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Questlove’s Sly Stone documentary Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), out now on Hulu, features interviews with artists like D’Angelo, Q-Tip, and Andre 3000 talking about the Family Stone legend but doesn’t feature Stone himself reflecting on his legacy. During a Q&a for the documentary, producer Joseph Patel revealed why Stone was kept out of his own life story.

“We interviewed Sly for Summer of Soul in 2020. And he had just gotten clean, and he just, he doesn’t have the motor function,” Patel said...

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), the new film from Academy Award winner, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+ in their streaming bundle. The documentary examines the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone. This film captures the rise, reign and subsequent fadeout of one of pop music’s most influential artists, but also shines a light on how Black artists in America navigate the unseen burden that comes with their success. Drawing from his own personal experience and relationships, Questlove tells an empathetic human story about the cost of genius, reframing the way we all engage with pop culture.

The film features notable guests such as Andre 3000, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Nile Rogers, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, George Clinton, Ruth Copeland and Clive Davis. Additional guests include those closest to Sly,...

The highly anticipated follow-up to Summer of Soul, Questlove‘s Oscar-winning documentary, is coming to Hulu. Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) examines the life and legacy of Sly & the Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone. The film debuts on the streamer on Feb. 13 and captures the band’s rise, reign, and subsequent fadeout while shedding light on the unseen burden that comes with success for Black artists in America.

In the exclusive clip below, the film looks at the impact of the band’s hit song “Everyday People.”

After hearing the lyric “we’ve got to live together,” music producer and songwriter, Jimmy Jam, states, “That’s the first time you hear that sentiment from a Black artist. There was a utopianism that people were ready to buy into. That female and male and Black and white can create another world.

The new documentary “Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius,” which focuses on the life and career of the brilliant but troubled musician Sly Stone and his group Sly and the Family Stone, is both a conventional documentary and an extremely unconventional one.

Like its predecessor, the Oscar and Grammy-winning “Summer of Soul” — which was also directed by the Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and produced by Joseph Patel — “Sly Lives” works to incorporate the main story with a larger theme, in this case, as the subtitle indicates, the pressures that come with being both Black and a genius — pressures that have brought down more than one such genius and have led many of them toward self-destruction. That subtitle isn’t saying that geniuses aren’t created equally — but what happens after that genius manifests itself can be very different for minorities, particularly Black people.

In the film, artists who...

It’s a new month, and that means new movies on streaming. There are bountiful picks on everything from Netflix to Max to Prime Video to Apple TV+ this month, including a new horror-thriller starring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy, a bevy of romantic films for Valentine’s Day and some of the best films of the last few years newly added to your favorite streaming service.

Check out our picks for the best new movies streaming in February 2025 below.

“Kinda Pregnant” Amy Schumer in “Kinda Pregnant” (Netflix)

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Happy Madison isn’t just for Adam Sandler comedies. Sometimes it’s responsible for Amy Schumer comedies too! In “Kinda Pregnant,” Schumer stars as “a woman who gets so jealous of her best friend’s pregnancy that she starts to wear a fake baby bump of her own,” according to Netflix. The movie was directed by Tyler Spindel, who happens...

A loving yet tough-minded documentary about the legacy of Sly Stone, Questlove’s Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) has more on its mind than charting the rise and fall of another troubled icon. As its title suggests, the film wants to use Stone’s life and career as a jumping-off point for a larger examination of the double standards often levied by society against Black artists deemed “geniuses.” While Sly Lives! makes a strong argument for raising the question, it never fully grapples with the answer. Ultimately, though, it’s on firmer ground when painting a picture of its subject’s specific and one-of-a-kind genius.

Questlove’s rendering of Stone’s inspiring and tragic story is as vibrant and pulse-pounding as could be hoped for. An East Bay-raised music prodigy who could play almost every instrument and was arranging and performing in his family’s church at an early age,...

Amir “Questlove” Thompson’s upcoming documentary, Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), debuted its trailer on Thursday. The video showcases the band’s meteoric rise and the cultural impact of its enigmatic frontman Sly Stone.

The film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, and is set to release Feb. 13, on Hulu. According to a press release, the doc “examines the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone.” The project will also capture “the band’s rise,...

Questlove’s original documentary about funk pioneer Sly Stone will premiere on Hulu beginning February 13th, 2025, following its debut at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

Titled Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), the film will feature a star-studded guest list including André 3000, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Nile Rogers, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, George Clinton, Ruth Copeland, and Clive Davis.

Bandmates from Sly and the Family Stone and family members Sylvette Phunne Robinson, Novena Carmel, and Sylvester Stewart Jr. are also set to appear. Watch a brief teaser trailer below.

Questlove and Sly Stone previously worked together on the singer’s memoir. The drummer penned the foreword for Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), which in October 2023 became the first book published on Questlove’s Auwa Books imprint.

Sly Lives! is Questlove’s latest documentary following his 2021 Oscar-winning debut, Summer of Soul. He’s next set to helm Ladies & Gentlemen…...

Questlove’s original documentary about funk pioneer Sly Stone will premiere on Hulu beginning February 13th, 2025, following its debut at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

Titled Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), the film will feature a star-studded guest list including André 3000, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Nile Rogers, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, George Clinton, Ruth Copeland, and Clive Davis.

Bandmates from Sly and the Family Stone and family members Sylvette Phunne Robinson, Novena Carmel, and Sylvester Stewart Jr. are also set to appear. Watch a brief teaser trailer below.

Questlove and Sly Stone previously worked together on the singer’s memoir. The drummer penned the foreword for Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), which in October 2023 became the first book published on Questlove’s Auwa Books imprint.

Sly Lives! is Questlove’s latest documentary following his 2021 Oscar-winning debut, Summer of Soul. He’s next set to helm Ladies & Gentlemen…...

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Two new projects from Onyx Collective — the Disney Entertainment Television brand that curates stories by creators of color and underrepresented voices, all with a culturally specific point of view — have been given Hulu premiere dates.

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‘Sly Lives!,’ the original documentary about legendary musician Sly Stone directed by Roots founder and Oscar-winning filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, will premiere Thursday, Feb. 13, on Hulu.

Guests featured in the doc, which is subtitled “aka the Burden of Black Genius,” comes via Disney’s Onyx Collective, include Andre 3000, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Nile Rogers, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, George Clinton, Ruth Copeland and Clive Davis. Other guest include his bandmates in Sly and the Family Stone — Jerry Martini, Greg Errico, Larry Graham and the late Cynthia Robinson — and family members Sylvette Phunne Robinson, Novena Carmel and Sylvester Stewart Jr.

See a new trailer for the film, which premieres at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, below.

Sly and the Family Stone formed in the San Francisco Bay area in 1966 and quickly became a pioneering group of the ‘60s, with a multi-racial, multi-gender lineup (rare for the time), an explosive fusion of pop,...

On November 21, De La Soul’s surviving members, Kelvin “Posdnous” Mercer and Vincent “DJ Maseo” Mason, shocked fans by denouncing Marcus J. Moore’s new biography, High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul across their social media accounts. “We’ve been receiving congratulatory messages about a book titled ‘High & Rising,’” read the posts. “However, we want to make it absolutely clear: this is an unauthorized book, and we are not connected to it in any way.” The post went on to say, “If you choose to support this book,...

Dave Chappelle joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Ceremony on Saturday in Cleveland to induct A Tribe Called Quest. During his speech, the famed comic and looked back at the origins of the hip-hop group that began in Queens, New York City in the Eighties.

“It is an honor to induct this next band into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame,” Chappelle began, before attempting to play a recording from the stage mic. After another unsuccessful attempts to play it for the audience, he said, “They’re not gonna let me do it.

A Tribe Called Quest were welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday night with an all-star tribute performance featuring friends and collaborators including Busta Rhymes, De La Soul, Queen Latifah, Common, and The Roots.

With the backing of The Roots, Queen Latifah kicked off the performance with “Can I Kick It?” De La Soul’s Pos and The Roots’ Black Thought then hopped on the mics for “Check the Rime,” and Common dropped some rhymes on “Bonita Applebum.” Busta Rhymes fittingly closed out the performance with “Scenario,” the closing track of A Tribe Called Quest’s seminal 1991 album, The Low End Theory.

Atcq were inducted by Dave Chappelle, whose emotional remarks included an anecdote about how he attended a memorial for Phife Dawg at Q-Tip house where his closest friends listened to old songs and movies. The night concluded with Q-Tip playing the final song Phife ever recorded,...

A Tribe Called Quest was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, recognizing one of hip-hop’s most influential groups after a nearly decade-long wait since they first became eligible in 2015.

Tribe was inducted after getting passed on the ballot in 2022 and 2023, now joining a slowly growing list of rap legends in the hall, including Jay-Z, Eminem, Public Enemy, and Nwa. Their exclusion — reflecting the Hall’s wider historic issues with recognizing hip-hop — had caused some controversy among Tribe’s contemporaries, with Consequence calling the...

A Tribe Called Quest had a parade of longtime friends and collaborators — and fellow hip hop legends — hit the stage to celebrate their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday. Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Common, Busta Rhymes and the Roots all paid tribute to the Queens group.

They started the performance with Latifah, dressed in all black, rapping the group’s iconic “Can I Kick It?” with Black Thought and De La Soul’s Posdnous quickly jumping into “Check the Rhime.” Common joined them for “Bonita...

Thirty years after first being eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, funk gods Kool & the Gang were finally inducted at a ceremony in Cleveland on Saturday night. The group that wrote “Celebration” naturally was one of the most exuberant performers of the night, drawing from both the 1970s and Eighties to deliver a hits-laden set.

Robert “Kool” Bell, the group’s co-founder, opened the medley by taking center stage for “Hollywood Swinging” before vocalist James “Jt” Taylor appeared for their 1981 smash “Get Down on It.” Taylor and Bell almost never perform together anymore,...

A Tribe Called Quest will be joined by several of their closest collaborators during their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction on Saturday (October 19th) in Cleveland, Ohio.

The surviving members of the pioneering hip-hop group — Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Jarobi White — will be accompanied by their Native Tongues cohort De La Soul and Queen Latifah, as well as longtime collaborator Busta Rhymes, whose feature on Tribe 1992’s “Scenario” served as a jumping off point for his career.

The Roots, whose drummer Questlove chose his name as an homage to A Tribe Called Quest, will also take the stage alongside rapper Common, who featured Q-Tip on his 1997 song, “Stolen Moments Pt. III.” Busta Rhymes associate Spliff Star is also set for the performance.

A Tribe Called Quest are being inducted into the Rock Hall after their third nomination. The group released their final album, We Got It from Here…...

Since the beginning of the season, fans of the show have been speculating about the nature of Jenn Tran and her partner, Sasha Faber. Their undeniable chemistry on the dance floor, combined with their flirtatious interactions on social media, has led many to wonder if the two are romantically involved. Keep reading to find out what she has to say about the rumors.

Sasha Farber Praises Jenn Tran Amid DWTS Mishap

Jenn Tran and Sasha Farber received a 19 out of 30 for their first dance. They returned to the dance floor for Oscar night earlier this week. The duo performed a Tango to the song “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)” by Fergie, Q-Tip & GoonRock from The Great Gatsby reboot starring Leo DiCaprio. But their routine got off to a bad start immediately.

Jenn Tran and ‘DWTS’ partner Sasha Farber/Credit: Instagram

The music was delayed at the beginning of the dance,...

Did Bachelor Nation’s Jenn Tran get the short end of the stick during DWTS on Tuesday night? That’s the common belief many DWTS viewers hold after Oscars Night wrapped up.

So what happened?

Jenn Tran Wishes The Judges Would’ve Shown Her Some Grace

On Oscars Night, Jenn Tran and Sasha Farber performed the Tango to “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)” by Fergie, Q-Tip, and GoonRock. While audience members seemed impressed with her performance, the judges only awarded them a 19/30.

That’s not a terrible score for week two, but fans they deserved more. They earned the same score as Tori Spelling and Pasha Pashkov who were eliminated at the end of the night.

But what does Jenn think?

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Fans who tuned into Oscars Night remember that Jenn and Sasha had a mishap with their music. The pair struggled...

After the buzz of last week's Season 33 premiere, Dancing With The Stars returns for Night 2 of sequins, spray tans and hairspray. It's a special Oscars night-themed episode that celebrates the cinematic magic of songs from acclaimed movies and will end with a double elimination, meaning two of the celebrity contestants and their partners will be sent home, thus dashing their dreams of getting to victory and winning the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.

While the competition is still new, there are a few frontrunners climbing the leaderboard. Last week saw Disney actress Chandler Kinney and her partner, Brandon Armstrong, at the top, with a 23/30 from the judges, while screen icon Eric Roberts and Britt Stewart received the lowest scores with a 15/30 from the judges. Will Chandler and Brandon maintain their lead, or will they be dethroned by the surprisingly strong Joey Graziadei of The Bachelor fame and his partner Jenna Johnson...

This article contains spoilers for the Sept. 24 episode of “Dancing With the Stars.”

Week 2 of “Dancing With the Stars” was “Oscars Night,” with couples dancing to songs from films including “Barbie,” “A Star is Born,” “La La Land” and “Superman,” while Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher and pro Alan Bersten both lifted each other in a Salsa set to to “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life” from “Dirty Dancing.”

We also saw not one but two stars going home, including much-protested con artist Anna Delvey — whose casting was even called out by fellow ABC show “The View” — and “Beverly Hills, 90210” star Tori Spelling. The double elimination was announced during last week’s premiere, where no cuts were made. Points from last week were carried over to Tuesday night’s show.

Anna Delvey and parter Ezra Sosa were eliminated on week 2 of “Dancing With the Stars” Season 33 (Credit: Eric McCandless/Disney)

Delvey,...

After a bombastic premiere on September 17, Dancing With the Stars Season 33 is back and better than ever for "Oscars Night," where movie magic will meet the ballroom as "all 13 couples grace the stage with dazzling performances, dancing to iconic songs from Oscar-nominated films."

To open the evening, the professional dancers will boogie to Hooray For Hollywood by Richard A. Whiting, Boston Pops Orchestra and John Williams in a routine choreographed by Dancing With the Stars pros Britt Stewart and Alan Bersten, jam-packed with glitz and glam and featuring a wide range of dance styles: Rumba, Jive, Foxtrot, Paso Doble, Quickstep, Waltz, Salsa and Tango.

To follow, all 13 couples will take the stage to perform routines of their own, with their dance styles varying between Rumba, Jive, Foxtrot, Paso Doble, Quickstep, Waltz, Salsa and Tango as well.

To see which pairs will take on which dance styles and to see which...

“Dancing with the Stars” continues season 33 tonight with an ode to classic cinema on “Oscars Night.” So what can we expect from the event? Well, the evening will begin with an opening number choreographed by professional dancers Britt Stewart and Alan Bersten to “Hooray For Hollywood” by Richard A. Whiting, Boston Pops Orchestra, and John Williams. Then the 13 celebrity contestants and their pro partners will dance the following routines before the night ends in a dreaded double elimination.

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— Super Bowl Champion Danny Amendola and pro Witney Carson will perform a Jive to “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins.

— Fashionista and entrepreneur Anna Delvey and pro Ezra Sosa will perform a Quickstep to “Suddenly I See” by KT Tunstall.

— “The Bachelor” Joey Graziadei and pro Jenna Johnson will perform a Rumba to “Shallow” by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

— NBA Champion Dwight Howard...

Is love blooming in the ballroom? Some Dancing With The Stars fans think that pro dancer Sasha Farber might have feelings for his celebrity partner Jenn Tran.

Jenn’s love life has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride lately. ABC offered her a spot on DWTS Season 33 after her disastrous finale shocked audiences. Sasha Farber was expected to be part of the troupe this year, but he happily stepped up to be Jenn’s partner.

After a fun premiere episode, plenty of viewers think sparks are flying between the two. And a new TikTok video seems to indicate something special is developing between the pair.

Sasha Farber & Jenn Tran Seem To Have Pet Names For Each Other

The Bachelorette stars tend to do pretty well on Dancing With The Stars. Can Jenn Tran follow in their footsteps?

She and Sasha Farber earned a 19/30 for their Cha-cha-cha to “Flower” by Miley Cyrus in week one.

Dancing with the Stars goes Hollywood this week as celebrities and pros show off their dance skills to iconic songs from Oscar-nominated films. But it will also be the end of the road for two couples as season 33 kicks off its first shocking double elimination.

‘DWTS’ Oscars Night features legendary songs and ballroom dance staples

Dancing with the Stars Oscars Night will feature an opening number called “Hooray for Hollywood,” choreographed by pros Britt Stewart and Alan Bersten. Following, the celebrities will take to the ballroom floor and try to impress the judges with their growing skills as they interpret legendary movie tunes via traditional ballroom dances.

Danny Amendola and Witney Carson will perform a jive to “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins. Anna Delvey and Ezra Sosa will dance quickstep to “Suddenly I See” by KT Tunstall.

Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson will rumba to “Shallow” by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

Season 33 of Dancing With The Stars kicked off last week. What’s next for the 13 celebs and their pro partners? Keep reading to see the full list of songs and routines for Oscar Night on DWTS.

The First Season 33 Elimination Will Be A Double Elimination

This season includes reality stars, actors, sports icons, and one very controversial contestant. DWTS fans are outraged that ABC gave convicted scammer Anna Delvey a platform by casting her on Season 33. She earned an 18 out of 30 for her Cha Cha to Sabrina Carpenter’s song “Espresso.”

Cast of DWTS Season 33 on Good Morning America from Instagram

She might be the first celebrity to go home from the popular dance competition. Last week’s scores will combine with this week’s scores, plus viewer votes to determine who stays and who goes. Two celebrities will go home this week in a shocking double elimination.

After her first DWTS performance,...

Dancing with the Stars Season 33 is about to take a hard left turn.

The season premiere aired earlier this week, and everyone stayed in the competition for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy for another week.

However, the second episode of the season will feature a double elimination, shifting the ballroom dynamics quite a bit.

With the cast able to perform their first performances of the season without the threat of going home the same night, the heat will be turned up, and we’ll have to watch to see whether there will be any mistakes with the increased pressure.

Losing two competitors this early in the season is a big swing, but it will be a great way to eliminate the worst performers, assuming viewers vote based on their performances alone.

Despite scoring a decent 18 out of 30 during the premiere, Anna Delvey is probably on borrowed time.

Anna Delvey will...

LL Cool J hit the MTV VMAs stage Wednesday night with a medley of his classic hits and new tunes to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Def Jam Records.

The rapper — whose performance featured an appearance by Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav and Chuck D, who are two of LL’s original Def Jam labelmates — took to the stage toward the end of the three-hour show.

LL kicked off the high-energy performance with “Headsprung,” with audience members wearing the rapper’s signature Kangol hats, all in red. The cameras then cut to several people in the audience holding signs of goats, with LL rapping his song “The G.O.A.T.,” when Flavor Flav and Chuck D joined him onstage for a performance of their own “Bring the Noise.”

LL then segued briefly into his hits “Mama Said Knock You Out,” “Rock the Bells,” “Around the Way Girl” and “Goin’ Back to Cali.

LL Cool J’s “Murdergram Deux,” a bass-heavy track off of his latest album The Force, marked the rapper’s first collaboration with Eminem. The rap legends have now teamed up again for the single’s music video, which incorporates LL Cool J’s and Big Daddy Kane’s iconic album art into the backdrop.

The music video pans into the cover art for LL Cool J’s sophomore album Bigger and Deffer, which featured hits like “I’m Bad” and “I Need Love,” before transitioning to Big Daddy Kane...

D’Angelo released his last album, Black Messiah, nearly 10 years ago, and according to longtime collaborator Raphael Saadiq, his long-awaited follow up is in the works.

Saadiq revealed the status of D’Angelo’s new album on an episode of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. “D’s in a good space,” Saadiq told Rolling Stone. “He’s excited. He’s like, ‘you gotta play bass. I’ve got this track. I’m telling you, you got to get on it. It got your name all over it.’ … He’s working on six pieces right now and he seems super excited.”

D’Angelo historically works at his own pace, and Saadiq claims that his new album has been in the works for a while. Among the new songs, Saadiq confirms one is an old track from Linwood Rose, a short-lived supergroup that featured D’Angelo, Saadiq, and the rapper Q-Tip.

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LL Cool J is opening up about learning how to balance his acting career with his passion for music.

The Grammy-winning rapper got candid in a recent interview with The Independent about feeling conflicted once his acting career took off in the 1990s.

“The more successful I became in acting, the less I wanted to do it, as it was taking me further away from music,” he admitted. “I later realized I could find the right balance, that I could do all these things I wanted. But it took time.”

While LL Cool J went on to star in dozens of TV shows and movies, including Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, In the House, Any Given Sunday and long-running NCIS: Los Angeles, he also struggled to find time to work on his music, even taking an 11-year musical hiatus following the release of his 2013 Authentic album.

But now the rapper...

Scant months after Q-Tip publicly debated the dubiousness of an “adult-contemporary hip-hop” category on social media comes a completely Tip-produced new album by his Queens neighbor LL Cool J — the 56-year-old rapper-actor’s 14th since his 1984 debut as a teenager. In a year when both Rakim and Masta Ace released new projects, when Common teamed with producer Pete Rock for a stellar throwback album of Nineties-spirited hip-hop, LL’s new effort joins a trend. “Call it traditional hip-hop,” Q-Tip tweeted.

The Force doesn’t nod to modern drill or trap,...

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian bossa nova legend who became a Grammy-winning international star with his band Brasil ’66, has died at the age of 83.

The musician’s family confirmed he died September 5 in a statement they shared with Rolling Stone on Friday, adding that Mendes “passed away peacefully” in Los Angeles surrounded by his family.

“Mendes last performed in November 2023 to sold out and wildly enthusiastic houses in Paris, London and Barcelona. For the last several months, his health had been challenged by the effects of long-term Covid,” the family’s statement said.

LL Cool J talked about his new album, “The Force,” collaborating with Eminem on the track “Murdergram Deux,” crediting Michael Jackson as a writer on the song “The Force,” learning to rap again, and much more during a track-by-track album special on his new SiriusXM channel, LL Cool J’s The Force Channel.

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Featuring LL Cool J’s Rock the Bells Radio host Roxanne Shanté and a live audience, “LL Cool J ‘The Force’ Track-By-Track Album Special” premieres on LL Cool J’s The Force Channel on Friday, September 6, at noon Et and will be available to stream on the SiriusXM app (see more details below). During the show, LL went through his process working with Eminem.

“Me and Em actually went to Dr. Dre’s studio and recorded it out in LA,” LL Cool J said.

LL Cool J and Eminem have officially shared their new song, “Murdergram Deux,” after it leaked earlier this year. Marking the first-ever collaboration between the hip-hop legends, it will appear on LL Cool J’s upcoming album, The Force.

Co-produced by Eminem and Q-Tip, the frantic beat for “Murdergram Deux” is a throwback to the mid-2000s, providing a backdrop for the rappers to go back and forth with a flurry of rapid-fire rhymes.

“Give blessings to my disciples, professional I’m a sniper,” LL raps on his second verse. “Like eight miles away, me and Marshall doing murders/ With dirty burners, break them down and melt them in the furnace.”

While closing out the track, Em name-checks “Crack a Bottle,” his 2009 hit with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. “Go ahead and crack a bottle, ’cause this is E and J/ Meaning me and James, got that avocado,” he spits. “We the sociopaths,...

LL Cool J has announced his first album in 11 years, with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee assembling an impressive guest list for new LP The Force.

Eminem, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Saweetie, and Busta Rhymes are just some of the talents that grace LL’s 14th studio album and first since 2013’s Authentic, with Q-Tip serving as producer on the entire project.

“We’re talking 14 tracks of straight fire, all crafted by myself and the one and only Q-Tip,” LL said in a statement.

LL Cool J has announced The Force (Frequencies of Real Creative Energy), his first new album in 11 years. It’s out in full on September 6th via Def Jam Recordings/Virgin Music Group, but you can hear the second single “Passion” below.

The 14-track project was entirely produced by A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip and is packed with all-star features from Eminem, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Saweetie, and more. In a recent interview with the Associated Press, LL Cool J described the process of recording the album as relearning his craft.

“[I was] going back to the drawing board and learning how to rap again,” he said. “The LeBrons, the Stephs, the Jordans and the Kobes, they all go back to the drawing board, they always try to make themselves better. I wasn’t trying to do trendy, and I wasn’t trying to recapture anything I did before.

Ali, the Broadway-bound musical about boxing titan and 20th century icon Muhammad Ali, who sought to use his fame to champion human rights, is headed for a springtime rumble in Chicago.

The show, part of the next Broadway in Chicago season, will have its out-of-town premiere at the James M. Nederlander Theatre from April 22-May 18, 2025.

Richard Willis, Ali‘s lead producer, told Deadline that the production is raring to go.

The creative team is led by the show’s writer and director Clint Dyer, the deputy artistic director of London’s National Theatre, and by its composer, the conductor and musician Teddy Abrams, who is music director of the Louisville Orchestra.

From left: Clint Dyer, Richard Willis and Teddy Abrams

They’ve done workshops for music, choreography, scenic design, the book and other disciplines. ”And I mean, we’re hammering now,” Willis said.

“The throttle is to the floor now,...

A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip has joined the creative team for Ali, a new musical theater production based on the life of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. As revealed by Deadline, he has signed on as music producer, co-lyricist, and cast album producer.

Directed by Clint Dyer with music composed by Teddy Abrams, Ali began its journey as a multimedia project titled The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, which premiered in 2017 with the Louisville Orchestra (of which Abrams is the director). Abrams and other collaborators had the idea to turn the project into a full-on musical designed for Broadway, and since then, momentum has grown, with acclaimed saxophonist Casey Benjamin and music supervisor Sean Mayes coming aboard.

Q-Tip will contribute to the show alongside Dyer (who also wrote the book) and Abrams. “I am very excited to be collaborating with Teddy, Clint, Casey and Sean in telling The Greatest’s story on stage,...

Exclusive: Q-Tip, the legendary rapper, producer, singer and lyricist, will be adding his hip-hop know-how to the Broadway-bound Ali, a musical about Muhammad Ali’s life in and out of the boxing ring.

The acclaimed rhymer has been signed on by Ali lead producer Richard Willis as music producer, co-lyricist and cast album producer, and will work alongside director and book writer Clint Dyer, deputy artistic director of UK’s National Theatre, and Teddy Abrams, the show’s composer.

Abrams is music director of the Louisville Orchestra, based in the city where the heavyweight champion and a titan of the 20th century was born.

Back in 2017, Abrams wrote multimedia opera-rap-oratorio mashup The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, which premiered with the Louisville Orchestra at the Kentucky Center in Louisville.

That production got Abrams, and others, thinking that there should be a full-scale Broadway...

Public Enemy have revealed a new vinyl reissue of their 1988 sophomore LP, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, to honor the seminal album’s 35th anniversary as well as the year-long Hip-Hop 50 celebration.

The vinyl release, due November 10th, comes as either a 2xLP or 4xLP set. The larger package features bonus tracks from the deluxe CD including instrumental and a cappella mixes, a Public Enemy logo sticker, and a booklet with liner notes by founding members Chuck D and Flavor Flav as well as hip-hop legends and luminaries Q-Tip and Questlove.

In a statement, Chuck D put It Takes a Nation in a historical context, sharing, “Thanks to Run-dmc, LL Cool J and Whodini, we knew that hip-hop albums could explode on cassettes. At about the same time, [The Bomb Squad producer] Hank Shocklee was the manager of a record store, and he would point out how rock bands like Iron Maiden,...

As Grammy-winning Queensbridge rap icon Nasir Jones, born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones turned 50, rapper Divine wished his mentor and thanked him for what he’s done for hip-hop. Wishing his mentor, Divine said: “Wish you many more blessings, Escobar. You continue to push boundaries and leave an unprecedented impact on rap even after 30 years. Thank you for being a rock-solid mentor; and thank you for what you’ve done for hip-hop.”

“Happy born day to my all-time favourite and one of the most influential lyricists in hip-hop history. Grateful to be inspired by you and to know you in real life!”

Sharing videos and pictures from the party on his social media, Divine was notably the only artist of South Asian descent present at Escobar’s glittering do. Divine’s historic appearance at the birthday festivity arrives amid his ongoing ‘Baazigar World Tour’ featuring Riar Saab, across Australia, the US,...

As Grammy-winning Queensbridge rap icon Nasir Jones, born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones turned 50, rapper Divine wished his mentor and thanked him for what he’s done for hip-hop. Wishing his mentor, Divine said: “Wish you many more blessings, Escobar. You continue to push boundaries and leave an unprecedented impact on rap even after 30 years. Thank you for being a rock-solid mentor; and thank you for what you’ve done for hip-hop.”

“Happy born day to my all-time favourite and one of the most influential lyricists in hip-hop history. Grateful to be inspired by you and to know you in real life!”

Sharing videos and pictures from the party on his social media, Divine was notably the only artist of South Asian descent present at Escobar’s glittering do. Divine’s historic appearance at the birthday festivity arrives amid his ongoing ‘Baazigar World Tour’ featuring Riar Saab, across Australia, the US,...

Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and activist David Hyde Pierce, Six-time Grammy Award-winning, Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, musician, producer, and activist Peter Gabriel, and Grammy Award-winning artist and producer Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest will all highlight CaringKind’s 27th annual Forget-Me-Not Gala on Monday, June 12th, at The Pierre Hotel in NYC.

The Forget-Me-Not Gala is a way for CaringKind to continue to raise essential funds to support the myriad of programs they offer. CaringKind is New York City’s leading expert in Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving. Purist and Schneps Media will serve as media sponsors for the evening.

David Hyde Pierce, who received the Tony’s Isabelle Stevenson Award for his longtime advocacy and support for Alzheimer’s care and research, will serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. Guests can anticipate an unforgettable experience, beginning with a cocktail reception at 6:30 pm,...

Talib Kweli and Madlib dropped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for the late-night debut of “Air Quotes,” one of the standout tracks from the rapper-producer team’s recently released collaborative album, Liberation 2.

“Air Quotes” notably features the first collaboration between Kweli and his daughter, Diani, who provides vocals on the track. Both Diani and Kweli’s son, Amani, accompanied their father for the late-night performance. Watch the replay below.

Liberation 2 was also preceded by the album cut “Best Year Ever” before its arrival exclusively on the Luminary podcast network in early March. The long-awaited LP, which follows the duo’s first titular installment from 2007, also boasts a loaded roster of contributors including Q-Tip, Roc Marciano, Westside Gunn, and Mac Miller, posthumously.

Meanwhile, aside from the momentous reunion between Talib Kweli and Madlib, Fallon also recently hosted the hip-hop greats De La Soul, who performed “Stakes Is High” with...

Kanye West is taking full advantage of the “free speech” haven that is Parler by getting to sow (post more antisemitic comments) without really having to reap (face any consequences).

The rapper first started using Parler a couple of weeks ago after it was announced that he planned to purchase the right-wing social media app following his suspension from both Instagram and Twitter. But despite his impending stake in the company, Ye only posted sporadically for the first few days — until he got booted from Instagram again over the weekend,...

Summer is upon us, and most teens may have more free time than during the school year to watch TV and just relax in general. Netflix has endless options of teenage or YA content to choose from, ranging in genre from romance to sci-fi to straight dramas.

Teen content has undergone an amazing transformation in recent years, with plenty of shows capturing more adult themes as well like “Sex Education,” “Ginny and Georgia” and “Stranger Things.” Others have more of a fantasy or genre-specific element like “First Kill,” “Shadow and Bone” and “Locke & Key.”

So if you’re looking for a great new teen TV show to watch, we’ve got you covered. Here are 15 of the best teen or YA shows to watch on Netflix right now.

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Janet Jackson is infamously press shy. The pop icon rarely speaks about her personal life. But this year, she finally broke her silence: in a documentary on Lifetime.

“For her to want to open up, I’m flabbergasted,” says rapper and Jackson collaborator Q-Tip, one of the many marquee names who appeared on screen in Lifetime’s four-hour event, which debuted this year to celebrate of the 40th anniversary of her first album. Whoopi Goldberg, Missy Elliott, Mariah Carey, Regina Hall, Tyler Perry and Samuel L. Jackson also jumped at the chance to appear in the television venture.

Pretty good for a network that, in recent memory, was known for Christmas pics and made-for TV movies.

Over the past few years, Lifetime has emerged as a formidable player in the documentary space, particularly for sensitive and complex female storytelling. Lifetime prides itself on being a network for women, by women; with that,...

Phife Dawg’s estate has shared a new music video for “Forever,” the final song the Tribe Called Quest rapper ever recorded and the title track from his new posthumous album.

Directed by Tony Reames and Dion “Rasta Root” Liverpool, the clip pairs the sprawling “Forever” with some lyric video-style animations — but with a very personal and poignant twist — and an array of photos and videos from throughout Phife’s life and career.

“When I first heard ‘Forever’, I was not prepared for the depth and honesty, it took me...