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ABC News/Stephen Iervolino The Netflix movie about an all-Black, all-female World War II battalion sent overseas has just snagged two five-star actresses. Kerry Washington and Oprah Winfrey have enlisted in Tyler Perry‘s Six Triple Eight, along with Law & Order and the Kominsky Method vet Sam Waterston, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The based-on-real-life film […]

Todd Owyoung/NBC Black Thought is preparing to release a new album alongside El Michels Affair, a “cinematic soul” band from New York. Glorious Game is slated to drop on April 14 and will feature the just-released lead single “Grateful.”  According to a press release, Thought and El Michels Affair frontman Leon Michels met performing at charity concerts in the early 2000s. The Roots star […]

ABC/Gilles Mingasson Not so surprising considering its recent Emmy wins and the three trophies it took home at the Golden Globes Tuesday night, Abbott Elementary has been renewed for its junior year. The third season renewal of the hit school sitcom, which is currently in its second season, was announced Wednesday during ABC’s 2023 Winter […]

Daniel Sannwald SZA‘s dropped the visual for “Kill Bill,” which pays homage to Quentin Tarantino‘s movie of the same name. In the Christian Breslauer-directed video, SZA seeks vengeance against the group of people who shot up her trailer. She eventually finds the man who ordered the hit and rips his heart out. Vivica A. Fox, who portrays Vernita Green, makes an appearance […]

John Parra/Getty Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) Gunna‘s back on social media after spending time in jail on RICO charges and recently taking a plea deal. The rapper took to Instagram Tuesday to announce his official return and allegiance to Young Stoner Life Records. “N***as acting like they switching to a side But it’s only one side,” he wrote next to […]

ABC Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott, Lil Wayne and music executive Sylvia Rhone will have something in common next month: the four individuals will be recipients of the Recording Academy Global Impact Award. The awards will be presented during The Black Music Collective’s Recording Academy Honors as a celebration of their personal and professional achievements in the music industry. “I am so thrilled to honor and […]

NBC/Rich Polk After winning her Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe for her work in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Angela Bassett was asked backstage if she ever considered skipping the ceremony in light of the controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The organization vowed reforms after a 2021 Los Angeles Times expose revealed, among other […]

Freeform/Tiffany Roohani Chlöe embarked on her solo career back in 2021 when she released “Have Mercy,” the lead single to her debut solo project. As fans await the album’s arrival, she shared some details about it in an interview with Complex. According to Chlöe, “every single song on that project stems from my own experiences.” “‘Have Mercy’ stemmed […]

Christopher Polk/NBC Have you ever wondered how some of today’s rappers would look if they were superheroes? If so, you need not wonder anymore. Instagram user Dunnie West created images of Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Future and more as the main characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Kendrick was reimagined as Black Panther, Drake as Thor and Future as Daredevil. West also turned Lil Baby into […]

Courtesy of Goldenvoice Coachella is making a return in April, and this time around, Frank Ocean is one of the headliners. The singer is closing out the third and final nights of the two-weekend event, while Bad Bunny and BLACKPINK will respectively end nights one and two. Frank was originally supposed to headline the 2020 Coachella event, which was canceled due […]