There wasn't a surefire song of the summer like last year's "Fancy," but the most played tracks were all from Black rappers
Whoopi Goldberg is set to produce a film about the life of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy who was murdered in 1955.
Janelle Monae found a way to bounce back this week, after she was reportedly cut off for speaking about police brutality during her TODAY Show performance on Friday. She simply continued to speak her mind. The singer took to the streets of Chicago hand-in-hand with Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland, on Monday afternoon. During […]
The "Yoga" singer's speech regarding police brutality was cut short just as she was about to touch on the Black Lives Matter movement
Put away your trusty summer playlist -- the White House just released two, one for day and one for night, hand-picked by President Obama.
Prince has a message for all aspiring artists — don’t sign with a major label. The legendary artist spoke with a small number of reporters at Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis Saturday evening, and he compared record label contracts to slavery, NPR reports. The comment elicited shock from many in the media, but Prince says the correlation isn’t as […]
A 2009 incident with an Italian photographer has come back to haunt supermodel Naomi Campbell.
Bobbi Kristina’s recent death is being looked at as a homicide, with Nick Gordon possibly being the lead suspect, Pix 11 reports. A former Fulton County prosecutor spoke on the case, hinting that Gordon could face murder charges for his alleged abuse towards the 22-year-old. Bobbi Kristina was found unconscious in her bathtub by Gordon in January. Friends claim […]
Jazz saxophonist Najee recently joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to talk about his career in music and his new album, Me, You and Forever. Melody Charles of SoulTracks.com highly recommends Najee’s new offering, saying: From spine-tingling slow jams (“Butterfly Girl,” the waltz and wedding-ready titile track) to the giddy, improvisational tracks “Spectrum” and “Jannah” (the latter is […]
Hollywood’s favorite couple is putting on their production hats for a new teen comedy, Shadow and Act reports. Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith landed a deal with Sony Pictures to produce a high school comedy currently titled Ultra. Few details are known about the project, but it will be considered an R-rated flick. Smith’s production […]
Brandy is getting to be pretty daring while living in New York City for her Chicago Broadway show stint, but some of it isn’t paying off. The R&B singer took to the NYC subways in complete disguise and headed into a random train at 72nd Street in Manhattan to perform for a packed car. While she was killing it with her […]
The famous musician, who passed away May 14 in home hospice care, died of Alzheimer’s disease, the report revealed. Shortly after King’s death, his daughters came forth with allegations that those responsible for the care of the legend gave him medication to induce diabetic shock. The report found no such evidence to support the claim. […]
