Music

HOLLYWOOD—The nominees for the 2022 National Association of Advancement for Colored People Image Awards were announced on Tuesday, January 18. Leading all contenders was the Netflix film “The Harder They Fall” which picked up 12 nominations. Also earning the same amount of nominations was the HBO comedy series “Insecure.” The drama “Respect” starring Jennifer Hudson picked up six nominations including...

HOLLYWOOD—Well, it was an Golden Globe ceremony unlike any other in 2022. Why? No audience, no celebrities, no live stream, just the winners announced via social media America. The awards were doled out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Sunday, January 9, amidst controversy the organization faced in the past year for its lack of diversity in its...

HOLLYWOOD—Well, I am quite surprised that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is still going through with a 2022 ceremony for the Golden Globe Awards after a massive controversy that organization endured in 2021 and in previous years about diversity issues in its membership. The interesting element is rather any celebrities are planning to attend the ceremony on January 9...

SANTA MONICA—I guess I shall say it, awards season is in the mix and the first one to transpire took place on Tuesday, December 7, the People's Choice Awards, actually voted by the people. If I learned anything about fan voted awards shows its proof that anyone can win or better yet, whoever attends the ceremony or knows ahead...

HOLLYWOOD—The 2021 Grammy Nominees were announced on Tuesday, November 23 and per usual the Grammy Nominations left a few people left, a few people left and many wondering what happened to the Grammys that didn’t have 10 to 15 people nominated in a single category. I mean hell let’s just nominate everyone people. It was Jon Batiste, I must...

NEW YORK—Well, it looks like MTV actually cares about music again people. The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards kicked off with a small monologue by music icon Madonna who took to the stage to introduce Justin Bieber. I was really hoping Madonna would have gone into a medley of her greatest hits on the stage, but nope. Bieber seemed...

INGLEWOOD—The Foo Fighters delivered a flawless performance on Thursday, August 26 at the iconic The Forum. It had all of the elements of a rock concert- blazing guitar solos, jams that shook the arena, and a feeling of community overtook the crowd as they were free to rock out. After two pulse pounding hours, Frontman Dave Grohl introduced Nandi Bushell...

HOLLYWOOD—The nominees for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards were announced on Wednesday, August 11 and leading the pack is an expected contender and another unexpected contender. Justin Bieber earned a total of seven nominations including Video of the Year, while female rapper Megan Thee Stallion earned six nods.  Bieber has also earned nominations for Artist of the Year...

HOLLYWOOD—This was an awards show that I religiously watched about 15 years ago. It was an awards show that celebrated Black excellence and was actually entertaining, full of surprises and delivered musical performances that people were talking about the next day during the water cooler conversation at work. Those days have long past for the BET Awards. The 2021...

LOS ANGELES—I will admit I channel surfed while watching the 2021 Billboard Music Awards that were handed out on Sunday, May 23. Yes, it’s a piece of normalcy, but I’m over award shows giving high praise to celebrities, especially after the chaos we endured as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are just so many other things of...