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Lil Baby was honored with the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award at Black Music Action Coalition’s second annual Music in Action Awards Gala, which took place Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The Atlanta rapper was celebrated for his contributions to racial and social justice. Earlier this year, Lil Baby hosted his third annual Back […]

2022 is beginning on a high note with The Weeknd arriving to bless fans with his fifth studio album, Dawn FM, with the announcement of the release date arriving on the first Monday of the year.   In the days leading up to the album’s arrival, Abel shared the tracklist for his new body of work that sports contributions from Jim […]

The awards keep coming for The Weeknd. XO’s finest attended the 2021 Music in Action Awards in Los Angeles on Friday, where he was honored with the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award. The honor pointed to the singer as someone who used his platform to “call attention to racial and social injustice and raise awareness globally.” But when he stepped on […]

The Color Purple will return to the big screen.  According to a Collider exclusive, Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg have signed on to produce a film adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway musical. The report arrives more than three decades after the duo worked together on The Color Purple film, which was based on Alice Walker’s […]

Quincy Jones made headlines recently, when he gave a hugely candid interview to Vulture. Jones was at it again on Wednesday, when he sat down with Scott Feinberg for the latest episode of the Awards Chatter podcast. In a wide-ranging interview, the legendary musician, composer and producer revealed that Ray Charles got him hooked on heroin when he […]