Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hip hop is heading to the Kennedy Center — this time, to stay. In this July 11, 2011 file photo, Q-tip performs in New York. Hip hop is heading to the Kennedy Center, this time, to stay. Fresh off last year’s critically acclaimed performance by Kendrick Lamar with the National Symphony Orchestra, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — In “Underground Airlines,” an upcoming novel by Ben Winters, a black bounty hunter rides through a poor neighborhood in Indianapolis alongside a white policeman. “As we crossed Broad Ripple Avenue,” Winters writes, “we passed a small knot of black kids, laughing and walking together on the narrow sidewalk; one of them, […]

In this Sept. 6, 2014, file photo, actress Leslie Jones poses at the “Top Five” premiere at the Princess of Wales Theatre during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. Jones, of the upcoming all-female version of “Ghostbusters,” took to Twitter to defend her role as a member of the paranormal-fighting group who appears in […]

28-year-old Trentavious White, also known as rapper Bankroll Fresh. (Instagram Photo) ATLANTA (AP) — A coroner investigator says an up-and-coming rapper has been shot to death outside a popular recording studio in Atlanta. Fulton County Medical Examiner senior investigator Tami Sedivy-Schorder says 28-year-old Trentavious White, also known as rapper Bankroll Fresh, was found shot outside […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off his Grammy triumph, Kendrick Lamar has released a new batch of old music. Kendrick Lamar performs at the 58th annual Grammy Awards on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP) The eight-song collection titled “untitled unmastered.” was made available Friday on iTunes, Apple Music, Tidal, […]

Bobbi Kristina Brown attends the premiere party for “The Houstons On Our Own” at the Tribeca Grand hotel on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 in New York. ( Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP) ATLANTA (AP) — An autopsy determined Bobbi Kristina Brown had a mix of drugs in her body when she went underwater in a bathtub, […]

In this June 14, 2015 file photo, Zoe Saldana attends the Los Angeles Premiere of “Infinitely Polar Bear” held at Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. After many delays, the Nina Simone biopic starring Saldana and David Oyelowo will be simultaneously released in theaters, digital HD and video-on-demand next month. Distributor RLJ Entertainment said […]

Iconic artist Grace Jones graced his runway with her powerful presence at the 2009 African Fashion Collective at New York Fashion Week in Bryant Park. London’s prestigious Victoria & Albert Museum featured him as one of three contemporary fashion designers at the “Fashion in Motion: Africa 2005” catwalk event. The Association Nationale pour le Développement […]

In this May 13, 2013, file photo, O.J. Simpson appears at an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court, in Las Vegas. Los Angeles police are investigating a knife purportedly found some time ago at the former home of Simpson, who was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 stabbing deaths of his ex-wife Nicole […]

Bobbi Kristina Brown photographed in 2012 at the premiere of The Houstons: On Our Own on Oct. 22, 2012. (PATRICKMCMULLAN.COM VIA AP IMAGES) (Updated 3/4/2016) ATLANTA (AP) — Bobbi Kristina Brown’s face was immersed in water and she was intoxicated with a mix of marijuana, alcohol, morphine and other drugs — both conditions that caused […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Atlanta has issued an order to unseal the autopsy report for Bobbi Kristina Brown. In this Aug. 16, 2012, file photo, Bobbi Kristina Brown attends the Los Angeles premiere of “Sparkle” at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. A medical examiner said Brown’s face being immersed in water, along […]

1992 was a turbulent time for the West Coast, and the hip-hop music of the time fully reflected it. The Rodney King beating and subsequent L.A. riots made the world take notice of the problems of the left coast. Reality rap was at a premium, with artists like Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Compton’s Most […]