A petition to fire Jesse Williams from “Grey’s Anatomy” has been started at Change.org. The petition is titled, “Sign the petition to fire Jesse Williams from Grey’s Anatomy for racist rant,” and was created by an “Erin Smith,” which is probably a fake name. In any event, the petition – which basically wants Shonda Rhimes […]
The “Don’t Trump America” shirt that Usher sported during his performance at Sunday night’s BET Awards is now part of a new line of tees he’s selling for $15 a pop. According to the website, the new venture is being run through custom apparel platform Teespring for one week only, with proceeds split evenly between […]
R&B singer Maxwell is known for hitting us with some of the sexiest lyrics (and visuals) and then out of nowhere he vanishes. When asked why, he says that he likes to take his time, and that length of time is usually seven years. While he admits that it is a rather long time to […]
The 2016 BET Awards were too Black for Tomi Lahren.
Fresh off her explosive performance at the 2016 BET Awards, Sheila E left it all on the stage as she paid a musical tribute to Prince, her friend and longtime collaborator. She talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about her new single, ‘Girl Meets Boy’ and reveals just how much preparation went into the […]
Mama Tina accepted the Viewers Choice Award on her daughter's behalf, but apparently misinformed the public when she said Bey's next stop was London.
Billboard sat down with BET chairman/CEO Debra Lee for a post-mortem on Sunday’s 16th annual BET Awards, which she warned during the red carpet festivities would be “our best show.” “Looking back on last night, I didn’t know the half of it,” she told the publication Monday. Below, Lee gives background details on everything from […]
Sheila E. goes into great detail about the creative process behind her sizzling tribute to Prince for the BET Awards, an emotional effort that involved lots of moving parts, last minute additions and cancellations and a ton of tears. “I knew we were going to sit there and cry,” she tells Billboard of reconnecting with […]
It may be petty, but it’s a big deal as far as Tina Lawson is concerned. Yes, Beyoncé‘s mama is concerned about the hate her daughter is getting on social media for leaving the BET Awards after her unbelievable show-opening performance with Kendrick Lamar … to fly to London for her Formation Tour show. If […]
It’s still trending on social media. My mom sent me several links on Facebook. It was all over the news on TV, on radio and online. People were asking me about it wherever I went. What am I talking about? “This award – this is not for me. This is for the real organizers all […]
D’Angelo was among the first set of artists announced earlier this month for the planned Prince tribute at Sunday’s BET Awards, but the singer ended up missing the show altogether. Ultimately, several tributes took place throughout the program, with The Roots, Stevie Wonder, Janelle Monae, Erykah Badu, Maxwell, Bilal and Sheila E tackling various Prince […]
6/27/16- Click the link above to hear the TJMS crew run down their favorite moments from the 2016 BET Awards and find out why the BRexit has everyone nervous.
