Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Killer Mike is the next artist to collaborate with the National Symphony Orchestra. He and The Mighty Midnight Revival will take the stage at Kennedy Center Concert Hall on May 21 to perform new arrangements from his Grammy-winning album, Michael, led by principal New York Pops conductor Steven Reineke. Killer Mike joins a list of artists…
Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage J. Cole‘s building fans’ anticipation for new music with another episode of his Might Delete Later vlog series. Released Monday via the Instagram handle @mightdeletelater26, the second volume features behind-the-scenes footage of him in the studio and on the It’s All a Blur — Big As the What? Tour with Drake, as well as appearances from Lil Yachty, Sexxy Red, Benny…
Disney/Randy Holmes Freshly Oscar-nominated American Fiction actor Jeffrey Wright will reportedly join Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Spike Lee in the latter’s adaptation of a famous film from legendary director Akira Kurosawa. Variety says Wright has stepped into High and Low, a thriller from the BlacKkKlansman filmmaker, which gets underway for Apple Original Films in…
Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for MTV Nicki Minaj missed a stop on her Pink Friday 2 tour and is working to make it up to those who purchased tickets. The cancellation of her New Orleans show was announced Monday night, hours before she was scheduled to take the stage at the Smoothie King Center. “Due to doctor’s orders,…
Trapsoul/RCA Records Bryson Tiller has announced his new self-titled album is dropping April 5. He also released the album’s first single, “Calypso,” as well as the album’s cover artwork. Bryson Tiller is available for preorder now. Fans will get a chance to hear the new music live as Tiller hits the road for a North…
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Beyoncé has revealed the cover for her upcoming album, act ii: COWBOY CARTER. She took to Instagram Tuesday to celebrate the 10-day countdown to the release of the new album, arriving March 29. In the album’s cover photo, Beyoncé sits astride a horse, wearing patriotic cowboy garb and…
Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for The Recording Academy SZA and Future x Metro Boomin are among the headliners for Lollapalooza 2024, taking place August 1-4 in Chicago. The bill also includes Tyla, Victoria Monét, Sexyy Red, Killer Mike, Vince Staples and SiR. The other headliners are blink-182, The Killers, Hozier, Tyler, the Creator, Stray…
Araya Doheny/FilmMagic GloRilla visited the White House on Monday for a Women’s History Month reception and got to meet President Joe Biden. The rapper posted photos from the event on Instagram, including selfies with Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. In a video clip with Biden, Glo says “Yeah Joe!,” to which the president replies,…
Glen Wilson/Netflix Regina King stars in the new Netflix film Shirley, out now, where she plays Shirley Chisholm, the first Black U.S. congresswoman. In her cover story for Harper Bazaar‘s April 2024 Possibility Issue, she explains why it was important for her to bring Shirley’s story to light. “We … had too many experiences where friends had never heard…
Hulu A new documentary feature, Hip-Hop and the White House, is set to premiere on Hulu April 22. The doc kicks off the new anthology franchise &360 from Disney-ESPN’s Andscape, which explores the influence of Black culture on American society. Hip-Hop and the White House, written and directed by Jesse Washington, will show the ties…
