After initially disappointing would-be attendees by canceling its live, in-person version due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers of the 13th annual ‘Roots Picnic’ have opted to revamp its lineup and carry on virtually.

Hosted by The Roots members Black Thought and Questlove alongside former First Lady Michelle Obama, the livestream concert is set for June 27th at 8:00 p.m. ET.

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Houston-hatched hitmaker J. White Did It is the craftsman responsible for some of female Rap’s biggest recent anthems including Cardi B‘s ‘Bodak Yellow’ and ‘I Like It’ as well as Megan Thee Stallion‘s ‘Savage.’

Beyond those commercial knockouts, he’s also won ample critical acclaim over his storied career including praise for Iggy Azalea‘s criminally underrated sophomore album, ‘In My Defense,’ and its singles ‘Started,’ ‘Sally Walker,’ and ‘F*ck It Up.’

The buying public may have slept on the ill-fated LP, but White is confident the bangers set to line her new project will wake them up.

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Missy Elliott has earned many an accolade over the course of her illustrious career and the latest is one of entertainment’s most prestigious.

For, the multi-dimensional star has just been announced as one of the chosen names to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

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For this generation of Urban music lovers, PARTYNEXTDOOR and Lil Uzi Vert are undoubtedly go-to fixtures.  What’s more, 2020 has easily been a standout year for both.

While the former earned his highest Hot 100 placement yet with the tune ‘Believe It (featuring Rihanna)‘ as well as his best first-week sales to date with its parent album, ‘PARTYMOBILE,’  the latter’s ‘Eternal Atake’ skyrocketed to the Billboard 200’s summit with not only his personal best but some of the 2020’s biggest first week figures (click here to read more).

To their respective horrors, however, those personal career triumphs were not enough to get them inducted into this year’s class of BET Awards nominees as revealed Monday (June 15).

It’s pretty safe to say they didn’t take the news lightly.

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Marques Houston saw his name atop atop the trending topics tally earlier this week thanks to Twitter sleuths who laid out a timeline of his dating history with 19-year-old fianceé, Miya.

Deducing (based on the evidence presented) the two began dating before her 18th birthday, the chatter around the betrothed blasted to viral levels – with some even using the findings to validate B2K star Raz B‘s once-shunned reports of sexual abuse at the hands of Houston and manager Chris Stokes.

Once the hoopla landed on the desk of the 38-year-old Houston, he took to Instagram to detail his love story with the teenager.

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As calls for justice in the case of Robert Fuller increase nationwide, his half-brother has reportedly been the victim of death by cop.

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Raven-Symone is a married woman.

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Shortly after thrilling fans with her Too $hort-sampled new single, ‘Tap In’ (as we reported here), Bay area rapstress Saweetie returned with the cut’s official music video.

Directed my Mike Ho, the 26-year-old may have taken her dance moves from the outdoor basketball court on ‘My Type’ to a more temperature controlled environment, but that doesn’t mean her footwork was any less scorching.

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K. Michelle sent fans into a frenzy with the announcement she had new music coming.

Hard at work on her long teased Country album, the award-winning singer-songwriter is now reporting another follow-up to her January-released fifth LP – ‘All Monsters are Human’ – will come in the form of an EP.

But, shortly after bragging about the studio time she’s locked down in Nashville to put the finishing touches on those projects, the 34-year-old launched into a tirade about former nemesis Tamar Braxton.

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The pandemic pressed pause on the original premiere of the ‘Real Housewives Of Potomac’ season 5. But fans needn’t fret because a new date has been set.

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A documentary created to lift the lid on Russell Simmons‘ alleged abuse of women and girls is dominating discussion on social media.

Twitter’s response to ‘On the Record’ below….

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As at writing, #RIPTacoBell is trending worldwide on Twitter after an employee of Taco Bell was fired for wearing a Black Lives Matter protective mask.

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