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GRAMMY Award-winning hip-hop icon Lil’ Kim is returning to her Brooklyn roots for a one-night-only orchestral celebration of the album that helped define her career. The Queen of Rap will headline Hard Core Symphony at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, on Nov. 19, bringing her landmark 1996 debut album, Hard Core, to the stage…
Rock The Bells Festival will return to Newark over Thanksgiving weekend with LL COOL J, SWV, Method Man & Redman, and Lil’ Kim among the performers scheduled for a multigenerational celebration of hip-hop. The festival is set for Sunday, Nov. 29, at the Prudential Center, where organizers say the event will close out Hip-Hop History…
Brooklyn rapper Fivio Foreign will perform his new single “Chasin” live with his newly formed choir, The Fire Choir, at the Red Steps in Times Square on Sunday. The free pop-up performance is scheduled for 2 p.m. Aug. 16 at the TKTS Times Square steps at Broadway and West 47th Street. “Chasin” is a gospel-inspired…
Powered by adidas and offered through the HBCU’s online learning platform, ePLC, the masterclass shares the two-time Academy Award winner’s creative blueprint with the next generation For more than three decades, Ruth E. Carter has used costume design to shape how audiences see Black history, culture, and identity on screen. From Malcolm X and Black Panther to Black Panther: Wakanda…
What happens when thousands of Black creatives, entrepreneurs, and cultural leaders gather under one roof? You get CultureCon. Kicking off the festivities on September 28, CultureCon returns to Brooklyn for a week-long celebration of Black and Brown creativity, entrepreneurship, and culture. The festivities culminate October 3–4 with its main festival, bringing together thousands of attendees…
Renowned event organizers Tammy Ford, Aria F. Wright, and June Garcia are inviting New Yorkers to relive the music, fashion, and culture of the 1990s with a one-night event celebrating the era’s influence on hip-hop and R&B. “NYC LOVE,” scheduled for Friday, July 31, at Casa CeCe in Manhattan, is being promoted as a tribute…
The Steel City Legacy Gala will bring what organizers describe as Alabama’s first Met Gala-inspired experience to Birmingham on July 18, combining high fashion with recognition for community leadership and investments in education and small businesses. The event will take place at the WorkPlay Theater and will distribute more than $40,000 in academic scholarships and…
Trell Thomas Built a Movement and It Matters More Now Than Ever Words by Valese Jones On a Sunday afternoon in New Orleans, something happened that had nothing to do with brunch. Yes, there were 250 guests dressed in all white. There was elevated hospitality, a second-line band winding through the ballroom at Port of…