Hip-hop is a regional genre, offering a wide mix of freestyles and flavors that vary depending on where you are in the world. The Southern spitfire you find coming out of New Orleans for example can be heard today through rappers like 25-year-old rising emcee Rob49. Already entering his fifth year in the game, the […]

Going viral on the Billboard charts seems to be a popular memory for many of our guests here on “My First Time.” From Kaliii and her 2021 hit “Do A Bitch” to SleazyWorld Go and his Lil Baby-assisted remix for “Sleazy Flow” back in 2022, we love hearing musicians tell us what it’s like to […]

Usher will soon be trying his luck as executive producer on a new series titled 'Storyville' based on brothel culture during the Jazz Age.

HBCU Xavier University was the scene of a shooting that left one woman dead & two injured at Morris Jeff High School's graduation ceremony.

Celebrated actor Anthony Mackie will soon have a permanent base back in his hometown of New Orleans after purchasing 20 acres of land that will soon be turned into a television and film studio.

A Norwegian Cruise Line ship with at least 10 passengers and crew members infected with COVID-19 docked Sunday in New Orleans, where health officials said they were trying to disembark people without worsening the spread of the coronavirus illness.

Former child actress Jonshel Alexander, who co-starred in 2012’s 'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' was reportedly shot and killed Saturday night in New Orleans. She was 22.

Everyone in the film industry has weighed in with thoughts about the shooting involving Alec Baldwin on set of the movie 'Rust,' and even hip-hop mogul Master P had an opinion based off his lengthy career in music videos and film production.

New Orleans showed up and showed out as only NOLA could to honor the 112th birthday of Lawrence Brooks, the oldest living World War II veteran in America and a certified hometown hero.

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The deranged white man who attacked MSNBC's Shaquille Brewster while he was live on the air reporting on Hurricane Ida in Mississippi has been identified, police in Gulfport have announced.

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Carol Sutton, a fixture on stages in her native New Orleans who built a steady career on the big and small screens, including roles in the 1989 comedy “Steel Magnolias” and the TV series “Queen Sugar,” has died from complications from COVID-19, according to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Sutton […]

New Orleans has lots of strict COVID-19 guidelines in place including no dancing, but that didn’t stop the 2020 Naughty N’awlins Swingers Convention from happening on November 14th. Get Breaking News & Exclusive Contest in Your Inbox:   In order to attend this year’s event, the 250 attendees were required to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 […]