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Billboard They were first announced as a Billboard Women in Music award recipients, but now, the publication reveals Victoria Monét and Tems will be performing at the show, too.  Monét, the recipient of the Rising Star Award, and Tems, who’s recognized as the Breakthrough Honoree, will take the stage to play some of their hits at this year’s event, which is hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross. They’ll join previously […]

Courtesy Apple Music By necessity, most Super Bowl halftime shows clock in at about 13 or 13 1/2 minutes, though some past shows have pushed it a bit. Well, you can count Usher in the “pushing it a bit” camp: He says he managed to convince the powers that be to let him have a whole 15 minutes […]

On this day in Black history, February 8: — In 1944, Harry S. McAlpin, a journalist from St. Louis, Missouri, became the first Black reporter to attend a White House news conference.  — In 1968, the Orangeburg Massacre erupted when a civil rights protest at South Carolina State University turned deadly after officers opened fired on about 200 unarmed Black students, […]

ABC/Christopher Willard Kelly Rowland is sticking beside Jay-Z.  When asked by Entertainment Tonight what she thought of Hov’s Grammy’s speech, during which he called out the Recording Academy for never awarding Beyoncé Album of the Year, Rowland said she’s so proud. “Shawn Carter is one of the greatest men I know and his words ring so loud to me,” she said. “I couldn’t be […]

Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood Last October, Beyoncé helped fans dress in all black with her Ivy Park Noir apparel; she later dropped her Cé Noir perfume; and now, she’s back with a new line of lifestyle merchandise: Cécred hair care.  “Hair is sacred,” Bey wrote in her Instagram announcement, where she shared a first-look trailer of women with different hair textures having their […]

Hanover Square Press Ruff Ryders‘ first lady, Eve, is ready to delve into the details of her life and rap career with her new memoir, Who’s That Girl? In the book, expected to hit shelves this fall, the Grammy winner will open up on an array of topics, such as entering into a male dominated hip-hop in the late […]

Courtesy Apple Music Usher is performing at the Super Bowl 58 halftime show, so when he found himself next to someone who did the same thing back in 2015, he discussed it. Speaking to Billboard, Usher said, “I’ve happened to be around a few people who’ve played the Super Bowl, and they did give me some pointers. […]

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures has just released the trailer to A Quiet Place: Day One, starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o. The third installment of John Krasinski‘s blockbuster franchise acts as a prequel, setting the clock back on the alien invasion that already had occurred according to the first two hit films. The teaser shows the aliens — who hunt by noise […]

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Victoria Monét had a history-making night at the Grammy Awards Sunday, but there was one moment, unrelated to her three award wins, that seemed to be a highlight of her night: meeting Beyoncé. As part of her reflective posts on the Grammy Awards, Monét penned a heartfelt message to Bey, expressing her […]

Sonja Flemming/CBS At the Grammy Awards on February 4, Mariah Carey gave out the first award of the night. But according to the show’s executive producer, a lot of people went to great lengths to make sure she got there on time. Grammys executive producer Ben Winston told the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast that because of the rain in LA […]