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The Roots, Styles P, Laila! and more part of lineup for 2025 Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage

Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for ESSENCE The Roots, Styles P, Big Freedia and Laila! are some of the acts tapped to perform at the 2025 Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, a series of free and benefit shows held in parks across New York’s five boroughs. Styles P will perform at the Coney Island Amphitheater on…

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Devale & Khadeen Ellis say ‘it feels great,’ ‘surreal’ to be co-producers on ‘Othello’

Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images Othello is one of the hottest Broadway shows in town right now, with various performances sold out and ticket prices reaching over $900. The new production of William Shakespeare‘s tragic tale stars Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, and has broken records as the highest-grossing Broadway play in history and was recently nominated for…

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Lil Wayne teams with Mitchell & Nell for merch inspired by ‘Tha Carter VI’ and Green Bay Packer’s heritage

Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images Lil Wayne may no longer be interested in the Super Bowl, but he hasn’t shut down all opportunities from the NFL. The rapper has partnered with sports apparel company Mitchell & Ness for a limited-edition merch collection celebrating his Tha Carter VI album and the NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin.…

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Miguel looks forward to more collaborations with J. Cole: ‘He’s not going anymore, and I’m not going anywhere’

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Clear Channel Though Miguel and J. Cole already have a few songs together, it seems the possibility of a future collaboration is a “Sure Thing.” Speaking with Billboard News’ In-Conversation, Miguel describes why he and Cole have worked so well together. “I come from underground hip-hop, which is a big part of my development…

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BBC chronicling Diddy’s highs and lows in new documentary, ‘P Diddy: The Rise and Fall’

Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs The BBC has joined the list of news networks chronicling the highs and lows of Diddy‘s life and career in the wake of several sexual assault allegations against him. In the newly announced investigative documentary P Diddy: The Rise and Fall, host Yinka Bokinni discusses Combs’ journey from “being the world’s biggest…