Don’t look for the “TV One Night Only: Live From The Essence Festival” this year on TV One. The annual music and cultural festival usually packages some of its main stage performances from the Essence Festival with backstage interviews for a two-hour television special for those unable to make it to New Orleans. After four [...]

Beyoncé has apologized to fans in Antwerp, Belgium for having to cancel a concert date due to doctor’s orders. The pop sensation is currently on her “Mrs. Carter Show” tour but had to cancel a tour date on Tuesday at Antwerp’s Sportpaleis because of “dehydration and exhaustion.” The cancellation further fueled speculation that Beyoncé is [...]

Black Entertainment Television recently announced its inaugural BET Experience in Los Angeles—a three-day “music, entertainment and Black culture” festival nearly identical to the Essence Festival. The idea that BET would be expanding into the festival business doesn’t really raise eyebrows! Some wonder why they hadn’t tried their hand at it a long time ago. What [...]

Beyoncé’s halftime show at Super Bowl XLVII generated a huge sales boost for both her and her group, Destiny’s Child. The one-named divas saw her digital album sales jump 230% following her mid-game performance on Sunday night; and Destiny’s Child’s music sales soared to more than 600%. Halftime performers during the Super Bowl typically see [...]

Beyoncé’s Super Bowl XLVII halftime show is winning the praise of both fans and critics alike! The 13-minute performance in New Orleans’ Mercedes-Benz Superdome featured a medley of the Houston-bred superstar’s biggest hits, and featured a reunion with her Destiny’s Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. The group electrified the stadium and set social [...]

Luke James has been the male crooner that the industry has been buzzing about for more than a year. The New Orleans-bred newcomer has had show-stopping performances on BET Honors, Black Girls Rock! and on the Soul Train Awards; and his first single “I Want You” just landed him a Grammy nomination for Best R&B [...]

Lil’ Wayne has apparently suffered his second seizure in 24 hours according to TMZ, who broke the news of his original seizure last night. The New Orleans-bred rapper (real name: Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.) suffered the second seizure on an airplane while flying from Texas to Los Angeles today. The flight Lil’ Wayne was on [...]

AlwaysAList.com reported on Oct. 1 that Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey were joining forces to create programming for her OWN Network. Read: Hollywood Hook-Up: Oprah Winfrey & Tyler Perry Join Forces News of the 43-year-old actor/writer/director/producer partnering with Winfrey to produce scripted series for OWN had many speculate that Perry had abandoned his plans to [...]

Rapper Mystikal has announced that if you don’t buy his next record, he’s turning to the pornography business. In an interview with TMZ, the 42-year-old hip-hop star confessed that he’s releasing one more CD and if it does not generate a hit, he’ll star in a porn film. The New Orleans-bred rapper said he “needs [...]

PJ Morton is a Grammy Award-winning writer/producer, member of the pop band Maroon 5 and newly signed solo artist to Young Money Entertainment’s new R&B division, Soothe Your Soul Entertainment. The 31-year-old entertainer spent years developing a following as an underground artist on the independent music scene with CDs like “Walk Alone” (2010), “Live From [...]