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Will Sam Cooke, Ma Rainey & Billie Holiday Portrayals Receive 2021 Oscar Nods?

Portrayals of three music greats — Sam Cooke, Ma Rainey and Billie Holiday — have a good chance of receiving Oscar nominations when the nods for the 93rd annual Academy Awards are announced on March 15. Leslie Odom Jr.’s portrayal of Cooke in One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) is likely to receive a nod for best […]

Lana Del Rey Says ‘The Madness of Trump Needed to Happen’ for America to Uncover Its ‘Greatest Problem’

Lana Del Rey addressed the controversy surrounding her Chemtrails Over the Country Club album cover and the U.S. Capitol riot during a BBC Radio 1 interview Monday (Jan. 11). Del Rey chatted with Annie Mac about the lack of diversity on the album cover, which is a vintage black-and-white shot featuring her longtime girlfriends. The Norman F—ing Rockwell star […]

JBL & Culture Creators Partner on HBCU Mentor Program

JBL/HARMAN, in partnership with the Black-owned agency Culture Creators, is launching JBL Campus SoundSessions. The new mentorship program will focus on expanding opportunities for minority college students aspiring to build careers in music production, marketing, business, technology or engineering. The chosen students will also be given a chance to win a $25,000 scholarship toward their […]

Give Zayn a Call Now to Preview His Brand-New Album

Zayn’s got his upcoming album Nobody Is Listening on speed dial — literally — and you can too. The former One Direction star shared a new phone number for fans to hear snippets of each song featured on his upcoming third studio album Nobody Is Listening, which comes out Friday via RCA. After dialing (323) 991-ZAYN, callers can […]