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Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage  What do Halle Bailey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Brian Tyree Henry, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and now Missy Elliott have in common? They’ve all been cast in Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry‘s untitled musical project for Universal Pictures, according to Variety. Missy is the latest to join the coming-of-age musical, inspired by the Atlantis Apartments in Williams’ childhood […]

Photo: Ben Goldberg ABC Audio has confirmed that the celebrated career of two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington will take center stage at a first-of-its-kind retrospective at this year’s American Black Film Festival (ABFF). The 28th annual festival takes place June 12 through June 16 in Miami Beach. Debuting Saturday, June 15, The Retrospective: Celebrating the […]

Samir Hussein/WireImage The Weeknd is once again pitching in with his XO Humanitarian Fund. The artist, born Abel Tesfaye, is donating $2 million from the charitable fund to the United Nations World Food Programme’s humanitarian response efforts in Gaza. That money will buy over 1,500 metric tons of wheat flour — enough for more than […]

Rock the Bells/Sixthman The full lineup of performers has been announced for the second annual Rock the Bells Cruise: A Hip-Hop Experience. Newly added artists Busta Rhymes, Method Man and Redman, Scarface, Twista and Goodie Mob are among those joining previously announced performers Jadakiss, E-40, Rakim, Talib Kweli and Digable Planets. There will also be […]

From a lead single to the fourth iteration of an album series, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. Tems, “Love Me Jeje” — Featuring an interpolation of Seyi Sodimu‘s song of the same name, the song’s the lead single off Tems’ debut album, Born In the Wild, due out in […]

From a lead single to the fourth iteration of an album series, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. Tems, “Love Me Jeje” — Featuring an interpolation of Seyi Sodimu‘s song of the same name, the song’s the lead single off Tems’ debut album, Born In the Wild, due out in […]

Chris Haston/Warner Bros. Is Zendaya eying a return to music? During her appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show Friday, April 26, to promote her new movie Challengers, the actress/singer gave an update on whether she’d release a new song any time soon. “I love music, and it’s something that’s been special to me,” she says. […]

L-R: Brown, Sullivan — Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Sterling K. Brown took to Instagram Friday with his former This Is Us co-stars Chris Sullivan and Mandy Moore to announce they’re launching a new podcast about their former NBC hit. This Is Us aired from 2016 to 2022 on NBC and followed the […]

Cooper Neill/Getty Images Eminem is ready to say goodbye to his alter ego.  The rapper announced his new album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce), Thursday night. The announcement, which aired during the NFL Draft, featured a trailer for a fake true crime series, Detroit Murder Files, about the “cold case” murder of Slim Shady.  […]

Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images An unreleased verse from the late Takeoff will be heard on Ty Dolla $ign and Kanye West‘s Vultures 2 album, now due out May 3. As Rolling Stone reports, the song is tentatively titled “Let Me Chill Out.” It will also feature NBA Youngboy and Rich the Kid and is being teased as one of […]