Phillip Faraone/WireImageMotown founder Berry Gordy and Grammy Award-winner Smokey Robinson will be honored at the 2023 MusiCares Persons of the Year, the Recording Academy announced Thursday. For the first time, the high honor will go to two music legends; the 32nd annual gala […]
MEGA/GC ImagesThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago has revoked an honorary doctorate awarded to Kanye West. In a statement released Thursday, the college announced the decision was made following offensive remarks the rapper made about the […]
Lovett Music, Inc./RCA RecordsVictoria Monét has been named MTV’s Global PUSH Artist for the month of December. She joins a list of past new music stars: Coco Jones (November), GloRilla (September), Kaliii (August), Ice Spice (May) and more. Monét’s recognition […]
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTVThe verdict is in on Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2, with fans on the internet saying they love the new body of work. After dropping the album on her 41st birthday, December 8, her Barbz […]
From sad, emotional tracks to movie soundtrack singles and club bangers, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. HitKidd, Renegade — The Memphis producer released the 17-track album, which houses his […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The western United States is in the midst of an intensifying drought. In the latest U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, nearly 52% of the western U.S. is in “extreme” or “exceptional […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A group of high school students are being hailed as heroic Good Samaritans for their efforts to save a mother and her two young children. The mom and her children, […]
Stella/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Six more schools are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for reports of discrimination on their campuses, according to the agency. Tulane University in Louisiana, Union College in New […]
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday announced that it has approved Casgevy, the first CRISPR gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease, paving the way for thousands of […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A Black man whose arrest in Alabama earlier this month went viral on social media is speaking out amid an investigation into the local police department. “I try to act […]
