Janelle Monae

First Lady Michelle Obama promotes #LetGirlsLearn at SXSW. Here are five things to know about what the initiative is doing.

BET Honors brought out the best in black excellence. See the style from the red carpet arrivals.

Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay, Hannibal Buress, Jesse Williams, and Janelle Monáe appeared at the free fundraiser in Flint, Mich., to raise awareness and money to help assuage the city's water crisis, as well as bring attention to the human rights violations Flint residents have suffered.

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According to the World Health Organization, bacon, sausage, and other processed meats are cancer culprits.

The "Yoga" singer's speech regarding police brutality was cut short just as she was about to touch on the Black Lives Matter movement

Janelle Monae and Wondaland Records Challenges You To Say Their Names On New Song "Hell You Talmbout"

On Thursday afternoon, talented singer/songwriter Janelle Monae, her artist Jidenna, and her Wondaland collective, continued to stand with the “Black Lives Matter” movement this week during a march in New York City. The artists joined the Stop Mass Incarnation Network for a rally held in Times Square. Stop Mass has made their presence felt all over the country by speaking out […]

There she goes. Again. Just a few days after shutting down the Floyd Mayweather/Manny Pacquiao fight in a red number with a cape fit for a superwoman, Beyonce arrived at the 2015 Met Gala in a barely-there gown that set social media ablaze. The “Drunk in Love” singer arrived to the NYC event fashionably late in the sheer […]

BET’s annual Black Girls Rock! featured some of the best representations of Black women in today’s culture, including First Lady Michelle Obama, who proved that Black girls do indeed rock. The award ceremony took place at the NJPAC –Prudential Hall in New Jersey Saturday evening. The First Lady didn’t receive an award, but was there to deliver […]