Singer and actress Mary J. Blige will perform at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards, hosted by Anthony Anderson, on Saturday, February 26, at 8 p.m. on BET. ... read more »

January 11: Singer Mary J. Blige was Born ... read more »

The official music video of “Wake Up Everybody” by Brandy, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, Wyclef Jean, Musiq Soulchild, Ashanti, Babyface, Monica, Claudette Ortiz, Eve, Faith Evans, ... read more / watch video »

On May 9, 2020, Andre Harrell, the influential music mogul, passed away at the age of 59 due to heart failure. With a repertoire of curating Black excellence through ownership and creativity that spanned over three decades - of rap, soul, television, fashion, and film - the mourning hymn that echoes amongst the culture crescendos more each day. ... read more »

Andre Harrell, the longtime music executive who founded the hip-hop label Uptown Records and mentored Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs, died Friday at age 59, DJ D-Nice announced on his Instagram Live. ... read more »

“The message that I want people to take away from the film is that family, faith and the community are very important. Mattie Moss Clark really fought to hold her family together and I think as mothers, children and fathers, we should always fight to hold our family together,” said Carter. ... read more »

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Essence Festival, which draws thousands to New Orleans during the fourth of July week, is celebrating 25 years of bringing African American women of all ages together for thought-proving conversation and performances from top musical acts. ... read more »

The show belonged to artists viewed as icons in the black community, including singer Mary J. Blige, filmmaker Tyler Perry and the late rapper Nipsey Hussle. ... read more »

Chaka Khan, a 10-time Grammy Award-winning R&B/soul artist, was named today as the grand marshal of 2019 Tournament of Roses. ... read more »

... will receive the rock star award at the 2018 Black Girls Rock awards. The Grammy winner will be honored as a “phenomenal woman in music,” organizers said Thursday. ... read more »

Notes, and things picked on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond. ... read more / view gallery »

This Week In Black History (January 11 – January 17) ... read more / view gallery »

Executive Producer of the SAG Awards, Kathy Connell, says this year’s ceremony will feature all female presenters, an idea she conceptualized after her experience at the national Women’s March in Washington, D.C. earlier this year. ... read more »

But the fighting isn't over for Sergeant Ronsel Jackson (Jason Mitchell), a black man reluctantly returning to the repressive Jim Crow system of segregation. ... read more »

Weekly Review of Black Facts ... read more »