Allen Kee / ESPN Images Serena Williams will soon be honored by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. She’ll be the first athlete to receive the 2023 Fashion Icon Award. Presented by Amazon Fashion, Serena will be honored for her dedication to attending fashion school throughout her busy, title-winning tennis career. She launched S by Serena in…
Sony Music Entertainment/Warner Records Prince fans are getting a chance to hear one of his previously unreleased concerts. Live At Glam Slam, a recording of Prince and The New Power Generation’s January 11, 1992, show at Prince’s Minneapolis nightclub Glam Slam, is now available on streaming services in immersive Dolby Atmos and Sony 360 Reality Audio. The intimate performance served…
Ebony TV/Lionsgate Ebony Media Group, the entertainment home of Ebony Magazine, is out with Ebony TV, a new channel featuring Black-focused programming. According to Ebony, the FAST channel (free and easily-accessible content, supported by ads), in partnership with Lionsgate, is available starting Wednesday, October 11, on Samsung TV Plus. It will then become available on Roku, Tubi and Amazon…
Mpu Dinani / ESPN Images Teyana Taylor will soon release the music video for “Closer to God,” her collaboration with Diddy on his The Love Album: Off the Grid. In a short clip shared to Instagram Wednesday, Taylor’s donning a hot red bikini with a matching brim hat. Diddy tee’d up the video by sharing the same teaser to his IG and referring…
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/Omar Vega/FilmMagic Latto‘s got something cooking up with Christina Aguilera. The ladies sent fans in a frenzy on X, formerly known as Twitter, Tuesday after teasing an upcoming collaboration. “Should we tell them?” Latto wrote with the side-eye and shushing face emojis. “I think it’s time babe,” Christina responded. Many speculate new music is on the way…
Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic For nearly two years, Jada Pinkett Smith has held her silence about the infamous Oscars slap of March 2022, when her husband Will Smith walked onstage and smacked Chris Rock across the face in front of the entire world. Now, in newly published excerpts of her memoir Worthy, she opens up about the viral moment, writing in the book that she didn’t…
Getty Images for BET The BET Hip Hop Awards 2023 made a triumphant return on Tuesday, October 10, celebrating half a century of Hip Hop culture. Grammy-nominated artist Fat Joe took the helm as the host of the ceremony where Kendrick Lamar took the night by storm, claiming four prestigious awards, including Lyricist of the Year, Best Live Performer,…
Live Nation Davido is bringing his first-ever Are We African Yet (A.W.A.Y) music and culture festival to Atlanta this fall. Taking place at the State Farm Arena on November 18, the one-day event will see performances by Davido and his DJ, ECOOL, and sets by African artists Mayorkun, Musa Keys, Lojay, Spinall and more. The festival was created by the Nigerian native as a…
Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET Congratulations are in order for Kirk Franklin, who has been honored with his own day in DeKalb County, Georgia. He accepted a plaque at a dedication ceremony on Monday, October 9, during his free pop-up concert at Atlanta’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. After, Franklin shared video of the event to his Instagram Story, which shows him performing…
Omar Vega/Getty Images JT is opening up about growing up in Miami and the reason she no longer lives in the Magic City. She told Interview Magazine in a recent cover story that although she loves her hometown, she opts to live elsewhere due to the emotional distress the city causes her. “I love Miami so much, even…