gotten so big its reached the courts and even the Super Bowl.

For years the Grammy Awards have been criticized over a lack of diversity.

Music mogul Clive Davis has held his annual, star-studded pre-Grammys gala at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Beyoncé leads the 2025 Grammys nominee pack, but Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli xcx are vying for their moment in the spotlight.

The leading hip-hop superstar beef has been cranked up another notch, with Drake suing Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”.

Tennessee remained No. 1 for the second consecutive week, though Auburn has closed the gap at No. 2.

Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best songs of 2024.

Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best albums of 2024.

’Tis the season to unpack Spotify Wrapped.

“Not Like Us,” it’s like them.

If you want your upcoming album promoted on a huge platform, go to “Amazon Music Live.”.

Drake has taken legal action against Universal Music Group for the second straight day in his feud with fellow hip-hop superstar Kendrick Lamar.

Drake has begun legal action against Universal Music Group, alleging the company conspired to falsely pump up the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”.

Drake has announced that his first tour of Australia in eight years will begin on the same date as rival Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance.

Kendrick Lamar gave music listeners an early holiday present with a new album.

Rapper Young Thug is a free man after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges.

Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Durk has been arrested in Florida on federal charges that he paid for the attempted 2022 revenge killing of rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station.

Longtime “Days of Our Lives” star Drake Hogestyn, who played John Black for nearly four decades, has died at age 70.

From the dazzling opening ceremony to warmup songs, music is intrinsic to the Paris Olympics now underway.

Curious about the songs fueling the Olympians competing in Paris.

The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, has married his longtime girlfriend in what many have dubbed the wedding of the year.

Global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians are arriving in India’s financial capital to attend the wedding of the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, the world’s ninth richest man.

Usher has been honored with the lifetime achievement award at the 2024 BET Awards.

Not content with merely taking a victory lap after winning his battle last month against fellow rap superstar Drake, Kendrick Lamar turned his Juneteenth “Pop Out” concert into a celebration of Los Angeles unity.

Since the beginning of time or, at least, pop music, only a few tracks have earned the esteemed designation of “song of the summer.”.

The 2024 BET Awards are fast approaching.

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Nigerian singer Tems' debut album, Dakota Johnson plays a woman questioning her sexuality in “AM I OK?”.

Drake is the leading nominee for next month’s BET Awards, followed closely by Nicki Minaj.

Rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar are feuding — to the point that police were asked about it after a security guard was shot outside Drake’s Toronto mansion on Tuesday.

Police are investigating a shooting outside rapper Drake’s mansion that left a security guard seriously wounded.

Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the two parties have struck a new licensing agreement following an approximately three-month long dispute.

Taylor Swift continues to dominate in the week following the release of her 11th album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”.

A judge has declined to dismiss hundreds of lawsuits filed against rap star Travis Scott over his role in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge.

Attorneys for rap star Travis Scott say he should be dismissed from hundreds of lawsuits filed over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival he headlined in Houston.

A judge has dismissed hip-hop artist Drake from lawsuits filed against him over his participation in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston in which 10 people were killed.

New West Virginia men's basketball coach Darian DeVries has brought some reinforcements from Drake.

West Virginia has tapped Drake men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries to move the Mountaineers past one of the ugliest years in school history.

The only time Indiana State won more games was when Larry Bird was part of a national runner-up team in 1979.

The NCAA says athletes who have transferred multiple times can compete in the next academic year.

TikTok may look (or sound) a little different when you scroll through the app going forward.

The growing issue of AI-generated deepfakes has already been a hot topic in state legislatures.

Universal Music Group, which represents artists including Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, says that it will no longer allow its music on TikTok now that a licensing deal between the two parties has expired.

Regional Mexican music is a catchall term that encompasses mariachi, banda, corridos, norteño, sierreño and other genres.

When Hit-Boy walks the Grammy red carpet, he expects to proudly strut into next year’s awards ceremony with his father beside him for the first time.

Taylor Swift's incomparable year has reached another milestone — the concert trade publication Pollstar says Swift’s Eras Tour has earned more than $1 billion.

Nicki Minaj’s highly anticipated fifth studio album, “Pink Friday 2,” is here.

It’s her, hi — Taylor Swift is Spotify’s 2023 most-played artist.

Opening statements are expected next week in Atlanta in the trial of rapper Young Thug, who’s accused of co-founding a violent criminal street gang and using his music to promote it.

The Grammy nominations have been announced and SZA leads the way with nine nominations.

You’d be hard pressed to find a rap duo doing it like City Girls, bringing life-affirming, pretty-girl scam rap to the masses.

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include an album by Drake and another by Reba McEntire playing acoustic covers, the corporate thriller “Fair Play” starring Phoebe Dynevor from “Bridgerton,” and “Jane the Virgin” scene-stealer Jaime Camil hosts a new game show on CBS called “Lotería Loca.”.

On Tuesday night, the elusive pop producer Jai Paul opened his tour leg at the Los Angeles' Mayan Theater.

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Doja Cat, a reboot of Robert Rodriguez’s “Spy Kids” franchise with a film starring Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi and the critically-acclaimed “Sex Education,” one of Netflix’s most popular shows, returns for its fourth and final season.

Drake has announced his highly anticipated eighth studio album “For All the Dogs" will be released on Sept. 22.

Music fans, it is time to bid adieu to the sunny, slow summer months.

A summer sleepaway camp in California serves as a haven for Jewish children of color.

We can now add Cardi B to the list of musicians who have had their performances interrupted by a fan trying to throw something at them while on stage.

The findings of a police investigation into the deadly 2021 Astroland festival in Houston shows that some people expressed safety concerns before rapper Travis Scott took the stage.

Rapper Travis Scott released his first album in five years on Friday, the 19 track “Utopia."

Drake says his new album, “For All the Dogs,” may drop in “a couple of weeks."

If there is something that Eminem loves (besides Mom’s Spaghetti) it’s surprising fans at concerts that are not his.

It is Taylor Swift's world, and we're just living in it.

If French Montana’s father never abandoned him as a teenager, the rapper believes he would not have grown into a popular figure who has earned three Grammy nominations.

The 2023 BET Awards are celebrating 50 years of hip-hop with tributes to the genre’s earliest voices, late legends, and new talent during a performance-packed show that consistently felt like a party.

Streaming king Drake is headed out on the road with his collaborator 21 Savage, following the release of two albums last year.

Drake could have offered Super Bowl week concertgoers just a few songs, but the rapper-singer instead delivered a healthy dose of his hits.

Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott and Lil Wayne were honored at the Recording Academy's second annual Black Music Collective event during an official pre-Grammy event.

Some audience members leaving a concert by Drake at a Manhattan theater came outside to see a New York Police Department officer filming those filing out.

Drake, one of music’s biggest stars, delivered nostalgia and No. 1 hits during the first night of his two intimate weekend shows at the iconic Apollo Theater.

Lizzo, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles lead the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards nominations with seven nods each.

“Midnights” became a perfect 10 for Taylor Swift as she is the first artist to claim the top 10 slots of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Lil Baby is normally a man of few words outside of his music, but the Grammy winner has opened up in an interview with The Associated Press.

The New York Yankees are becoming a minority investor in Italian champion AC Milan, the second soccer team the baseball power will partially own after MLS’s New York City.

Beyoncé is the second artist to remove an offensive term for disabled people from a new song after complaints.

Sean “Diddy” Combs spoke about his own dream like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. while accepting the highest honor at the BET Awards.

LeBron James might be on the cusp of setting another record.

Doja Cat could make the BET Awards her world later this month.

The Weeknd returns as the top finalist at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards for the second year in a row.

The Grammys might be missing stars like Drake, The Weeknd and Kanye West as a performer, but the biggest night in music could still shine bright on the Las Vegas Strip.

Police are searching for a gunman who shot four people after a brawl erupted outside a Los Angeles restaurant hosting a Super Bowl week party that followed a Justin Bieber concert.

Among the stars, Drake still shined the brightest.

Miley Cyrus has only been alive for about half the Super Bowls ever played, but her setlist on the eve of the 56th spanned the whole history of the big game and then some.

Justin Bieber can leave even a room full of elite athletes, actors and A-listers star struck.

Shaquille O’Neal will return to the city where he helped the Los Angeles Lakers win three straight championships.

This week’s new entertainment releases include a double album from Alicia Keys and a posthumous one from Juice Wrld, Sandra Bullock playing an ex-con in the Netflix film “The Unforgivable” and Will Smith testing himself in a wildlife documentary series.

South Korean superstars BTS were crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday, brushing aside challenges from Taylor Swift, Drake and The Weeknd as they took home a total of three awards.

Police continue to investigate a concert last week in Houston that left nine in the audience dead.

A 22-year-old college senior who was critically injured at the Astroworld festival in Houston has died.