The backlash was epic.
NEW YORK (AP) — Cardi B will make her first public appearance as a mom at the MTV Video Music Awards, and it might be worth it: She could be the night’s big winner. The rapper is the top contender with 10 nominations. She will open Monday’s show, which kicks off at 9 p.m. EDT […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Janet Jackson’s fans were so energetic at an event Friday for her new single that one fan chimed in so the icon could speak without interruption. “Everybody, be quiet. We can’t hear her,” a girl yelled, as Jackson and the rest of the packed room at Samsung 837 in New York […]
Things got really emotional on Friday for Stevie Wonder as he discussed having a final conversation with his longtime friend, Aretha Franklin. Wonder said that he and Franklin, who died Thursday, had spoken about collaborating as recently as two months ago. “We’d been talking about it. There was a song that I had written called ‘The Future,’ and […]
Erica Campbell dedicates her Faith Walking to Aretha Franklin.
Plans are underway to honor Aretha Franklin in Harlem and at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Actor Glynn Turman, beloved in the Black community for his iconic roles as Preach in Cooley High, Col. Taylor on A Different World and recently Ernest Bordelon on Queen Sugar, was also once married to the legendary Aretha Franklin who died this morning at the age of 76. He visited Franklin in her last days, along […]
“Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade—our power and our pain, our darkness and our light.” — Former President Barack Obama I grew up in Detroit in the 1960s where Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul,” was affectionately known as […]
As you likely know by now, Aretha Franklin has died. The Queen of Soul, musical icon, super diva, mother, auntie, daughter and the voice of a million love stories, heartbreaks, and inspirations, as well as the most influential woman in musical craft, is gone. We share just a few videos from her extraordinary life and […]
DETROIT (AP) — People are praying for Aretha Franklin in the Detroit church where her father was once a pastor. The special vigil at New Bethel Baptist Church began before dawn Wednesday. The prayers come one day after Stevie Wonder visited the ailing Queen of Soul at her home. Franklin’s ex-husband, actor Glynn Turman, also […]
Sam Smith is in hot water with his fans and the entire internet after revealing he doesn’t like Michael Jackson. While relaxing on a boat with singer Adam Lambert, Jackson’s song Human Nature was playing in the background and as the camera pans over to Smith as he confesses, “I don’t like Michael Jackson, but […]
Aretha Franklin is reportedly in serious condition while being housed in a Detroit hospital. The Queen of Soul is currently surrounded by friends and family and they’re asking for prayers and privacy at this time. According to Showbiz 411, she’s in a “gravely ill” state as those around her are preparing for the worst. Franklin has […]
