Jody Watley is the gold standard of artistry. A brilliant songwriter, artist, entrepreneur, producer, and visionary. When you visit Jody Watley YouTube Channel, experience “All Things Jody Watley,” including concert features, interviews of the Grammy Award-winning artist and more.   ... read more »

Performing together as adolescence, The New Respects is a Nashville-based soul/pop/rock band set to uplift audiences with their throwback sound and catchy hooks. ... read more »

Grammy Award-winng artist, Artis Leon Ivey Jr., better known as Coolio, has passed away.  ... read more »

Pharoah Sanders, the saxophonist and jazz great who played with John Coltrane and released more than 30 albums, has died. He was 81. ... read more »

Filmmaker Michael J.  Payton, an Oakland, California native, attended San Francisco State University and earned his Bachelor’s degree in radio and television broadcasting.  ... read more »

Jerrold Smith II is a Los Angeles multi-hyphenate who may be a familiar face to you. Best known for his most recent on-screen credits in HBO Max’s original series, Sweet Life: Los Angeles, and Netflix’s outbreak competition series, Floor is Lava, his work doesn’t stop just stop there. ... read more »

Creators of the production company, Royal Coalition celebrate their latest win, their film “On the Line” is officially Oscar qualified.  ... read more »

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents the world premiere of “Motown: Celebrating the Music, the Magic, the Love” on Saturday, October 1, at 7 pm, at The Wallis’ Bram Goldsmith Theater, 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills. ... read more »

Meet Zion Broadnax—the eleven-year-old star who’s on the road to becoming a whirlwind sensation in the entertainment industry.  ... read more »

From Sept. 22-24, the Leimert Park Village will host the Reimagine’s Loss, Life, & Love festival.  ... read more »

Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass is building a coalition across every neighborhood in Los Angeles. ... read more »

Jurors began deliberating on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago, sorting through a month of evidence and arguments on charges accusing the singer of producing child pornography, enticing minors for sex and rigging his 2008 child porn trial. ... read more »

The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) has teamed with Restoration Stage of Washington, DC to bring the popular musical, “Veils,” to the Los Angeles area for a short run at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center. ... read more »

A search was continuing on Sept. 13 for the person who gunned down rapper PnB Rock inside a well-known South Los Angeles restaurant, with police saying a social media post apparently led the attacker to the eatery to rob the singer of his jewelry. ... read more »

If you love to laugh (and, I do) then you are already a fan of HBO’s "A Black Lady Sketch Show" created by Robin Thede. The L.A. Sentinel recently spoke with the show's award-winning editors - Stephanie Filo, Taylor Mason, Bradinn French, and Robyn Wilson. ... read more »