The Apollo Theater announced Tuesday that Emmy Award-winning entertainer Wayne Brady will host their 8th annual Spring Gala honoring legendary singer ...

I never thought it would get so much attention. But I think overall with the whole situation, he did bring light in a positive way to what happened [t...

Earlier this month BET confirmed the cancellation of their late night news-satire series, “Don’t Sleep,” resulting in the network ending their r...

Eight months after the debut of his BET late night news-satire series, “Don’t Sleep,” T.J. Holmes has officially announced that he's completely ...

NEW YORK -- PepsiCo says it cutting ties with Lil Wayne after the rapper made a crude reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in a song. Lil Way...

Earlier this week Mountain Dew faced a hailstorm of criticism stemming from their new commercial, developed by rapper Tyler, The Creator, which many d...

NEW ORLEANS — Mixed in among the jazz, Cajun, blues and zydeco flowing from the stages here are the singing, chanting and drumming of Native Ame...

As details continue to emerge surrounding the death of Kris Kross member Chris Kelly, the rapper’s family and friends are reflecting on his legacy a...

Following the release of Lil Wayne’s open letter apology to the family of Emmett Till for his controversial lyric on Future’s “Karate Chop (Remi...

After two months of backlash stemming from the controversial lyric he dropped on Future’s “Karate Chop (Remix),”, Lil Wayne has finally made ame...

Weeks following the loss of Rick Ross’ endorsement deal with Reebok, Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne is also facing a similar burden stemming ...

NEW ORLEANS -- A steady, sometimes heavy rain pelted fans Sunday at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, but the music flowed on. A soaked Dav...

Last month Steve Harvey announced his forthcoming April 26 episode of “The Steve Harvey Show” featuring none other than Oprah Winfrey. And whil...

NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge postponed Lauryn Hill's tax evasion sentencing on Monday but not before scolding the eight-time Grammy-winning si...

This week has been quite eventful for Lauryn Hill. In addition to making claims as to why she stopped paying taxes, the Grammy Award-winner is also re...

In today’s Rick Ross news, reports have surfaced surrounding the estimated amount of money the rapper will lose from his now defunct Reebok endorsem...

After pleading guilty to not paying federal taxes on more than $1.5 million over three years, Lauryn Hill has reportedly filed court documents in resp...

NEW YORK -- A day after Reebok ended its relationship with Rick Ross, the rapper acknowledged that his lyrics on Rocko's song "U.O.E.N.O." were "offen...

Leaders of the Georgia NAACP have urged education authorities in the state to end a school's practice of allowing racially segregated proms. "These...

A group of high school students in Wilcox County High School, GA., are taking a stand against their school's practice of holding racially-segregated p...

NEW YORK -- The man who gunned down radio and TV personality DJ Megatron in New York City will spend 21 years in prison. The Staten Island Advance (h...

LOS ANGELES -- There's a scene in "42" in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel rac...

A controversial pastor claimed recently that President Obama is racist against white people and that his mother influenced this thinking because she "...