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This week’s best new music list is full of exciting releases. Lil Durk just dropped a sentimental track “All My Life,” which is a collaboration with J. Cole and features a youth choir. Jorja Smith is bringing the energy just in time for summer with “Little Things.” And YoungBoy Never Broke Again dropped his new project, […]
Janelle Monáe has announced her new album The Age of Pleasure, and to coincide with the news she’s shared the NSFW music video for “Lipstick Lover.” The singer-songwriter and actress gets sensual and sweaty in the new video, which features various scenes in which she’s topless. The video is age-gated on YouTube due to the nudity, […]
Deadline has learned Janelle Monáe will play Josephine Baker in the upcoming TV series De La Resistance. The series, which will be based on the upcoming Damien Lewis book Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy, is said to focus on Baker’s accomplishments as an entertainer, which include being the first Black woman to star in a […]
It’s the first Monday in May and that can only mean one thing: the Met Gala is here. This year’s theme is “gilded glamour,” an homage to the Gilded Age in New York dating back from 1870 to 1880. According to TODAY, “gilded glamour” pairs up with the 2021 theme of “American Independence,” as part of what the Metropolitan […]
Janelle Monáe has come out as non-binary. The Grammy-nominated artist discussed her gender identity in the season 5 premiere of Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris. “I’m nonbinary, so I just don’t see myself as a woman, solely,” Monáe told the hosts. “I feel all of my energy. I feel like God […]
On Tuesday, Michelle Obama and other co-chairs of the When We All Vote organization dropped an open letter urging Americans to put their support behind the For the People Act. At the moment, 43 states across the country are considering an estimated 253 proposals that could dramatically limit voting rights and access to millions of […]
Roots Picnic 2020 is taking place on the virtual stage. Earlier this month, organizers announced the in-person event had been postponed indefinitely due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Though this was disappointing news, many were pleased to hear that the festival had pivoted to a virtual experience that would also serve as a voter registration drive. Former first lady Michelle Obama was […]
Janet Jackson was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Friday night at their 34th annual ceremony. The event took place at Brooklyn‘s Barclays Center. During her speech, Jackson called for more women to be inducted. “Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, please, 2020: induct more women,” she said at the tail end of her address. Elsewhere in […]
The performance lineup for the 2019 Grammys has garnered a lot of attention in recent days—but it wasn’t exactly good attention. Though this year’s ceremony will boast performances by some of music’s biggest stars, the excitement surrounding the show has been overshadowed by reports of non-participants: Acts like Ariana Grande, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and Childish […]
In less than a month, the Grammys will return to the small screen to precariously hand out a bunch of awards to the hottest names in music. Sure the actual awards are always messy and fun, but I think many of us can agree that one of the best parts is the array of live performances. With Alicia […]
