Everyone loves a good concert. However, only real concert-goers know that its all about the experience more than anything. There’s no question that you attend to witness your favorite artist perform his or her greatest hits, but that’s only a small part of it. People go to concerts to be amazed. They expect good music and a spot on vocal [More]
2018 for R&B has been quite the rollercoaster; Some artists stepped up their game, some created nonsense, while others decided to make a comeback. Major highlights would include Beyoncé and Jay-Z teaming up as The Carters to officially release a joint album. Their single "Apeshit" wasted no time taking over. Also, beloved Teyana Taylor finally released her highly-anticipated album “K.T.S.E.” [More]
Continuing her creative journey for her latest emotion picture album, Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe drops off another futuristic and artistic music video, this one for the song, 'Crazy Classic Life.' To support the release, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter also shares a special note with her fans: “It’s the end of an electric year. And I’m so very thankful for so many things. So very thankful [More]
On Friday (July 20), Janelle Monáe made her "Late Show With Stephen Colbert" debut with a performance of "Americans," a track from her latest album, Dirty Computer. Surrounded by dancers of all races, including "Pose" actress MJ Rodriguez, the performance sets the tone for an all-inclusive vision for what America represents for Monáe: equality for women, black people, and the [More]
Janelle Monáe took a break from her Dirty Computer Tour to perform two singles from the album of the same name at the 2018 BET Awards. Perched upon a throne and dressed in a striped suit, Monáe was surrounded by 20 women dancers as she opened her performance with her energetic rap-like single "Django Jane" before transitioning to "I Like [More]
It's that time of year: Black Music Month (June) is among us and to correlate, the 2018 BET Awards is just around the corner. The 18th annual installment is set to go down on June 24th at Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater, and the first round of performers have been announced: the network revealed that Nicki Minaj, "Boo'd Up" singer Ella [More]
Janelle Monáe drops off another artistic music video, this one for her latest release 'I Like That.' In the clip, Monae takes advantage of technology to multiply herself in various places including being in a bathtub around flamingos as she conveys her message of self-love. “I’m crazy, and I’m sexy, and I’m cool,” she sings while paying homage to legendary R&B group [More]
Janelle Monae keeps the new music rolling! Her latest offering is the female empowerment anthem, 'I Like That,' which sees her exuding confidence as she describes her out of the box personality. “I’m crazy, and I’m sexy, and I’m cool,” she sings while paying homage to legendary R&B group TLC. "Little rough around the edges but I keep it smooth [More]
Gearing up for the release of her highly anticipated third album, Dirty Computer, multi-talented artist Janelle Monae celebrates women in the music video for her Grimes-assisted anthem "PYNK." In the powerful clip, directed Emma Westenberg, the singer-songwriter journeys to the desert with her girls before pulling up to the PYNK Rest-Inn. Throughout the visual, Monae rocks various fashionable outfits including [More]
Brooklyn's weekend-long Afropunk Fest celebration returns with a hot new line up. The festival will take place at Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene on August 25 and 26. Each year, Afropunk provides a theme for its attendees and this year is no different. This year's theme is The People Resist, which "brings together AFROPUNK ideology and the people who support it, [More]
