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On Friday night, veteran rapper Scarface was on hand for the taping of the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta to accept the I Am Hip Hop career-achievement award during the annual ceremony, which was held at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. Although the night started out on a positive note, the rapper was…

Don’t call it a comeback, but Janet Jackson’s return to music with her new album, Unbreakable, is a record-setting one. Jackson’s 11th studio album has become her seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200. So far Jackson has had a top-100 album in each of the last four decades. According to Billboard, the 200 chart ranks…

Malcolm-Jamal Warner told the Associated Press that it pains him to watch The Cosby Show’s legacy take a hit as a result of the sexual assault allegations surrounding its main star, Bill Cosby.  Especially since the show played a pivotal role in improving the image of African Americans around the world.  “My biggest concern is when…

Don Cheadle is directing and starring in a new biopic about the legendary jazz musician Miles Davis.  The film is called Miles Ahead (also the name of a classic song and album by the trumpeter, who died in 1991), and by the looks of a clip obtained by Yahoo!, Cheadle has Davis’ mannerisms, voice and musical…

Keke Palmer caught wind of the criticism that her character on the Fox series Scream Queens is a loudmouthed, neck-rolling hood rat—traits that play on stereotypes about how young African-American girls from working-class communities behave.  She told BuzzFeed that she doesn’t agree with that interpretation of her character and that she’s OK with the script…

Kanye West is turning homophobia on its head and arguing that in the fashion industry, heterosexuals are the outsiders and have a harder time succeeding.  “I feel like I got discriminated in fashion for not being gay,” West said during an interview with SHOWstudio.  He explained that most times it’s the other way around, that…

The nominees for induction into the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were announced Thursday, and Janet Jackson, the Spinners, Chaka Khan and trend-setting rap group N.W.A are four of the 15 acts up for the honor, USA Today reports.  It’s a great look for soul, funk, R&B and hip-hop music. In order to be…

Karrueche Tran says she has felt discriminated against by Hollywood employers because of her decision to reconcile with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown time and time again through the years.  During an interview with the BBC, the aspiring actress talked about the perception that she is weak because she continued to date Brown and how this,…

When Matt Barnes’ son told him that New York Knicks coach Derek Fisher was at the house mingling with Barnes’ soon-to-be ex-wife, Gloria Govan, Barnes reportedly jumped into his car Saturday, driving 95 miles to shut it down, the New York Post reports.  It was a house that Barnes and Govan once both lived in.…

Rupert Murdoch—a white man and 84-year-old billionaire who owns the world’s second-largest news conglomerate—praised Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson in a tweet Wednesday night and suggested that the former neurosurgeon would be a “real black President.” Ben and Candy Carson terrific. What about a real black President who can properly address the racial divide? And…