DJ Clark Kent performs during “The Originals” show at the 2023 Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage in Central Park on August 5, 2023, in New York City. | Source: Richard Bord / Getty
DJ Clark Kent, the legendary DJ who believed in Jay-Z when every record label did not, has passed away from colon cancer. He was 58.
The announcement of his passing came from his family via DJ Clark Kent’s own social media channels.… Read more
50 Cent is now the second rapper to ever gross that much on tour, with the first being Drake.
50 Cent‘s The Final Lap Tour has hit a huge milestone and placed him in a rare category.
According to Billboard Boxscore, the G-Unit mogul earned over $100 million thanks to his worldwide The Final Lap Tour. The 2023 tour grossed $103.6 million, with 1.05 million tickets sold across 83 shows in North America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia. The most lucrative stop on the tour was in London at the O2 Arena, which brought in a combined $4.4 million across two dates. … Read more
Amanda Seales acquired a reputation for being aggressive and difficult, but on a recent episode of former football tight end Shannon Sharpe’s podcast “Club Shay Shay,” the actress set the record straight. The three-hour and 10-minute interview allowed the “Smart, Funny & Black” creator to open up regarding her time on “Insecure,” her recent autism diagnosis, and how she deals with the labels the industry assigned to her.
Seales contributed over 30 years to the entertainment industry.… Read more
50 Cent has been in his share of Hip-Hop battles, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that he had some advice for Drake, but many are giving the Queen’s rapper the side eye for what he said.
In a recent interview with Billboard, 50 Cent touched on many topics, including his Las Vegas residency and his 07 sales battle with Ye, aka Kanye West, but his comments regarding Drake’s dustup with Kendrick Lamar were quite interesting.… Read more
10 Black Celebrities Using Their Star Power For Good
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While it would certainly benefit all of us to find time and make a difference on some level in our respective communities, celebrities have a far bigger responsibility when it comes to giving back. For all the glitz and glam that comes with lifestyles of the rich and famous, it’d be nice to believe there’s room for humility in Hollywood as well.… Read more
Snoop Dogg has been in the game for well over three decades and he has no signs of slowing down after celebrating his birthday recently. Over the weekend, Snoop Dogg brought in his 53rd birthday alongside his wife Shante Broadus at her The Player’s Club strip joint.
TMZ reports that Snoop Dogg and Shante Broadus were the special guests of the evening as family and friends partied to celebrate the special moment under the dark lights of The Player’s Club.… Read more
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Megan Thee Stallion once rapped, “True Religion, I feel like a stallion, horseshoes on my a**,” in her song “Accent.” So, in a move that makes all the sense in the world, the Hip-Hop superstar is teaming up with the clothing brand.
Officially unveiled on Tuesday, October 22, Megan Thee Stallion and True Religion are coming together for their Where Holiday Wishes Come True campaign.
RapUp reports that, as part of the collaboration, True Religion will also hold a Where Wishes Come True event to benefit the Houston rapper’s nonprofit, the Pete & Thomas Foundation.… Read more
Actor David Jonsson is quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s brightest stars. Fresh off his stellar performance in Alien: Romulus, Jonsson is set to star opposite Sydney Sweeny in Colman Domingo’s directorial debut.
Deadline exclusively reports that Jonsson will play Sammy Davis Jr., and Sweeney will play film star Kim Novak in Scandalous. The film will tell the story of Davis Jr. and Novak’s love affair in 1957.
The website reports that Colman Domingo’s film has been fast-tracked at Miramax and will begin shooting in Los Angeles after Sweeney and Domingo finish filming season 3 of the hit HBO series Euphoria.… Read more
Kendrick Lamar shifted the entirety of the culture via his war of words with Drake, with the diss track “Not Like Us” becoming a top-charting smash in the process. In a new interview with SZA for Harper’s Bazaar, Kendrick Lamar opens up about the larger meaning behind “Not Like Us” and what he hopes listeners truly get from him and his message.
Employing the “artist interviews artist” strategy that has seemingly enraged a vocal group of journalists, SZA and Kendrick Lamar’s interview session read as a candid conversation between good friends and artistic collaborators.… Read more
Eminem has been very vocal about his anti-Trump stance ever since Cheeto Jesus first took office in 2017. With so much riding on the line in this years presidential election, the greatest white rapper in Hip-Hop is doing his part to help get the first Black woman elected into the Oval Office.
According to Variety, Slim Shady has hit the campaign trail in his hometown of Detroit and will be throwing his celebrity weight behind the Harris/Walz ticket as he’ll be introducing former President Barack Obama when the 44th president of the United States takes the stage in Motor City Tuesday night (Oct.… Read more
