Biz Markie, a hip-hop staple known for his beatboxing prowess, turntable mastery and the 1989 classic “Just a Friend,” has died. He was 57. Read more

“Black Widow” ceded its No. 1 spot to an unlikely foe in its second week in theaters: The Tune Squad. Read more

The Emmy Award nominations announced last week included some snubs and surprises. Read more

Those looking for definitive answers about Naomi Osaka and how she copes with the demands of her career and fame shouldn’t expect to find them in a new Netflix docuseries about the four-time Grand Slam champion. Read more

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s second Netflix project will focus on a 12-year-old girl’s adventures in an animated series. Read more

The Cannes Film Festival rolled out the red carpet for the first time in more than two years on Tuesday, launching the French Riviera spectacular with the introduction of Spike Lee’s jury, the premiere of Leos Carax’s “Annette” and high hopes of shrugging off the pandemic and a punishing yea… Read more

In addition to making great music, H.E.R. wants to be an active citizen who empowers young people with information. Read more

Cardi B’s “WAP” has new meaning at the BET Awards: winning and pregnant. Read more

Taraji P. Henson has secured the role of a lifetime. Read more

It’s the early ’90s and a preteen Johnta Austin is in the studio working on his debut album with a pair of unknown producers named Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo. Read more

Not to be totally catty, but Doja Cat’s third album starts poorly. The first four songs – “Woman,” “Naked,” “Payday” with Young Thug and “Get Into It (Yuh)” – are half-baked tunes mimicking beats and vocals from Nicki Minaj or Rihanna. None are noteworthy. It’s depressing. Read more

Lil Baby and Justin Bieber are set to headline Jay-Z’s Made In America festival in Philadelphia. Read more

It’s not easy to put a finger on Janicza Bravo’s style. In describing her work, which now encompasses nine shorts and two feature films, including new release “Zola,” you want to use words like surreal, disturbing, satirical, absurd, otherworldly. Read more

In the summer of 1969, the same summer as Woodstock, some of the biggest musical acts of the time, like Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Mahalia Jackson and the Fifth Dimension all performed in New York’s Mount Morris Park. Read more

In the strongest sign yet that life is left in movie theaters, “F9” sped to a box office take of $70 million in its first weekend, the biggest opening for a film since the pandemic began, according to studio estimates Sunday. Read more

The family of 20-year-old Corey Walker, the only adult charged in the murder of Pop Smoke, wants to meet with the late rapper’s family “privately” according to The New York Daily News. Pop Smoke, born Bashar Jackson, was killed on Feb. 19, 2020, in Los Angeles during a botched home invasion.… Read more

Beginning Sunday, June 27, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County will return to hosting Free Gospel Sundays during the summer in the Ziff Ballet Opera House. Read more

Three years after workplace misconduct allegations cost veteran TV and radio talk show host Tavis Smiley his job and a national forum, he’s ending his silence. Read more

Kevin Hart can make us laugh and cry, it seems, even if the vehicle was practically engineered to bring on the waterworks. In “Fatherhood,” which began streaming on Netflix Friday, he plays a new dad whose wife dies shortly after childbirth and he’s left raising their daughter on his own. Read more

Ludacris is preparing for his next box office smash, “Fast & Furious 9.”The movie will be released on June 25 and it’s just been announced that he will be joining fellow rapper-turned-thespian Queen Latifah in the upcoming Netflix thriller, “End of the Road.” Beau Bridges will join them … Read more

Disney marked this year’s Juneteenth with the release of a new EP about the Black experience featuring actor and activist Yara Shahidi, Chlöe Bailey of Chloe x Halle and rapper YBN Cordae, who is donating his proceeds to students attending historically Black colleges and universities. Read more

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an NBA legend, but the man known for his trademark skyhook shot has also devoted his life advocating for equality and social justice. Read more

The eighth and final season of Tyler Perry’s “The Haves and the Have Nots” is bittersweet for Angela Robinson, the actress who brought life to the character of Veronica Harrington, the ruthless villainess fans have loved to hate on the top-rated OWN drama. Read more

Will Smith is ready to open up about his life story. Read more

Snoop Dogg is getting ready to bark out orders at Def Jam Recordings – he’s joining the label as an executive creative and strategic consultant. Read more