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Tim Mosenfelder/ImageDirect The legacy of the late Tupac Shakur is explored in an immersive museum experience titled “Wake Me When I’m Free,” which opened Friday at The Canvas @ L.A. Live in Los Angeles. Created in collaboration with the Shakur Estate, “Wake Me When I’m Free” is described as “part museum, part art installation, part sensory experience.” […]
Amy Sussman/Getty Images Regina Hall, Sterling Brown and Keke Palmer are among the stars featured this weekend in virtual Sundance Film Festival events. They are participating in the fifth annual Macro Lounge focusing on diversity, inclusion and people of color. On Sunday, January 23, at 1 p.m. PT, Palmer will be featured in a conversation about her film Alice, which opens in […]
As Mary J. Blige prepares to perform with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and Snoop Dogg during the Super Bowl halftime show on February 13, she dropped her new track, “Rent Money” featuring Dave East, on Friday. The mid-tempo groove is the latest release from The Queen of Hip Hop Soul’s 15th solo album, GOOD MORNING GORGEOUS, due out February 11. Mary previously […]
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen After postponing their long-awaited reunion tour last year, the Fugees announced Friday that the tour has been canceled. “We anticipate and understand disappointment but our anniversary tour will not be able to happen. The continued Covid pandemic has made touring conditions difficult, and we want to make sure we keep our […]
Girls Trip is officially getting a sequel. Will Packer, who produced the 2017 film with the movie’s director, Malcolm D. Lee, announced the news Friday on Good Morning America. “Can’t we all use a post-pandemic trip, my friend? I think that the time is actually right, and this is something that I will tell you […]
John Sciulli/Getty Images for Sony John Legend and Usher will perform in honor of the late Congressman John Lewis at The Beloved Benefit in Atlanta on Thursday, February 24. Lewis represented Georgia in Congress for 33 years, from 1987 until his death in 2020 at the age of 80. Along with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he helped organize the historic March on […]
Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images Jeannie Mai revealed the name of her first baby with husband Jeezy on Thursday In a video posted on her Hello Hunnay YouTube channel, The Real co-host announced that the baby’s name is Monaco. “I thought Baby J’s name should be a J name because obviously Jeannie and Jeezy, makes sense, but that wasn’t the name that came to us,” […]
Angela Bassett and husband Courtney B. Vance are serving as executive producers of the docuseries One Thousand Years of Slavery, which will premiere on the Smithsonian Channel during Black History Month on Monday, February 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Debbie Allen, Lorraine Toussaint, Soledad O’Brien, CCH Pounder, and Dulé Hill are among the personalities featured in the four-part series, which explores slavery’s […]
Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Congratulations are in order for The Weeknd, who just made Billboard history! His new album, Dawn FM, is currently the number one album in the world even though it has yet to have a physical release. Currently, it is only available on digital platforms. According to a press release, Dawn FM also places 24 of The Weeknd’s songs on the […]
Prince Williams/Wireimage After releasing his first album in five years, Love Is the New Black, in September, Anthony Hamilton is celebrating receiving three NAACP Image Awards nominations on Tuesday. The Grammy winner is up for Outstanding Male Artist,and has two nods for Outstanding Duo or Group Collaboration: “Superstar” featuring Jennifer Hudson from the album is nominated, as well the “Complicated” […]
