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Lauryn Hill Goes Deep on D’Angelo in Moving Tribute Message: ‘Your Undeniable Beauty and Talent Were Not of This World’

Lauryn Hill and D’Angelo were like twin stars birthing a new R&B universe in the late 1990s. The pair released just one collaboration, 1998’s sensual, seductive “Nothing Even Matters” from Hill’s Grammy-winning debut solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, but the song, and their friendship, clearly made a huge impression on the former Fugees […]

Justin Timberlake Pays Emotional Tribute to D’Angelo For Inspiring Him: ‘You Took R&B And Put It In All Capitals’

Justin Timberlake joined the loud and passionate chorus of musicians and fans paying tribute to R&B icon D’Angelo following the singer’s death on Tuesday (Oct. 14) at age 51 following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Related D’Angelo: The Music, The Aura & The Vanishing Act That Made a Neo-Soul Giant D’Angelo’s Biggest Billboard Chart Hits: […]

Stake in Frank Sinatra’s Estate Acquired by Iconic Artists Group

Iconic Artists Group (IAG) has acquired a portion of the Frank Sinatra estate. IAG founder Irving Azoff revealed the news about the legendary singer while speaking at Bloomberg’s Screentime Conference, held Oct. 8-9 in Los Angeles. As first reported by Bloomberg on Sunday (Oct. 12), Azoff said Iconic “recently acquired a chunk of the Sinatra […]

We’ll Make This Short ‘n Sweet: Sabrina Carpenter Is Up for an Anthem Award

When she’s not topping Billboard charts, winning Grammys or being playful and provocative in concert, Sabrina Carpenter is doing philanthropic work with her Sabrina Carpenter Fund. That work, done in concert with PLUS1, has been noticed by the Anthem Awards, the social impact prizes presented by the Webby Awards. Other nominees for the fifth annual […]