Critically-acclaimed drama The Help looks set to dominate the 2012 NAACP Image Awards after landing eight nominations. The movie adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's bestselling book of the same name...

R&B star Chris Brown will lead the way at the 2011 Soul Train Awards after receiving five nominations. The singer is poised to dominate the prizegiving after being nominated for Best Male R&B/Sou...

Taraji P. Henson and singer/actress Tatyana Ali were among the honorees at Saturday night's sixth annual Black Girls Rock Awards. Henson picked up the "Star Power Award" while Ali was named the "...

R&B star Jill Scott is celebrating the success of her chart-topping album with a new figure after shedding over 60 pounds in two years. The slimmed-down singer scored her first number one on the ...

Sade is the toast of the music world again after landing four nominations for the 2011 NAACP Image Awards on Wednesday. The sultry British singer will compete for Outstanding Female Artist, Outst...

Soul star Maxwell has cancelled the second half of his U.S. tour with Jill Scott and Erykah Badu, citing "scheduling conflicts." The singer will play all of his dates up to and including sold ou...

NEW YORK (AP) - The biggest shows of 2009 couldn't always be contained by the TV screen. There were breakout tabloid scandals with Jon and Kate Gosselin. A wannabe reality TV star crashed the White...

R&B star Jill Scott is a first-time mother at 36 - she has given birth to a baby boy. The singer/actress welcomed Jett Hamilton Roberts into the world on Monday with fiancé John Roberts by he...

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. And now Scott, who divorced her hu...

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. The actress joined Gabrielle Union, Ana Ortiz and si...

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 o...

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 h...

Amy Winehouse stole the show at the 50th Grammy Awards, winning five top honors. Kanye West was nominated for eight awards and went home with four prizes, including Rap Album, Rap Performance and R...

Jive recording artist, Raheem DeVaughn, who recently received a Grammy Award nomination for his current single "Woman," debuts at #5 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Ho...

On February 12, Blue Note Records will release Droppin' Science, a unique collection of the legendary label's classic late 60s through mid-70s jazz-funk tracks, all of which have featured prominent...

Denzel Washington's new movie The Great Debaters is leading the nominations for the NAACP Image Awards after landing nods including Best Picture. The film, about a Texas professor who takes ...

Country music has scored another chart-topping week in America as trio Rascal Flatts replace Reba McEntire at number one. The group's Still Feels Good, which opened strongly with a 547,000 sa...

Following the success of his previous films Diary Of A Mad Black Woman, Madea's Family Reunion and Daddy's Little Girls, Tyler Perry returns with his fourth feature film, Why Did I Get Married? Ste...

New Def Jam recording artist Chrisette Michele, whose soulful, jazz-influenced debut album I Am will be released June 19th, has been tapped as opening act on the upcoming North American tour with p...

The Dixie Chicks were the big winners at the Grammy Awards, scooping five awards. The country band fought off stiff competition from the likes of Justin Timberlake, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ma...

As 2006 comes to a close, The Roots are just getting started with a full schedule of activity that will make an impact around the globe all the way through Spring 2007. They are in the midst o...

-Special 2006 Edition of Classic Holiday Collection Premieres Four Newly-Recorded Never-Heard-Before Chris Botti Yuletide Tracks Columbia Records released a new edition -- featuring four newly...

Embracing an effortless eloquence and cocoa butter smooth persona, the music of Brian McKnight has defined the true meaning of American soul man since 1991. Like his spiritual Motown godfathers, th...

On October 24th, the music world will be dazzled by a harmonic convergence of superstars when singer/guitarist/songwriter George Benson teams with vocalist extraordinaire/songwriter Al Jarreau for ...

Summer is off to a great start with Dave Chappelle's Block Party premiering on demand and pay-per-view July 13. A genuine crowd-pleaser, the film spotlights comedy superstar Dave Chappelle as he pr...

It becomes evident the moment you hear her sing the very first note - it's a slice of sublime blues delivered with a voice that pins you, in the softest but most persuasive of ways, to the wall; a ...

It's not often an album comes along that truly blends two distinct cultures in an innovative way. That album is Timeless (click for review) by Sergio Mendes, due out on February 14 as a co-release ...

The critically-acclaimed Grammy-nominated trumpeter Chris Botti, whose recent albums To Love Again: The Duets (click for review) and When I Fall In Love have raised the bar of excellence in the int...

A commercially successful, critics' darling is oftentimes an oxymoron in music. Then again, it should come as no surprise that the endlessly innovative hip-hop band, The Roots, have managed to acco...

It's more than the passionate vocals of Marsha Ambrosius (the Songstress) and elegant spoken word of Natalie Stewart (the Floacist) that has fans captivated everywhere since Floetry first stepped o...