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Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images Beyoncé‘s “Freedom” has seen an increase in streams thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris. According to Luminate, the song went from 16,600 streams to 235,400 streams between Sunday and Tuesday, up 1,300%, after it soundtracked Harris’ first walk onstage as a Democratic candidate for the upcoming presidential election. It has since […]
Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Pharrell has a busy October coming up, as his Something in the Water Festival will be taking place. The Virginian-Pilot reports the Virginia Beach Hotel Association shared the news with its members in an email Tuesday afternoon. “The Something in the Water dates are being released and will be held […]
Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal Tyler Perry has often been criticized for making the same kinds of movies, particularly with a Black female lead in a distressing situation. Instead of entertaining the noise, however, he tells Keke Palmer that he’s learned to tune it out. “You gotta drown all that out,” says Perry, whose movie Divorce in the Black earned […]
Todd Owyoung/NBC Janet Jackson took the liberty of creating her first song, but she had no control over the start of her music career. Speaking to the BBC, she said her father, Joe, decided she would sing after hearing her potential on the song. “I was so embarrassed. The studio door was open and Mike was […]
ABC/John Argueta Tyla released her first single, “Getting Late,” in 2019, so when “Water” went viral, it wasn’t something she expected. In an interview with V Magazine, she says “it was really a cool moment” that “came as a surprise to all of us, myself and my whole team.” “I feel like maybe [because] it […]
Ralph Bavaro/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Snoop Dogg was bestowed the honor of being chosen as a torchbearer for the Summer Olympics in Paris, which begin Friday. He tells Billboard it shows him the progress America has made and brings him back to a moment that makes him emotional. “It says a lot about America as far as […]
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Ciara and husband Russell Wilson took a moment to honor their son Win Harrison, who turned 4 on Tuesday. Taking to Instagram, they shared a montage of pictures and videos of Win from over the years. “Our Sweet Precious Baby Boy Win is 4!! Yay!” Ciara captioned the clip, in […]
— Lupe Fiasco is headed on tour. He’ll stop in 19 cities to perform songs from his latest album, Samurai. First up is New York on Oct. 3, followed by shows in Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and more. The final date is Nov. 24 in LA. Tickets for the Samurai tour go on sale on Friday at 10 […]
Francis Specker/CBS Janelle Monáe, her Fem The Future nonprofit and Made In Her Image have come together to help a group of aspiring filmmakers. Twenty-five young women, girls of color and genderqueer individuals who previously attended courses, workshops and mentorship programs via the Open Lens Film Lab will premiere their short films in August. Topics […]
Getty/Steve Granitz Artwork created by the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, is set to go up for auction in August. Kings Auctions will auction off 76 pieces of Jackson art, some of which are double-sided. The auction includes pieces hand drawn with wax colored pencil and others in watercolors. Some pieces are even drawn on presidential paper […]
