Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

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SZA has officially responded to that viral moment from Shannon Sharpe’s interview with Coco Jones. While interviewing the “Bel-Air” actress, Sharpe referenced SZA and her public comments ...

SZA’s world domination is truly something to behold. The R&B songstress is seemingly everywhere, cleaning up at the Grammys, hitting the Super Bowl stage alongside Kendrick Lamar, and dropping ...

The song is also making history on radio airplay charts. By Gary Trust Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” leads the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a second week. A week earlier, ...

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The joint tour of rapper Kendrick Lamar and singer SZA, “Grand National Tour”, includes a concert in Portugal, on 27 July at the Estádio do Restelo, in Lisbon. The tour, which kicks off in April in ...

However, the real drama came from Lamar’s guests: SZA and Serena Williams, both of whom have been romantically linked to Drake in the past. SZA has collaborated with Lamar on multiple tracks ...

American singer, SZA, also joined Kendrick on stage for a medley of hits including All The Stars, and she followed the natural curl trend by debuting a rich, auburn corkscrew hairstyle.