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Disney/Randy Holmes What do Halle Bailey and Danielle Brooks have in common? Aside from being singers, actresses and stars of 2023’s The Color Purple, they’re among the honorees for Essence’s 17th annual Black Women in Hollywood awards.  Essence announced the news Tuesday, noting Nkechi Okoro Carroll, the executive producer for CW’s All American, and Starz’s Kathryn Busby, behind the expansion of the Power universe, will also be honored.  The […]

MGM Resorts International Bruno Mars announced last year that he was going to open his own club in Las Vegas called The Pinky Ring. Now, the club has an opening date. The cocktail lounge will debut at Bellagio Resort & Casino February 12, following a grand opening party. Bruno’s backup band, The Hooligans, will perform at The Pinky […]

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Killer Mike is speaking out following his arrest at the Grammy Awards Sunday. The rapper won three awards at the Premiere Ceremony before he was escorted away in handcuffs on misdemeanor battery charges due to an alleged altercation with Grammy Awards security personnel just outside LA’s Crypto.com […]

Courtesy Live Nation Ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show performance on Sunday, Usher has announced a new North American tour. The USHER: Past Present Future 24-city trek is set to kick off August 20 in Washington, D.C., and wrap October 29 in Chicago, Illinois. He’ll be performing songs from his 30-year career as well […]

Live Nation All we want for Vegas is Mariah Carey. The diva has announced a new Las Vegas residency titled Mariah Carey: The Celebration of Mimi Live in Las Vegas, at the Dolby Live at Park MGM.  The residency, scheduled for April 12 through 27, will focus on her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi, which was released 19 years ago […]

Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy On February 4 at the Grammy Awards, Tyla won the first-ever Best African Performance trophy for her hit “Water.” When asked backstage what’s next for her, the South African singer said she was looking forward to her first album, which she teased was full of “bangers.” “My debut […]

On this day in Black history, February 6: — In 1820, a group of 80+ freed Black slaves set sail on the Mayflower of Liberia, a ship that traveled from the New York Harbor to West Africa’s Sierra Leone. It was the first organized Black emigration to return to Africa. — In 1961, the “jail-in” […]

ABC/Chrys Davis The H-Town Hottie just keep getting hotter.  Megan Thee Stallion has earned her third Hot 100 #1: Her latest single, “Hiss,” shot to the top of the Billboard chart.  “Yall we DID IT,” Megan wrote on her Instagram Story Monday, reposting a snapshot of the news shared by Chart data.  It’s the most recent accolade for Megan and the viral […]

Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Fantasia Barrino-Taylor is still relishing in her moment that was the tribute to the late Tina Turner at the Grammy Awards Sunday.  She took to Instagram to relive the night, sharing a series of images of the special performance and a few of her outfits.  “I am still on a High from yesterday!” Fantasia wrote alongside […]

Victoria Monét and Ariana Grande perform together: Kevin Mazur/One Love Manchester/Getty Images for One Love Manchester) Chances are the first time you heard Victoria Monét‘s name was in connection to Ariana Grande: She’s co-written songs on every one of Ariana’s albums since her 2013 debut and opened for her on her Dangerous Woman tour. But […]