inauguration

"No Political Genius” further explains her stance against her critics, including film director Spike Lee and The Roots member DJ Questlove.

The day has come. Donald J. Trump is officially President of the United States of America. Here's Twitter's reaction.

R&B songstress Chrisette Michele has reportedly signed on to perform at president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration this Friday. According to The New York Daily News, event organizers reached out to Michele’s camp a week ago, but planned to keep it “a big secret” following scrutiny artists like Jennifer Holliday faced. Organizers allegedly approached Michele to perform […]

On January 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, thousands are expected to gather in Washington D.C., in yet another march for women's rights.

Jennifer Holliday didn't come up in the days of the internet, so she's inexperienced when it comes to warding off trolls.

We've had one of helluva week with black men flip-flopping —yes, we're talking to you Charlemagne and Trevor Noah— so why not add Ne-Yo to the list?

Alicia Keys’ career is definitely on fire, following the release of her fifth studio opus aptly titled, “Girl On Fire.” In addition to being named Blackberry’s Global Creative Director and performing at the Inauguration, Super Bowl, Grammys and NBA All-Star game, Keys is also featured on the latest installment of Oprah Winfrey’s “Master Class” series. During the episode, the 14-time […]

A 15-year-old majorette who performed at some of President Barack Obama’s recent inauguration festivities has been shot to death in Chicago. Police say Hadiya Pendleton was shot in the back Tuesday in a South Side park and died at a city hospital. Authorities say Hadiya was one of about 12 teenagers sheltering from heavy rain […]

Ne-Yo says he still gets starstruck by Beyoncé. Speaking with BANG Showbiz, he said: ”I absolutely still get starstruck. I just recently did some sessions with Beyonce. I’ve met her a million times but every time she steps into a room, it’s like, ‘Wow’. That’s what happens when you appreciate and respect an artist – being starstruck never […]

Alicia Keys has spoken out in support of Beyoncé, who, it has been claimed, may have lip-synched at President Obama’s inauguration on Monday. Keys told MTV “The one thing that you cannot doubt is that she can sing. She absolutely can sing. All the rest of the ‘whys’ or ‘whatever’, we know that she can […]

A little over 20 million people watched President Obama’s second inauguration on television, Nielsen reported Wednesday afternoon. The ratings agency counted up the viewers across 18 different networks. It said that 20.552 million people watched coverage airing from 10 AM to 4:30 PM on Monday. (CNN was the top-rated cable news network, and NBC the top-rated broadcast […]

Aretha Franklin got a good laugh from Beyonce’s inauguration performance controversy, saying that she thought the singer did a “beautiful job with the pre-record.” Beyonce took to the stage at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration ceremony to sing the National Anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Quickly after she finished, the Beyhive buzzed with rumors that Queen Bey […]