BET+ has unveiled its Black Music Month programming for next month. The streaming service ordered a six-episode reboot of Donnie Simpson’s Video Soul, which will debut June 1. Each new episode is 30 minutes. Donnie Simpson’s Video Soul will keep ...
Bryan-Michael Cox likes to refer to himself as “The Marathon Man.” It’s a nickname XXL gave him in a circa 2006 interview, and it’s even more fitting 17 years later. Cox first made his mark in the music industry at ...
Victoria Monét is back for another round on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart. Her new Buju Banton-assisted single “Party Girls” debuts at No. 25 this week. It’s her second career entry on this list. According to Billboard, the Hot R&B ...
Rising singer Maeta has revealed the official tracklist and credits for her forthcoming project, When I Hear Your Name, out June 9 via Roc Nation Records. When I Hear Your Name will contain 13 tracks, including the previously shared “S(EX)” ...
With her commanding stage presence and astonishingly powerful voice, unbowed even in the face of abuse, Turner lit up every phase of 20th century pop There is a great photograph of Tina Turner, taken for Vogue by Jack Robinson in ...
Teyana Taylor has been named the creative director for Summer Walker’s newly-announced Summer Walker: The Clear Series – One Night Only. The collaboration is through Taylor’s full-service company, The Aunties 360. “I’ve been working so hard with @teyanataylor to get ...
Usher will now take the main stage as co-headliner at the annual Roots Picnic, set to take place June 3 and June 4 at the Mann in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The R&B icon replaces Sean “Diddy” Combs, who ...
Coco Jones has achieved her first No. 1 single on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with “ICU.” The Camper-produced track bumps Drake and 21 Savage’s “Spin Bout U” to No. 2 following a two-week run in the top spot. According ...
Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock’n Roll, has died. She was 83. An official statement was released on Turner’s Facebook page: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner,” the statement said. “With her music ...
There’s a new festival coming to New York City this summer. The inaugural Harlem Festival of Culture (HFC) is set to take place on July 28 through July 30 at Randall’s Island Park in New York City. Teyana Taylor, a ...