Photo by: Kevork Djansezian/Staff Whitney Houston’s music is still being sought after, as fans worldwide miss her presence. A fan paid nearly $1 million for an unreleased demo of the singer. According to Billboard, the song was sold for $999,999 in a nonfungible token auction on the OneOf platform, Dec. 14th which is funded by […]
Photo by: Pete Mitchell/Contributor Another tragedy has struck the hip-hop community. After a long battle with blood cancer, Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, Grammy Award-winning bassist and founding member of the hip-hop group The Roots, died. He was 62. Stephanie Hubbard, Hubbard’s wife, announced the musician’s death to ABC 6 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her husband had been […]
Photo by: NBC/Contributor Looks like legendary R&B group Boyz II Men and filmmaker Malcolm D. Lee will join to produce a film based on the discography of the Philadelphia-bred and Grammy Award-winning R&B group. Brotherly, a “coming-of-age cinematic musical,” will follow a group of men who return to West Philadelphia for their 20-year high school reunion […]
Photo by: Michael Tran/FilmMagic Actor Jussie Smollett was found guilty of a fake police complaint with the Chicago police in 2019 alleging he was the victim of a racial and homophobic attack. Smollett was found guilty of five counts of felony disorderly conduct, according to CNN. On one allegation of felony disorderly conduct, he was […]
Photo by: Kevin Mazur/MTV VMAs 2021/Contributor It’s been over ten years since Lil Mama invaded Alicia Keys and Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards in 2009. While Lil Mama has previously stated that the incident has caused her to consider suicide, it appears that social media will not let her, […]
Photo by: Robin Marchant/Contributor Actress/comedian Mo’Nique’s beach day in Miami turned into a teaching occasion when she questioned her fans if they “qualified” to be deemed a queen. On Dec. 5, the 53-year-old took to Instagram and expressed that she was thinking about this topic because of the common use of the word “Queen’ when […]
Photo by: Johnny Nunez/Contributor Following the announcement that the veteran music producer had filed for divorce in November, veteran music producer Stevie J has sought spousal support from singer Faith Evans. According to court records obtained by The Blast, the 50-year-old has petitioned not just for spousal support, but also to be relieved of his […]
Photo by: Earl Gibson III/Contributor A.J. Johnson can be recognized as fly girl Sherane from the 1990s cult hit House Party before she became a life/ wellness coach, and certified personal trainer. Johnson choreographed Sherane’s and Tisha Campbell’s character Sidney’s dance moves in the film’s memorable dance battle against Kid ‘n Play. Johnson revealed that, […]
Photo by: LISA O’CONNOR/Contributor A suspect in the murder of philanthropist Jacqueline Avant, wife of “The Black God Father,” Clarence Avant, has been detained on Dec. 2nd. According to the Los Angeles Times, Aariel Maynor, 29, was detained in connection with the incident. He allegedly shot Jacqueline Avant with an AR-15 rifle, according to police. […]
Photo by: Jeff Kravitz/Contributor Clarence Avant’s wife, Jacqueline Avant was fatally shot and assassinated at their Beverly Hills home on the morning of Dec.1st. She was 81 years old. Original reports indicated a house invasion, but newly sworn in Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook is unclear whether to classify the incident as one. “The […]
Photo by: Emma McIntyre/Staff Monday, Nov. 29th, loved ones, fans, and fellow actors/friends celebrated the legacy of Chadwick Boseman, and what would have been his 45th birthday. After a four-year secret struggle with colon cancer, the Black Panther hero died last August. An Instagram post on his official Instagram account showed Boseman in a photo […]
Photo by: JMEnternational/Contributor Actor Idris Elba is apparently in talks to join the James Bond franchise, but fans will have to wait. The British actor has been the subject of on-again, off-again conjecture as to the next in line to take over the mantle of the world’s greatest spy, to the point where he must […]