R&B star Jill Scott is a first-time mother at 36 - she has given birth to a baby boy.

R&B star Jill Scott is expecting her first child with fiance Jon Roberts. The couple announced their engagement onstage during a concert in New York in June.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - From her rebuilt but not yet fully furnished home, Irma Thomas anchors her faith in the rebirth of New Orleans to the return of the Essence Music Festival.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - T-Pain and Lil Wayne have owned the music scene over the past year: It seems as if T-Pain's voice has accented half the hits on urban radio,

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Beneath towering arches in an old cathedral downtown, a 20-member choir welcomed guests at the BET Awards pre-party

Women's Murder Club star Angie Harmon is still struggling to believe she bared all for a magazine because she's such a prude in real life.

Singer/actress Jill Scott is to become a regular on TV after show producers decided to turn her small screen movie The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency into a series. The soul diva was asked to take on the role after starring as lead heroine Precious Ramotswe in the Anthony Minghella-directed TV film last year, which aired on the cable channel HBO.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Performers at this year's Essence Music Festival in New Orleans will include Kanye West, Chris Rock, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.

Busty singer/actress Jill Scott is struggling to find a little support for her big breasts. The R&B star has always loved her plus-size look, but once considered breast reduction surgery to solve her weighty problem. However, she decided against the procedure.