By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z will help re-open the newly renovated Webster Hall concert venue in New York City with a performance next week. Tickets for the April 26 show go on sale Friday. It will be Jay-Z’s first time performing at the venue located in Manhattan’s East Village. In this […]
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New Prince Album Featuring Unreleased Demos out in June
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new Prince album featuring his versions of songs he wrote for other artists will be released in June. The 15-track “Originals” will include “Nothing Compares 2 U,” the No. 1 hit for Sinéad O’Connor; “The Glamorous Life,” Sheila E.’s signature song and Top 10 pop hit; […]
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John Singleton’s Daughter Disputes That He’s In A Coma
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The daughter of “Boyz N the Hood” director John Singleton disputed his mother’s account that he’s in a coma in a court filing Friday, saying that he’s recovering from an April 17 stroke. Cleopatra Singleton, 19, said in the declaration filed in Los Angeles Superior […]
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Cosby Renews Attacks On Trial Judge As He Seeks Bail
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Imprisoned actor Bill Cosby is renewing attacks on a Pennsylvania trial judge as he seeks bail while he appeals his sex-assault conviction. Lawyers for the 81-year-old Cosby filed a bail motion Wednesday with the state Superior Court. They complained that in the seven months since Cosby’s sentencing, […]
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Street Art of Nipsey Hussle in LA Breathes Life into Legacy
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Along busy highways, on the sides of buildings and inside a school basketball court, more than 50 colorful murals of Nipsey Hussle have popped up in Los Angeles since the beloved rapper and community activist was gunned down outside his clothing store. Some show […]
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Review: New Doc Shows How Beyoncé Changed Coachella, Forever
By Mesfin Fekadu, AP Music Writer Beyoncé is extremely private, and only lets you know what she wants you to know, when she wants you to know it — typically, in a surprise post on her website or Instagram. But throughout the years, she’s slightly cracked open her door to reveal parts of her life and […]
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Prosecutor Asks for Review of How Smollett Case was Handled
By CARYN ROUSSEAU Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Cook County state’s attorney said Friday that she has asked the county’s inspector general to review how her office handled “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s criminal case. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and others have criticized the decision by Kim Foxx’s office to drop charges against Smollett accusing […]
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Jemele Hill Still Speaking her Mind, This Time on Podcast
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jemele Hill has moved on, but not from speaking her mind. The former ESPN host, best known to the non-sports world for tweets about President Donald Trump that provoked the White House to unsuccessfully seek her firing, launches a weekly podcast Monday on Spotify. On […]
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Nipsey Hussle’s Family Gathers for Private Funeral in LA
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nipsey Hussle’s family and friends gathered Friday for a private funeral on a day when the slain rapper was also honored by his hometown of Los Angeles. Hussle was buried at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills in an afternoon service. The sprawling cemetery […]
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From Snoop Dogg to President Obama: Tributes to Community Activist Nipsey Hussle
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Nipsey Hussle, whose real name was Ermias Joseph Asghedom, was shot to death in Los Angeles on March 31 outside of his store Marathon Clothing. He was 33. Though he arrived on the music scene in the early 2000s, Nipsey Hussle was known not only as a musician but as […]
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Wendy Williams Files for Divorce After 21-year Marriage
By The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Wendy Williams has filed for divorce after nearly 22 years of marriage to her husband and manager. Her attorney, Mary Vidas, says the papers were filed in Essex County, New Jersey, where the talk show diva has a home. Vidas would not comment further on what she […]
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Nipsey Hussle Becomes Face of Downtown LA on Day of Memorial
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nipsey Hussle’s face was everywhere outside the Staples Center on Thursday, where a mood of festival and celebration stood in contrast to the somber memorial inside. The late rapper’s image was on T-shirts, on buttons, on the side of passing vans, airbrushed on the back […]
