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Tonight’s BET Hip Hop Awards is here again to honor hip-hop’s hottest. Will the show choose to honor titans like Cardi B and Drake? Will it honor consistency and creativity with awards for J. Cole’s entertaining label-wide exercise ROTD3? Will it give props to newcomers that exploded onto the rap scene in the last year […]

On Sunday night, Billy Porter was awarded an Emmy for his work on FX’s Pose. This victory made him the first openly gay black man to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. To win, Porter bested Jason Bateman (Ozark), Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), Kit Harington (Game of Thrones), Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul), […]

Jharrel Jerome took home his first Emmy award Sunday for his portrayal of Korey Wise in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us. Jerome snagged the victory in a stacked category for Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie that included Escape at Dannemora’s Benicio del Toro, Mahershala Ali of True Detective, and Sam […]

More than two months ago, the nominees for the 2019 Emmys, which takes place tonight. This year will not feature a host, but will have plenty of Game of Thrones mentions after the final season set a new record by snagging 32 nominations. Maharshala Ali, When They See Us, Natasha Lyonne, and Billy Porter are some of the other fan favorite […]

For the first time in VMAs history, the Moonperson landed in New Jersey. The 2019 awards show went down Monday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, where Garden State natives like the Jonas Brothers, Halsey, Ice-T, and Victor Cruz gathered to recognize the biggest names in the biz as well as Jersey’s place in music history. “New Jersey has […]

The 2019 VMAs had plenty of memorable moments, including Missy Elliott’s Video Vanguard Award medley and a throwback finale by New Jersey’s finest. If you were unable to catch the broadcast, or simply want to revisit the action, then you’re in luck: We’ve rounded up videos of the night’s musical performances by everyone from Taylor Swift and Lil Nas X to […]

It was long overdue. On Monday, Missy Elliott returned to the VMAs stage to receive the 2019 Video Vanguard Award—an honor reserved for some of the most influential artists of our time. “Missy’s impact on the music landscape is indelible,” Bruce Gillmer, the co-brand head of MTV International, said in a statement. “Her creative vision across production, performance and […]

It’s been 10 years since Kanye West hopped onstage to interrupt Taylor Swift‘s acceptance speech at the MTV VMAs and we’re still talking about the reverberations. Both in spite of and because of that distance, new details have emerged about that famous interaction in an oral history of the show published by Billboard.  Perhaps the […]

With tonight’s 2019 NBA Awards, we take one final look back at this past season and close that chapter for good with a new one just on the horizon featuring a fresh crop of young talent coming from last Thursday’s draft. Hosted by Shaq, the third annual NBA Awards is being held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. […]

Among the highlights of Sunday’s BET Awards ceremony, broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, was Rihanna‘s speech honoring Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Mary J. Blige. After looking back on Blige’s introduction on the scene with a “brand new vibe forever aligning the worlds of hip hop and R&B,” Rihanna emphasized the multi-hyphenate’s proven […]