'Essence' Festival 2023 takes over New Orleans this weekend, here's the evening concert lineup
Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE Essence Fest is back! The beloved festival of culture celebrating all things Black will be hitting the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, this weekend. In its 29th year, the premier fest brings the Black community
Coco Jones hitting the road with What I Didn't Tell You Tour
Def Jam Recordings Coco Jones is taking her talents on the road with her newly announced What I Didn’t Tell You Tour. Opening in Ontario on August 5, the 16-city U.S. and Canada tour will make stops in
New Music Friday: Monica, Wiz Khalifa & Ty Dolla $ign, The Weeknd & Lil Baby and more
From long-awaited collaborations to new reggae tracks and love songs from R&B icons, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest & greatest in music. —The Weeknd ft. Lil Baby & Suzanna Son, “False Idols” — Ahead of the series
Bob Marley & The Wailers announce posthumous album, 'Africa Unite'
Island Records Legendary Jamaican musician Bob Marley will release Africa Unite, a posthumous album featuring his greatest hits. A fusion of reggae and Afrobeats, the ten-track project blends some of the icon’s most beloved songs, like “Waiting In Vain” and “Three Little Birds,” with
'Surrounded' star Letitia Wright on the film's rarely seen view of the old West
MGM The new movie Surrounded shows us a side of old west we don’t normally get to see on film. The well-reviewed movie, out now for digital rental, tells the fictional story of Buffalo Soldier Mo Washington, a Black
FBI Director Wray interviewed in lawsuit over FBI agent's firing; Trump could be next
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — FBI director Chris Wray was deposed under oath this week by lawyers for former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, who are separately suing the federal government over
Travis Scott will not face criminal charges in Astroworld tragedy
Rick Kern/Getty Images A Texas grand jury has declined to indict rapper Travis Scott and five others in connection with the deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld Festival in Houston, prosecutors said. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said the grand jury on Thursday,
Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction should stand, prosecutors say
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prosecutors urged a federal appeals court to uphold the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was found guilty of trafficking women and girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. “The Government’s evidence at
Lil Uzi Vert drops new album 'Pink Tape', featuring Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott & more
Generation Now/Atlantic Records Lil Uzi Vert made their long-awaited return to music Friday with the release of their new album, Pink Tape. After a three-year hiatus, Uzi unleashed the highly-anticipated project which boasts features from Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, Don Toliver and a couple of others.
Agricultural fields in California's Tulare Lake Basin could be underwater for years to come, experts say
Bill Hutchison/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Farmers in one of the most prominent agricultural communities in the country will likely be living an underwater nightmare for the foreseeable future. Central California’s Tulare Lake is filled past the