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Gladys Knight, DJ Kool Herc, N.W.A to be honored with special Grammy Awards

Roy Rochlin/Getty Images The Clark Sisters, Gladys Knight, N.W.A and Donna Summer are among the Recording Academy’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award honorees, the Academy announced January 5. Grammy-winning artists Laurie Anderson and Tammy Wynette will also receive Lifetime Achievement honors at this year’s Special Merit Awards, taking place at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on February 3 during Grammy week.  The special merit award recognizes artists who, during…

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Kevin Hart seemingly responds to Katt Williams’ comments made in bombshell ‘Club Shay Shay’ interview

Johnny Louis/Getty Images A bombshell interview featuring legendary comedian Katt Williams, who appeared on Shannon Sharpe‘s weekly podcast, Club Shay Shay, has been making its rounds on the internet since its release Wednesday.  Williams — who’s aptly referred to as “unleashed” by the podcast — mentioned some of the world’s most famous comedians in what came across as an explosively candid,…

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Dionne Warwick shuts down report that she’s attending RFK Jr. fundraiser

Michael Schwartz/WireImage Dionne Warwick is setting the record straight regarding a report that claimed she’d be attending a fundraiser for presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. After the Daily Mail reported that Warwick was attending the event, which would feature a performance by Andrea Bocelli, she shut the claim down with a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I don’t know anything about this event,” she…

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Public Enemy’s Chuck D seemingly comes to Madonna’s defense over ageist trolling

Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation After an online troll posted an edited clip of Madonna performing onstage and made fun of her age, a fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has come to her defense. During Madonna’s Celebration Tour, she performs several songs while standing in a moving “frame” that transports her high up into the air and across…

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‘Rolling Stone’ crowns Usher’s “Confessions Part II” as greatest 21st century R&B song

Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio Rolling Stone has released its list of 100 Greatest R&B Songs of the 21st century, naming Usher‘s “Confessions Part II” in the #1 spot.  The magazine recognizes the 2004 hit, which lands on Usher’s Grammy-winning fourth album, Confessions, as one of the early 2000s tracks that helped define the era of R&B music that also…