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Congrats are certainly in order for Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj … who both earned their first No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 with the remix to “Say So!” The song, which was No. 6 last week, received a huge boost thanks to its new remix featuring …

Photo: Nicholas Johnson. Photo by Lisa Festa (Princeton University Center for Career Development) Well, it only took 274 years for it to happen, but Princeton University recently named its first African American valedictorian. In late April, it was announced that operations research and financial engineering major Nicholas Johnson will be …

They really are a blended family. Mashonda Tifrere—Swizz Beatz’s ex-wife and mother of his son Kassem Jr.—gave Alicia Keys a special Mother’s Day shoutout. “Before this glorious day ends, I want to show extreme gratitude to my baby’s other mother,” Tifrere began her heartfelt Instagram message. “@aliciakeys thank you …

Editor’s Note: This article is part of Uncharted, a series about the world we’re leaving behind, and the one being remade by the pandemic. Where were you planning to be on the Fourth of July this year? Backyard barbecue with your crankiest relatives, fighting over who gets to light the …

Erykah Badu (Photo by Peter Larsen/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures) Jill Scott (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images) If you were privileged enough to watch the nearly three-hour long Verzuz battle between Erykah Badu and Jill Scott, you would know that it was anything but a competition. It was a healing …

The Real talk show co-host Amanda Seales took aim at white celebrities who are calling for justice for Ahmaud Arbery on social media, but are turning off the comments on their posts. Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was gunned down while jogging near his Georgia hometown by white men who said they …

Share0 (Image: iStock.com/sebastianosecondi) The massive spread of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, pandemic, has revealed economic and racial inequities that the United States has been dealing with for decades; from the disproportionate rate of black people contracting the virus to the economic hardships many of the country’s poorest have been …

Photo: Nick Wass (AP Photo) The man behind Uptown Records, the New York City based label that launched the careers of acts like Diddy, Jodeci, Mary J. Blige, and Heavy D has died at 59 years old. Billboard News confirmed the sad news of Andre Harrell’s death after DJ D-Nice …

The Real talk show co-host Amanda Seales took aim at white celebrities who are calling for justice for Ahmaud Arbery on social media, but are turning off the comments on their posts. Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was gunned down while jogging near his Georgia hometown by white men who said they …

It’s taken for granted nowadays that mothers can photograph their little darlings anytime they like. Capturing every sweet, mischievous expression that crosses a child’s face is made easy by the smartphone camera always within reach. This is, of course, a recent development in motherhood. Consider instead the hidden mothers of …