Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE Essence Fest is back! The beloved festival of culture celebrating all things Black will be hitting the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, this weekend. In its 29th year,…
Def Jam Recordings Coco Jones is taking her talents on the road with her newly announced What I Didn’t Tell You Tour. Opening in Ontario on August 5, the 16-city U.S.…
From long-awaited collaborations to new reggae tracks and love songs from R&B icons, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest & greatest in music. —The Weeknd ft. Lil Baby & Suzanna Son,…
Island Records Legendary Jamaican musician Bob Marley will release Africa Unite, a posthumous album featuring his greatest hits. A fusion of reggae and Afrobeats, the ten-track project blends some of the icon’s most beloved songs, like “Waiting…
MGM The new movie Surrounded shows us a side of old west we don’t normally get to see on film. The well-reviewed movie, out now for digital rental, tells the fictional story…
Rick Kern/Getty Images A Texas grand jury has declined to indict rapper Travis Scott and five others in connection with the deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld Festival in Houston, prosecutors said. Harris County…
Generation Now/Atlantic Records Lil Uzi Vert made their long-awaited return to music Friday with the release of their new album, Pink Tape. After a three-year hiatus, Uzi unleashed the highly-anticipated project which boasts features…
Photographer & Director: Olivia Malone If there’s one thing Alicia Keys will do, it’s prioritize a healthy mind-body connection. What the 15-time Grammy winner won’t do is cover her face in makeup. It…
Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images Superstar model Naomi Campbell has announced the arrival of her second child, a baby boy. The 53-year-old announced the news on Instagram Thursday with a photo showing her holding…
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Jada Pinkett Smith announced Thursday she’ll be releasing a new tell-all memoir this October — and she’s determined to tell the true story of her life. “On October 17th, I…
