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The BET Awards — or "The Prince Tribute Show" — featured emotional and energetic performances from Sheila E., Stevie Wonder and Jennifer Hudson honoring...

Black Entertainment Television announced that Prince will be honored at the 2016 BET Awards on Sunday, June 26th, with special tribute performances by the likes of Sheila E.,…

Give Chris Martin and Coldplay credit: It takes a certain lack of ego for musicians to essentially let themselves be upstaged at their own...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ Ebony magazine's annual Power 100 list highlights black leaders in business, politics, arts and academia, but the gala celebrating...

Chris Brown screamed loudly, Nicki Minaj whipped out her phone to record the moment and Laverne Cox was teary-eyed as Janet Jackson entered the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sergio Mendes says his first "magical encounter" happened during his first trip to the United States. It was 1962, and after...

Outkast reunited onstage after a near decadelong hiatus with a jam-packed set at the Coachella music festival, their first of many performances planned this...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama threw the switch, bathing the National Christmas Tree in lights and giving an otherwise dreary day in the...

Dec. 1: Singer Billy Paul is 79. Actor-director Woody Allen is 78. Singer Dianne Lennon of the Lennon Sisters is 74. Bassist Casey Van...

The Rebecca Minkoff Spring Summer 2014 collection is modeled as singer Janelle Monae performs, left, at New York Fashion Week on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Lisa Tolin) by Jocelyn NoveckAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — OMG, the music! And OMG, the shoes!