One Oscar shy of EGOT, Adam Blackstone's music muscle is mighty. How will the New Jersey native dazzle audiences across Jay-Z ...

Laramie County Community College has announced the list of graduates for the 2026 spring semester. Students earning high ...

Before the ESSENCE Fest Superdome shows, celebrity hairstylist and entrepreneur Cliff Vmir was drawing crowds of his own.

The ruling reversed a decision by the state’s elections office that had found Dan J. Sullivan was ineligible to challenge Dan S. Sullivan, an incumbent senator. By Tim Balk Alaska voters may have two ...

A biography of Hannibal Lecter. A meditation on trees. A memoir by a child prodigy violinist. A treatise on the way we poop. These are just a few of the nonfiction books our NPR colleagues are ...

What began as a festival for Black audiences is now going global. Black Thought reflects on the Roots Picnic's first international expansion.

Sullivan returned to the Philadelphia school that helped shape her career to ensure one student felt celebrated during a major ...

Jay-Z made his return to the stage with his first headlining performance of 2026 at Roots Picnic on Saturday night (May 30) in Philadelphia. After debuting a new afro and Fear of ...

JAY-Z's freestyle targeting major rap figures like Drake and Kanye West at the Roots Picnic reignited debate on rap beef, contrasting with his earlier comments on lyrical competition.

Jazmine Sullivan has been responding to increased fan interest about her weight loss journey, after her look became an online topic of discussion following a Philadelphia outing. Following her ...

Like her music, Jazmine Sullivan's beauty has long belted from the soul. In 2008, she released her debut studio album, Fearless, which birthed her famous singles "Need U Bad" and "Bust Your Windows".

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