Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for NAACP At a BFI London Film Festival event on Wednesday, Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya spoke reverently about his friend, Black Panther co-star and former mentor, the late Chadwick Boseman. To fellow actor, moderator and longtime friend Ashley Walters, Kaluuya said meeting Boseman as they were about to work on Black Panther was a “pivotal…
NBCUniversal It’s been a while, but K. Michelle is back on reality television, this time on a dating show. The singer, who many know as a veteran of Love & Hip Hop, now stars alongside Lisa Raye McCoy and London “Deelishis” Charles on the Will Packer-produced Queens Court. Season 2 follows the women as they date 21…
GloRilla and Yung Miami will perform at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, taking place on Tuesday at Drai’s Nightclub. Other performers include 2 Chainz, Juicy J, Roscoe Dash, Soulja Boy, Trina, Bossman Dlow and E-40. Fat Joe is hosting for a third time, and Travis Scott is being honored with the I Am Hip Hop Award.…
Photo by Rich Polk/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Maxwell has earned himself another #1 record with his rendition of Al Green‘s “Simply Beautiful.” The song now tops Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay radio chart, becoming his ninth #1 on the chart. The track also placed on Billboard’s Hot R&B chart, landing among the top 20. Maxwell’s…
Rihanna A$AP Rocky graces the cover of W Magazine‘s The Originals Issue, which was photographed by his partner, Rihanna. It was her first time shooting someone for a magazine, but also a full-circle moment for the couple. Rih took her role seriously, instructing Rocky to “Walk through that door! And move your leg this way!” “Wiggle around!”…
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic The late Lisa Marie Presley‘s posthumously released memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, reveals that Michael Jackson told her he was a virgin when they started dating. According to People, Presley says in the book that she was still married to first husband Danny Keough when Jackson professed his love to her. “Michael said, ‘I don’t know if you’ve noticed,…
Photo by Dominik Bindl/WireImage Jack Nicholson, Spike Lee and Billy Crystal may not be tall enough to dunk, but nonetheless they’ll be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Sunday. The trio, along with businessman Alan Horwitz, will be recognized by the organization, technically called The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. They’ll be…
E. JASON WAMBSGANS/AFP via Getty Images R. Kelly‘s appeal of his federal sex crime convictions in Chicago has been rejected. The Associated Press reports the Supreme Court declined to hear the singer’s appeal, providing no reason for their decision. Though the law currently allows a person to be charged as long as the accuser is still…
Lovett Music/RCA Records/ Photo Credit: Adrienne Raquel Victoria Monét thought Usher up when working on their song “SOS.” As she reveals in Rolling Stone‘s The Breakdown, she’d been listening to Confessions and “studying that album top to bottom” when she received a call from Usher. “I was like, ‘What the f*** is going on?!’ The energy…
ABC/John Argueta Tyla‘s self-titled debut album will now get the deluxe edition treatment. The singer announced that Tyla (Deluxe) will arrive Friday, featuring three new tracks: “Push 2 Start,” “Back to You” and “Shake Ah” featuring Tony Duardo, Optimist and Maestro. The album also features new artwork, which finds Tyla soaked in a brown corset and a hose around her…
