It has been announced that director Ava DuVernay, has joined black girl magic forces with the Sweetest Taboo singer Sade on the soundtrack to her new movie A Wrinkle in Time. DuVernay says, “My creative partnership with Sade on ‘Flower of the Universe’ was so connected that I reverse engineered the usual process and used…… MORE
Born Helen Folasade Adu in Ibadan, Nigeria, about 50 miles from Lagos, Sade was the daughter of an African father and an English mother. She grew up in London while studying fashion design at St. Martin’s School of Art along with modeling. Adu grew up listening to Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Al Green, & Billie…… MORE
Singer Coco Jones and NBA star Donovan Mitchell are engaged. Jones posted an Instagram photo of herself and Mitchell, where she showed off her ring. The couple had been dating for about a year, but both of them kept things quiet. Jones revealed that she and Mitchell were dating on Club Shay Shay in March.
Akon’s futuristic city in Senegal is not happening. The country has taken back the land for the multi-billion-dollar project, which was going to be called Akon City.Senegal will use the land for a resort built with private funding.Last year, Akon was given two weeks to start construction. After there was no movement, and Akon missed…
Craig Robinson is leaving comedy.In a recent post on Instagram, The Office actor shared that he’s giving up comedy to focus on “something bigger.”“Life update: I’m officially quitting comedy to focus on my true calling. Stay tuned. I’m working on something huge,” he wrote in the video caption.He teased what his next venture might be in a follow-up…
Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National Tour brought in some serious cash. Billboard reports that Grand National is the highest-grossing co-headlining tour ever. The outing has grossed $254.6 million with 1.1 million tickets sold from 23 shows. By comparison, JAY-Z and Beyoncé‘s On the Run II Tour is the only other joint tour to hit…