Phillip Faraone/WireImageMotown founder Berry Gordy and Grammy Award-winner Smokey Robinson will be honored at the 2023 MusiCares Persons of the Year, the Recording Academy announced Thursday. For the first time, the high honor will go to two music legends; the 32nd annual gala […]
MEGA/GC ImagesThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago has revoked an honorary doctorate awarded to Kanye West. In a statement released Thursday, the college announced the decision was made following offensive remarks the rapper made about the […]
Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage(NOTE LANGUAGE) Lil’ Kim took the Apollo stage Thursday for her first headlining performance there, and as promised, she brought along some friends. The Jump Off with Lil’ Kim and Friends kicked off with The Queen […]
exdez/GettyNas, a veteran in the hip-hop game, is encouraging fans to see a new exhibit honoring his genre’s 50th anniversary. “Check out Hip Hop: Conscious Unconscious, a photo exhibit documenting the 50-year evolution of one […]
Prince Williams/WireimageDrake might have spent a pretty penny during his recent stay in New York City. According to Page Six, the rapper stayed at the Mark Hotel, one of the most expensive hotels in North America. His […]
Randy Shropshire/Getty ImagesArmani White performed his song “No Mistakes” for Vevo’s DSCVR Artists to Watch 2023. In the clip, he brings life to the lyrics as he makes use of the yellow-lit room and delivers an animated […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — One of George Floyd’s brothers says he was struck watching former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin put his hands behind his back to be placed into handcuffs after the guilty verdicts […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The western United States is in the midst of an intensifying drought. In the latest U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, nearly 52% of the western U.S. is in “extreme” or “exceptional […]
(FLORIDA) — Two former south Florida police officers handcuffed a homeless man last month and drove him to an isolated area where they beat him unconscious, prosecutors alleged Thursday. According to Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez […]
Memphis Police Department(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — The Memphis Police Department unit at the center of Tyre Nichols’ death earlier this month has now come under scrutiny from critics over its approach to fighting crime. The SCORPION […]
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Six months after a man with a loaded AK-47-style rifle was caught outside the Brooklyn, New York, home of a prominent Iranian dissident journalist, federal prosecutors on Friday […]
