It was a legendary night at New York City’s Tribeca Cinemas during the premiere of Lifetime’s Betty & Coretta.
Mary J. Blige and Angela Bassett posed with Ruby Dee on the red carpet of the screening. In the film, Blige plays Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X, Bassett portrays Coretta Scott-King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr. and Dee narrates. Read More »
Thanks to the countless memes, Drake hasn’t been able to live down his stint on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Canadian rap battle league King of the Dot held a reunion of sorts between Degrassi alumni “Wheelchair” Jimmy and Shane Kippel’s “Spinner” Mason, the bully with a conscience. Kippel uploaded a photo of himself and Drake on his twitter, leaving many to assume Jimmy’s stem-cell surgery was indeed a success. Read More »
Rihanna covers the latest issue of Rolling Stone, shot by famed photographer Terry Richardson. In the issue, the 24-year-old superstar speaks on her image and reconciling with Chris Brown.
On the public’s perception. “I decided it was more important for me to be happy. I wasn’t going to let anybody’s opinion get in the way of that. Even if it’s a mistake, it’s my mistake. After being tormented for so many years, being angry and dark, I’d rather just live my truth and take the backlash. I can handle it.” Read More »
While highly successful and extremely popular singers Chris Brown and Frank Ocean were fighting over a single Los Angeles parking space, JoJo, an underexposed talent whose career is being stifled by her record label, endured a 14-hour shoot for “André” at The Hive Gallery & Studios and other L.A. locations.
The song, inspired by the mystic half of Outkast, is lifted from her Agápē mixtape, which she released in commemoration of her 22nd birthday. Read More »
In the 90s, enigmatic soul singer Maxwell captivated a myriad of listeners with his supple vocals, compositional intricacies and lush instrumentation. The then-20-something New Yorker carried these enthralling complexities into the 2000s on his third album, Now (2001), an opus best known for housing mood-setting classics “Lifetime” and “This Woman’s Work.” Hidden behind those astonishing hits was an equally astonishing gem–“Symptom Unknown.” Read More »
Rick Ross, né William Roberts II, is believed to be the driver that crashed a 2011 Rolls Royce in a Fort Lauderdale residential apartment building on 15th Avenue. Local 10 reports the Florida rapper was escaping a drive-by shooting.
Around 5 a.m. Monday morning, Fort Lauderdale police received multiple calls from residents who heard as many as 20 shots fired near Las Olas Blvd. and 15th Ave. Read More »