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BET/ET BET is airing a prime-time news special in honor of the late Quincy Jones. Premiering Thursday at 9 p.m. ET, BET AND ET PRESENT QUINCY JONES: LIFE AND LEGACY will feature interviews with Jones, as well as rare archival footage from throughout his career. Among the many things being discussed are Jones’ impact across music, television, film and […]

Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Pharrell Williams‘ nonprofit Black Ambition is returning for its fourth annual Demo Day, during which over $2.7 million will be given to the winners of the 2024 Black Ambition Prize Competition. The applicants were first narrowed down to 250 of the most compelling Black and Latinx entrepreneurs, then to 40 people who got pitch […]

Scott Kirkland Halle Bailey is “extremely upset” with DDG for taking their son, Halo, onto Kai Cenai‘s livestream without her consent. “[H]i everyone. just so you know i am out of town and i don’t approve of my baby being on a stream tonight,” she tweeted in a since-deleted post. “[I] wasn’t told or notified […]

Photo by Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images for BFI Before Pharrell became a Grammy-winning producer, songwriter, artist and fashion designer he is today, he had only one job. “McDonald’s was my first and only job,” he told BBC Radio 2. “I got fired three times. I was eating the chicken nuggets.” “The first two times it […]

Photo by Frank Hoensch/Redferns Ice-T has had his share of rap beefs, but he says it’s nothing like the rap feuds/battles in modern day. Speaking to the Boss Talk 101 podcast, he noted one of the differences is the existence of social media, which he says “is an amplifier to everything.” “It forces reaction that really could […]

Disney/PictureGroup Yara Shahidi and Keith Powers are in talks to star in a coming-of-age romance called Bloom, as are Kedar Williams-Stirling and Renée Elise Goldsberry, Deadline reports. Directed by Cole Swanson, who also wrote the script, Bloom follows Ace (Williams-Stirling), a young, talented Black artist, who moves to Italy for university and winds up on a journey of self-discovery. Along the way, he finds love and […]

SZA is one of the many celebrities urging people to go to the polls on Election Day. “Make sure [you] vote today or [you] can’t complain,” she wrote on her Instagram Story, noting she voted two weeks ago. Ty Dolla $ign, Blxst and Doechii all appear on Ab-Soul‘s upcoming album, Soul Burger. The newly unveiled track […]

Disney/Randy Holmes Colman Domingo will be honored at the Palms Springs International Film Awards, taking place during the annual festival in January. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he’s set to receive the actor Spotlight Award for his work in the movie Sing Sing. “We are so thrilled to honor the remarkable talent of Colman Domingo at the Palm […]