MC Lyte Receives Honorary Doctorate From Bennett College Ahead of Rock Hall Induction JG 9:21 AM 0 MC Lyte at the Essence Festival of Culture in July 2025. (Credit: Danielle G. Campbell / Wikimedia Commons) Pioneer hip-hop artist and lyri...
Roc Nation School Earns Billboard Honor as Questions Over 'Debt-Free' Promise Grow JG 4:07 PM 0 Inside the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment’s new Dolby Atmos studio at Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus. The ...
Mickey Factz to Teach 'The Art of the MC' at Nyu’s Clive Davis Institute JG 3:05 PM 0 Rapper and educator Mickey Factz, newly appointed adjunct professor at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, will t...
Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD Foundation Donates to UH Law Center to Expand Criminal Justice Clinic JG 8:07 AM 0 Joshua Lake, newly appointed director of the University of Houston Law Center’s Criminal Justice Clinic, will lead the expansion of the clin...
Pulitzer-Winning Rapper Kendrick Lamar Becomes Subject of New College Course JG 6:07 PM 0 Kendrick Lamar's life and lyrics will be the subject of a new fall semester course at Temple University, taught by Professor Timothy Wel...
Dr. Dre Transforms Compton High with $10M Donation to Performing Arts Center JG 11:15 AM 0 Dr. Dre’s legacy has always been intertwined with Compton, and now the rap legend is giving back to the California community in a major way....
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Receive USC’s Top Honor for Cultural and Educational Impact JG 4:08 PM 0 Jimmy Iovine, left, and Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, right, celebrate with a graduate of the USC Iovine and Young Academy during commencement cere...
From 'U Got It Bad' to You Got a Degree: Usher to Receive Honorary Doctorate From Emory JG 2:01 PM 0 Usher at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors Dinner. Grammy-winning R&B icon Usher Raymond IV is adding another prestigious honor to his leg...
Jay-Z and His Mother Dr. Gloria Carter Champion Financial Freedom for HBCUs JG 9:27 PM 0 Photo Courtesy Shawn Carter Foundation Jay-Z and his mother, Dr. Gloria Carter, co-founders of the Shawn Carter Foundation, pictured togethe...
Howard U. Revokes Sean Combs' Honorary Degree, Returns $1 Million Gift JG 5:48 PM 0 Photo Credit: Facebook/Diddy In a decisive move, the Howard University Board of Trustees unanimously voted to accept the return of Sean Comb...
2016 Hotel Video Shows Altercation Between Combs, Ventura JG 12:41 PM 0 Surveillance video from 2016, obtained by CNN, shows Sean "Diddy" Combs chasing down his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in a hot...
56 Years Later, Otis Redding's Soulful Legacy Still Resonates JG 2:56 AM 0 Photo Credit: Michael Ochs Archive Sunday the music world will commemorate the 56th anniversary of Otis Redding's tragic passing. Thoug...
Megan Thee Stallion Surprises TSU with Flamin’ Hot Scholarship Celebration JG 2:51 PM 0 In a surprise visit to Texas Southern University on Wednesday, Megan Thee Stallion turned heads, adding sizzle to the weekly Hump Day pep ra...
Megan Thee Stallion Partners with Flamin' Hot to Launch $150,000 Scholarship at Her Alma Mater JG 3:15 PM 0 Megan Thee Stallion, the Grammy-winning rapper, is heating up the education scene through a collaboration with the iconic snack brand Flamin...
Da Brat Drops Baby Bombshell: Trailblazing Rapper Pregnant at 48 JG 11:46 AM 0 Photo Courtesy Twitter Da Brat, the legendary rapper behind the hit song "Funkdafied," is pregnant at the age of 48. The hip-hop i...
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