Solange has long blazed her own trail and this week saw her recognized for her seismic effect on culture and discourse.
The eclectic singer was honored with the first-ever Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating Social Impact at a celebration event at The Town Hall in NYC.
In a major move, Horne’s family presented Solo with the honor.
The salute comes on the heels of the songbird hatching latest album, ‘When I Get Home,’ which has been met with ample critical acclaim.
From The Vault invites you back to the summer of 2008, a year which brought with it Danity Kane‘s ‘Bad Girl’ – the group’s last single to-date as a quintet.
Helmed by Danja – the hitmaker behind Britney Spears’ stellar ‘Blackout’ album – the song was serviced as the band’s second single from sophomore effort ‘Welcome To The Dollhouse.’ Its frenetic electro-pop production was elevated even more by a guest verse from Rap queen Missy Elliott.
Directed by Erik White, the video boasted a graphic novel aesthetic and – as stated in the song -it saw the girls transform into their badass alter egos whenever the red light comes on.
The visual was choreographed by Gil Duldulao, who is also Janet Jackson’s longest working creative director and choreographer. Elliott also featured on the clip.
Still, all of this wasn’t enough to secure the track a Hot 100 placing, instead peaking at #10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.
As was a constant in the “Danity Kane” narrative, this track had never received the push it should have in order to become a hit and ended up becoming the last time we would see all five original members in a video together.
Over a decade later, it still stings to think about what could have been. With top-notch music, a killer creative team and epic performance skills, DK were equipped with everything to become one of the biggest bands in the world. All except the support of the team behind them. Ironically.
Whether the ladies decide to reunite as DK5, DK4 or DK3, we’ll always have a soft spot for them, if only for everything they were able to achieve in so little time and with all the odds against them.
Fans are fearing for Madonna‘s well-being, after yet another mishap on her much-plagued ‘Madame X World Tour.’
A succession of dramas have dented the theater trek, including a string of cancelled shows, postponements, and late starts. Much of which the singer has attributed to health issues.
The latter struck again this week during Madge’s stop in Paris.
Nene Leakes and Kenya Moore have made no secret of their disdain for one another. And this season of the ‘Real Housewives Of Atlanta’ sees their feud reach fever-pitch with a soon-to-be-screened spittingfiasco.
Before then, though, there’s tonight’s episode.
And Leakes does not hold back when the topic of Moore and her estranged husband Marc Daly comes up.
Filmed before the former Miss USA filed for divorce from Daly (father of her daughter Brooklyn), the RHOA OG verbatim intimates that the troubled pair have “an arrangement.”
Jennifer Lopez was on-hand at Oprah Winfrey‘s much-talked about2020 Vision tour stop in Los Angeles last night.
Speaking candidly about the peaks and troughs of her personal and professional life, the star opened up about being omitted from the Oscar nominations.
J.Lo was hotly tipped for the shortlist after wowing with her role in ‘Hustlers’ – one which nabbed her a nomination at the Golden Globes and multiple wins at other ceremonies.
Drake has a penchant for surprises and sprung another on fans tonight with the premiere of two new songs – ‘When To Say When’ and ‘Chicago Freestyle.’ Both of which arrived as part of a joint music video.
Directed by Theo Skudra, the visual comes as anticipation grows for Drizzy’s follow up to 2018’s ‘Scorpion’ album.
Recently he revealed the as yet untitled set was drive in a more “concise” direction than its predecessor, which was comprised of 25 tracks.
Jury’s out on whether these new numbers will feature on the LP. But what is for sure is that you can watch the video for both after the jump…
Mariah Carey may reign as one of the greatest voices of all time, but she remains oh so embracing of the young vocalists she inspired.
Case in point JoJo.
Mimi invited the songbird to join her backstage at her ‘Butterfly Returns’ residency; and together with her background vocalists, the singing supernovas took vocal flight with ‘Everything Fades Away’ from 1993’s ‘Music Box.’
