Roots Picnic, The Roots and Live Nation Urban Roots Picnic has announced its third annual Roots Picnic Con, taking place at Punchline Philly on May 30, the day before the actual festival. It’s a free event for the community, offering a day of education via conversations and panels covering music education, financial literacy, tech, health and wellness and…
Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs This story may contain accounts and descriptions of actual or alleged events that some readers may find disturbing. Sean Combs’ one-time personal assistant, David James, returns Tuesday to the witness stand in Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering trial. He testified that he was required to ensure…
Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for AfroTech This story may contain accounts and descriptions of actual or alleged events that some readers may find disturbing. Dawn Richard ended her testimony at Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial Monday, after a defense attorney argued she testified because he ruined her music career by dismantling…
Gunna is releasing something in June, according to a recent Instagram post. Alongside a photo dump featuring videos and pics of him in the gym, studio and more, he wrote, “06/ /2025 !!!” Fans think he’s dropping an album, as he had posted in April, “IM OTW ! ALBUM SOON !” Wiz Khalifa expanded his Good Vibes Only Tour: Smoker’s Edition. The…
Lionsgate Omar Sy stars in Shadow Force as a secret agent who briefly separates from his wife Kyrah, played by Kerry Washington, to protect their son Ky. He and Ky bond over their love for Lionel Richie‘s “Truly in Love with You,” which viewers later learn is his and Kyrah’s wedding song. Kerry tells ABC Audio she and Omar love Lionel’s music…
Doug Peters/PA Images via Getty Images Denzel Washington has been awarded a surprise honorary Palme d’Or. The honor was given to Washington during the world premiere of his newest film, Highest 2 Lowest, at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter shared a video of Washington accepting his career achievement award on Monday. The…
Neal Preston, courtesy of The Estate of Whitney E. Houston Whitney Houston — or at least, the late icon’s voice — is going on tour this fall. The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration pairs original and remastered recordings of Whitney’s vocals set to new arrangements performed by a live orchestra, with never-before-seen video footage and…
Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images Bobby Brown has dealt some tough losses in his life, including the deaths of two of his children, Bobbi Kristina and Bobby Brown Jr., and former wife Whitney Houston. Speaking with Jennifer Hudson on her daytime talk show, he credits therapy and his family for helping him navigate his grief. “Lots of prayer, first and foremost,…
Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for AfroTech This story may contain accounts and descriptions of actual or alleged events that some readers may find disturbing. Danity Kane and Diddy – Dirty Money member Dawn Richard has returned to the witness stand to continue her testimony from last week in the trial against Sean “Diddy”…
Greenback Records Xzibit has a new album, titled Kingmaker, coming out Friday. Marking his first album since 2012, he says that his years of experience in the game eliminated any form of self-doubt about releasing new music. “I think the benefit of being able to have had a career spanning from 1996 to now, the self-doubt kinda [goes]…
