Audra McDonald has just received her 6th Tony Award for Best Performance by and Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her role as Billie Holiday in LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL. This year's Tony nomination marked McDonald's 8th. She now holds...
Luther Vandross will receive his star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame next week. In a press release from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the “Secret Lovers” singer will be honored posthumously outside Capitol Records in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 3rd. “Luther ‘s unparalleled voice and forever...
It’s official. The business deal that sent both the business and hip-hop world into a frantic frenzy has officially gone through, despite reports surfacing over the weekend of several snags, including a citation of premature announcemenet, that put the deal in jeopardy. Today, Dr. Dre &...
Oscar winning actor and star of Kato Hammond's 1982 Young Playwrights award winning play, Denzel Washington stands among students giving them an empowering speech about their crafts, gifts, and missions. Watch the following inspiring video clip, and then check out the transcript below it. "True desire in...
Back on the scene like a record machine, Mike Brooks has ushered in a third season of the Housewives of Benning Road online series, with new antics and new dilemmas. This time also featuring DC's own Clifton Powell playing the role of Uncle Buck. Check out...
Back in February, Digital Music News, posted an article giving a list of 17 things that local bands just don't seem to understand. Now, although their particular article was written targeting a totally different demographic of what appears to be a rock music genre, I...
In the past, the music business was controlled by the major record labels. The record labels controlled everything in an artist's career from start to finish. The record label would control and artist image, airplay, access to audits, likeness, royalty rate, success and everything in...
As I clicked on a popular music business forum, I was greeted with a question, "Why won't commercial radio play music by Indie Artists?" My reply to this person was, "Let me try and break the reason down for you." Commercial Radio needs ratings to get paid...
The world has been dying to know what words were actually being said between Solange and Jay Z on that fateful elevator ride at the Met. Now, in this hilarious cartoon parody, we finally get the audio of what exactly, possibly, somewhat, maybe, could have...
VH1 is hitting pause on the reality show and is returning to its roots with a new music series called Soundclash to be executive produced by the Roots' Questlove and hosted by Diplo, the AP reports. The premise of the series is to get chart-topping...
Tupac Shakur was an exceptional rapper, writer, actor, and incendiary public figure who was cut down in his prime in 1996. But his work lives on, and his legacy will be getting its boldest treatment yet when Holler If Ya Hear Me opens on Broadway. Directed by...
Sean “Puffy” Combs, 44, has come full circle. The entertainment mogul who dropped out of college at Howard University in 1990, over two decades ago to start a career in music, has earned an honorary Doctorate of Humanities in recognition of his achievements as an...
Howard University has maintained its’ lead as the top producer of on-campus doctoral degrees awarded by Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The HBCU announced this week that it plans to graduate 105 Ph.D.s from a variety of academic departments—the largest number of doctoral degrees to be...
