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Billboard Tems, Ice Spice and Victoria Monét are among this year’s honorees at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards. At the annual event, which honors female powerhouses who are shaping the music landscape, the women will join six others who will be taking home special awards in their respective categories. Tems is the Breakthrough Honoree, Ice Spice is the Hitmaker Honoree, […]
Paramount+ A new documentary about the use of rap lyrics in court rooms and on trial will premiere on Paramount+ next month. The streamer announced As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial, which follows Bronx rapper Kemba as he explores the “growing weaponization” of rap lyrics in the United States criminal justice system and abroad. His findings will reveal […]
Courtesy of Netflix © 2024 The Greatest Night In Pop, a new documentary about the making of the star-studded 1985 charity single “We Are the World,” will hit Netflix on January 29. And Lionel Richie, who co-wrote the song with Michael Jackson, says witnessing the film being put together has made him cry. “It just brings tears to my eyes […]
ABC/Heidi Gutman Many would agree Issa Rae is an entertainment force to be reckoned with. But she’s maybe a good luck charm, too? When nominations for the upcoming 96th Oscars were announced Tuesday, it was revealed that all three movies Rae starred in last year are in the running for the coveted gold statuette. There’s Across The Spider-Verse, […]
Courtesy Lovers & Friends Janet Jackson and Super Bowl halftime performer Usher will headline the third edition of the Lovers & Friends festival, scheduled to take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on May 4. The lineup for the festival also includes Nelly, Alicia Keys, Nas, Mary J. Blige, Ludacris, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Ciara, Timbaland and TLC. Usher will be performing his megaselling Confessions album in honor of its 20th anniversary, while […]
Disney/Frank Micelotta A new TV project involving rapper Ludacris has a home at BET+, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The untitled series will be a half-hour scripted dramedy inspired by Luda’s life and his “experience coming up in the competitive music scene in Atlanta as DJ Chris Lova Lova.” A description of the project, as listed by THR, says, “The series follows […]
Paras Griffin/Getty Images Rapper YFN Lucci, known for songs “Everyday We Lit” and “Key to the Streets,” has pleaded guilty to gang charges connected to a racketeering case in Atlanta, Georgia. ABC affiliate WSB reports the rapper, whose real name is Rayshawn Bennett, could serve 10 years in prison as part of a 20-year sentence, after pleading guilty to one count of violating […]
Live Nation Offset is hitting the road for his first solo headlining concert series, the Set it Off Tour. He announced the 17-city tour via Live Nation Tuesday, revealing the list of dates and cities in which he’ll make stops. After a kickoff in Philadelphia on March 10, the rapper will travel to Maryland, New York, […]
ABC The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday, revealing the top big screen projects and actors up for a gold statuette. American Fiction, the race-related film starring Jeffrey Wright, earned five nominations, including the coveted Best Motion Picture of the Year. With the film, Wright scores his first-ever nod, as he’s up for Performance by an Actor in […]
ABC/Eric McCandless LaKeith Stanfield, star of Jeymes Samuel‘s The Book of Clarence, says the biblical-set film is the closest he’s gotten to the acting gigs he’s dreamed of. He chatted with Ebony for its January cover story, opening up about his role as Clarence and how it’s his best role yet. “I think Clarence stood singularly as the closest I’ve gotten to […]
