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Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood Last October, Beyoncé helped fans dress in all black with her Ivy Park Noir apparel; she later dropped her Cé Noir perfume; and now, she’s back with a new line of lifestyle merchandise: Cécred hair care.  “Hair is sacred,” Bey wrote in her Instagram announcement, where she shared a first-look trailer of women with different hair textures having their […]

Hanover Square Press Ruff Ryders‘ first lady, Eve, is ready to delve into the details of her life and rap career with her new memoir, Who’s That Girl? In the book, expected to hit shelves this fall, the Grammy winner will open up on an array of topics, such as entering into a male dominated hip-hop in the late […]

Courtesy Apple Music Usher is performing at the Super Bowl 58 halftime show, so when he found himself next to someone who did the same thing back in 2015, he discussed it. Speaking to Billboard, Usher said, “I’ve happened to be around a few people who’ve played the Super Bowl, and they did give me some pointers. […]

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures has just released the trailer to A Quiet Place: Day One, starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o. The third installment of John Krasinski‘s blockbuster franchise acts as a prequel, setting the clock back on the alien invasion that already had occurred according to the first two hit films. The teaser shows the aliens — who hunt by noise […]

Mitchell & Ness Fans can now enjoy Super Bowl 58 in style as the NFL dropped its exclusive line of Usher merchandise Wednesday.  Items a part of the special collection, including T-shirts, hoodies, a hat, jacket and helmet, arrive two weeks after the partnership was announced and just four days ahead of Usher’s much-anticipated big game halftime show.  Usher co-designed […]

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Victoria Monét had a history-making night at the Grammy Awards Sunday, but there was one moment, unrelated to her three award wins, that seemed to be a highlight of her night: meeting Beyoncé. As part of her reflective posts on the Grammy Awards, Monét penned a heartfelt message to Bey, expressing her […]

Sonja Flemming/CBS At the Grammy Awards on February 4, Mariah Carey gave out the first award of the night. But according to the show’s executive producer, a lot of people went to great lengths to make sure she got there on time. Grammys executive producer Ben Winston told the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast that because of the rain in LA […]

On this day in Black history, February 7: — In 1872, Alcorn A&M College, the oldest public historically Black land-grant institution in the United States, opened to students. Later named Alcorn State University, the school was founded a year prior in Mississippi in an effort to educate the descendants of formerly enslaved Africans. — In […]

Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Kelvin Harrison Jr., who portrays Martin Luther King Jr. on National Geographic’s Genius: MLK/X, will be honored at the sixth American Black Film Festival Honors. He’s set to receive the 2024 Rising Star Award — an acknowledgement of his “recent success and future promise in the film and television industry.” Harrison joins Garrett Morris, Taraji P. Henson, Jeffrey Wright and Mara […]