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Larry Busacca/PW18/Getty Images for Parkwood Entertainment Nipsey Hussle‘s debut album, Victory Lap, has been honored with RIAA double Platinum certification five years to the day of its release. The project, which dropped February 16, 2018, spawned a few singles that have also secured special certification. “Double Up” featuring Belly and Dom Kennedy is now three-times Platinum; “Hussle & Motivate” and “Grinding All My Life” are officially two-times Platinum; […]
Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal Every year, the NAACP Image Awards hand out the President’s Award, honoring an individual for their distinguished public service. Receiving that award this year are Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade. “We’re thrilled to present this award to Gabrielle Union-Wade and Dwyane Wade who together have consistently utilized their platforms to advance social justice and raise awareness […]
Brandon Hickman/E! Entertainment After decades of giving fans “Mary the entertainer,” Mary J. Blige is introducing fans to “Mary the friend.” In her upcoming TV special The Wine Down With Mary J. Blige, she’ll sit with famous friends, including 50 Cent, Taraji P. Henson and City Girls‘ Yung Miami, for some honest and intimate conversations. “This is what I always wanted to do with […]
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation Rihanna refused to entertain the strangers criticizing her parenting or the words she used to describe her child. Rihanna defended herself against some online critics who took issue with her calling her son “fine” in a social media post. The singer had shared a carousel of photos from her glamorous British […]
Amy Sussman/Getty Images Regina Hall‘s 2023 is off to an exciting start. The actress and producer kicked off the year by unexpectedly going viral after she accepted an award on Kevin Costner‘s behalf at the Golden Globes last month. She struggled to maintain a straight face as she laughed her way through the script, which explained Costner’s absence was due to […]
Emily V Aragones/Prime Video Harlem is back! Season 2 of the comedy series is in full swing, with episodes airing weekly on Prime Video. It’s been over a year since viewers last saw ambitious gal pals Camille, Tye, Quinn and Angie — played by Meagan Good, Jerrie Johnson, and Grace Byers, respectively. So what’s everyone up to now? “Well, we can […]
Courtesy HelloBeautiful Gabrielle Union joins the Apple+ series Truth Be Told as Eva, a high school principal who raises awareness about the missing Black girls in her community. The offer for the role came during a time when she wanted to stay away from darkness, but she took it on knowing that friend Octavia Spencer would be by her side. “We have been […]
Victoria Sirakova/Getty Images NLE Choppa is gearing up for the release of “Ain’t Gonna Answer,” his collaboration with Lil Wayne. He announced the song on Instagram Tuesday, noting the project will drop on February 24. NLE Choppa’s announcement captioned a Valentine’s Day dump, which featured photos and clips from what appears to be the set of the “Ain’t Gonna Answer” music video. […]
Todd Owyoung/NBC The 2023 NBA All-Star Game halftime show will be an Afrobeats jam session featuring Burna Boy, Tems and Rema. The Nigerian stars were tapped to entertain fans at Sunday’s game in Salt Lake, Utah. Also taking the stage is Post Malone, who will be kicking off the show with a medley of his hits. Jewel will sing the national anthem […]
Momodu Mansaray/Peacock Robert Glasper is making lemonade out of lemons following Chris Brown‘s reaction to his recent Grammy win. He sold out of shirts featuring the phrase Brown shared on social media after learning about Glasper’s victory. “Thanks for the support. A portion of the proceeds from this shirt will be donated to the Community Music Center of […]
