Andre D. Wagner Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s Super Bowl halftime performance should not be seen as an indication of what will happen on their Grand National Tour. During a Tuesday appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, SZA teased that fans should be expecting a whole different approach. “Oh, we’re doing a new thing. We’re both just…
Monica Schipper/WireImage The woman who claimed that Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs sexually assaulted her after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards when she was 13 years old is heard on a recording agreeing Jay-Z did not assault her and saying her lawyer pushed her to sue Jay-Z. The woman’s lawsuit against Jay-Z and…
Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Kevin Hart‘s new Apple TV+ documentary Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood provides a wealth of information about the industry legends who helped pave the way for Black entertainers. He produced the doc alongside Jamie Foxx with the intention to create a portal he thinks is currently missing. “I…
Photo by John Nacion/Getty Images/Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images A complaint filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs has been amended, this time naming Druski and the NFL’s Odell Beckham as defendants. Plaintiff Ashley Parham says they were involved when Diddy assaulted her in 2018. According to the complaint, Parham met Combs’ friend Shane Pearce when he saved her from a fight with another man…
Disney/Scott Kirkland, Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Image, Disney/Randy Holmes When H.E.R.‘s song “Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah won the Oscar for best original song in 2021, she credited her win in part to the days she spent listening to artists like Curtis Mayfield. That quote and her knowledge of the singer’s discography have since…
Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage A celebration of Roberta Flack‘s life took place Monday at the New York Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, featuring a surprise appearance and performance by Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean. “We weren’t formally asked to do this because I think they were a little shy in asking us to attend,” Hill said, according…
Dave Free GNX by Kendrick Lamar is back atop the Billboard 200, marking its third nonconsecutive week at #1. According to Luminate, it earned 90,500 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending March 6. With 73,000 SEA units, 16,500 album sales and 1,000 TEA units, GNX beat PartyNextDoor and Drake‘s joint $ome $exy $ongs…
Three people in Akron, Ohio, were injured in a shooting at a concert featuring Boosie Badazz. Cleveland 19 News reports off-duty officers working security at the bar called for assistance after hearing gunshots at the Field House Lounge around 2 a.m. Police say the shooting happened soon after a fight broke out. Two of the victims were…
Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images When the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2025 class was announced in January, Rodney “Darkchild” Jenkins was named among the inductees. In an interview with Ebony, he shared that he’s “humbled” by the “amazing” honor. “It’s amazing. I’m humbled. To be mentioned alongside people I look up to—like Michael McDonald in the same year…
Lars Niki/Getty Images Wendy Williams was taken by ambulance from an assisted living facility in Midtown Manhattan to Mount Sinai West hospital on Monday morning, according to sources. Police responded to the assisted living facility in Hudson Yards after the fire department was called for a wellness check, sources said. Two NYPD officers and a sergeant, as…
