Janet Jackson, Usher, TLC booked for Las Vegas’ Lovers & Friends festival

Courtesy Lovers & Friends Janet Jackson and Super Bowl halftime performer Usher will headline the third edition of the Lovers & Friends festival, scheduled to take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds…

New Ludacris TV series in the works at BET+

Disney/Frank Micelotta A new TV project involving rapper Ludacris has a home at BET+, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  The untitled series will be a half-hour scripted dramedy inspired by Luda’s life and his…

André 3000 announces New Blue Sun Live Tour

Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images Two months after dropping his first solo project, New Blue Sun, André 3000 has announced the album’s accompanying road show, the New Blue Sun Live Tour.  The former Outkast member will hit the…

Rapper YFN Lucci pleads guilty to gang charge

Paras Griffin/Getty Images Rapper YFN Lucci, known for songs “Everyday We Lit” and “Key to the Streets,” has pleaded guilty to gang charges connected to a racketeering case in Atlanta, Georgia.  ABC affiliate…

Offset to hit the road with first solo run, the Set it Off Tour

Live Nation Offset is hitting the road for his first solo headlining concert series, the Set it Off Tour.  He announced the 17-city tour via Live Nation Tuesday, revealing the list…

Oscars nominations: ’American Fiction’ earns five, Black first-timers & more

ABC The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday, revealing the top big screen projects and actors up for a gold statuette.  American Fiction, the race-related film starring Jeffrey Wright, earned five…

21 Savage’s ‘American Dream’ notches historic 14-song placement on Hot 100 charts

Slaughter Gang/Epic Records Not only did American Dream, the new album from 21 Savage, debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, almost every song on the album charted on the all-genre Hot 100.  That’s…

LaKeith Stanfield says ‘The Book of Clarence’ is closest to roles he’s always wanted to play

ABC/Eric McCandless LaKeith Stanfield, star of Jeymes Samuel‘s The Book of Clarence, says the biblical-set film is the closest he’s gotten to the acting gigs he’s dreamed of.  He chatted with Ebony for its January cover…

Megan Thee Stallion announces new song, “Hiss”

ABC/Chrys Davis First, there was “Cobra.” Now, there’s “Hiss” — a new song featuring a snake-themed title Megan Thee Stallion is gearing up to release Friday, January 26. She announced the song on Instagram Monday,…

Dexter Scott King, youngest son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 62

Moses Robinson/WireImage Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., died Monday from prostate cancer, according to The King Center. He was 62 years…