Tag: North West

This is one of our most requested playlist and it's finally out on Spotify and Apple Music. People forget how much R&B actually ran these two years. Damn near every number one on the Hot 100 in 96 and 97 was R&B or built on it. Un-Break My Heart alone sat at number one for 11 straight weeks and stayed on the chart for 42.

Tamra Judge says Shannon Beador had a meltdown after The Quiet Woman restaurant did not initially cover the bill for a recent outing with Andy Cohen and their Real Housewives of Orange County castmates, though the owner eventually agreed to pay after Tamra explained Shannon's disappointment.

Michael Jackson was married twice but never to Beyoncé. According to his former bodyguard Matt Fiddes, Jackson had a crush on Beyoncé and would have married her if he could have.

Speaking with the BBC around their Diaspora Calling festival, Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean were asked if new music was coming. Lauryn's answer was simple: Absolutely. Wyclef added that they're in an amazing place and spoke on the healing the two went through as bandmates. It would be the first new Fugees music since The Score 30 years ago.

Actor Brandon L. Smith stars as Pharus in Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy at Actor's Express in Atlanta. Smith never felt the need to come out to his family, simply existing as his authentic self. He found the role particularly meaningful, stating it represents the fullness of who he is as a Black queer man. The gospel music and Negro spirituals throughout the show feel like honoring ancestors. Director Amanda Washington describes the music as a warm blanket, speaking to contemporary civil rights issues and how communities break free from constraints.