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[…] more from the best Black creators. With new, exclusive originals premiering each month, BET+ offers the best of Black culture with titles like “First Wives Club,” “ Tyler Perry’s Ruthless,” “The Family Business” and “American Gangster: Trap Queens” from revered creators like Tracy Oliver, Tyler Perry and Carl Weber, alongside beloved favorites like “Martin,” […]

Doja Cat for DAZED Magazine. Credit: Twitter.com @Dazed *The lineup for Coachella 2024 has been announced, with Lana Del Rey, Tyler the Creator, and Doja Cat tapped as headliners. Popular 90s ska band No Doubt is also set to reunite for the first time in ten years at the event, which is North America’s largest music […]

*After his album “Igor” won the Grammy for Best Rap Album Sunday night, 28-year-old Tyler the Creator had a lot to say backstage about the Recording Academy’s use of the term “urban” to keep black artists in a box. He called the term, “a politically-correct way to say the N-word,” and suggested that it’s unfair to […]

*The success of “Empire” is something you can’t ignore. So much so that theGrio.com is examining Fox’s ratings juggernaut with Tyler Perry’s small screen successes with shows like “The Haves and the Have Nots.” Citing “Empire’s” recent season finale, the opinion piece, the site mentions that “Empire” co-creator Lee Daniels has improved upon Perry’s “all of it, everything, more is never enough” formula of storytelling, which has always garnered Perry viewers, but never the praise of critics or colleagues, of which Daniels has countless. “The big question is why does Daniels’s show get what Perry’s films don’t?, writer Demetria Lucas D’Oyley asks. In her eyes, the answer lies partly in the production value of “Empire” as well as the soap opera medium it springs from. “If nothing else, Empire is pretty to look at. It’s flashy and excessive, channeling the (90s) hip hop entertainment world in which it’s anchored,” wrote D’Oyley. “It’s slicker, a superlative of slick, than anything’s Perry’s ever done. It’s ostentatious without being gaudy, which is marked by a very fine line that Perry hasn’t yet learned to walk.” “Empire also wins because it’s not trying to be anything other than what it is: a soap opera,” she continues. “…Perry often seems like he’s trying to serve well-heeled and developed drama, unaware that he’s gone too far and still falls far short. There is no better example than the travesty of what he did with For Colored Girls…” Upon reading the op ed, readers were apparently not pleased with D’Oyley or The Grio for comparing Daniels’ work with Perry’s. According to them, the site should praise both men for bringing quality black programming to the small screen as well as providing a vehicle for talented entertainers. “Is it me; why is there always a comparison with Black productions? I never see this type of media with White productions. These reviews only advocate for separation and negativity,” Lee A. Sykes responded Saturday.” Just recently, a Black professor went public with a negative assessment of the show and for what? Was he looking for a following? People please understand “Empire” is entertainment period. Have you or anyone ever watch another show where so many Black actors and entertainers were showcased? It entertainment, please leave it as just that..” While most commenters praised Daniels and Perry, James Pugh voiced his displeasure with theGrio as he evoked memories of a familiar military strategy. “It’s the old divide and conquer mentality,” Pugh shared. “The kicker is that it always seem to work on us African Americans because we are notorious for not sticking together! Look….. It’s simple people! Just say something nice about all the Black shows on Television right now! That’s shuts all the people who seek to sink the ratings and divide the people up! Disagree all you want behind closed doors but stick together in public. All other races do it. We seem to be the last ones learning this valuable lesson.” The slamming of theGrio continued with Mona King Austin, who brought up an interesting difference between Daniels and Perry. “YOUR ASSESSMENT IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG! Like most people here, I don’t like the comparisons,” she voiced. “But, if you are going to do it get it right>>The difference between Perry and Daniels is Perry has built and runs an empire and Daniels writes about one.” Rather than totally go in on the site, Samantha AnyaVeniace Embery expressed how the site […]

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 01: Miracle Watts and Tyler Lepley are seen in Midtown on December 01, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/GC Images) *”P-Valley” star Tyler Lepley and his girlfriend Miracle Watts are reportedly expecting their first child together.  Sources tell The Jasmine BRAND exclusively that Watts is pregnant […]

Tyler Perry and model Gelila Bekele *Tyler Perry recently opened up about the FaceTime call he got from his girlfriend Gelila Bekele three years ago that would change his life forever. “I get a FaceTime call and she’s holding up the pregnancy stick,” he tells People’s Editor-in-Chief Jess Cagle in the latest episode of […]

[…] of Discovery) gets first right of refusal for his TV projects. One of the things Bailey asked Packer was if the deal had anything to do with Tyler Perry leaving OWN. Will Packer: Our deal was done before I found out about the Tyler deal. I think that it speaks to the direction that […]

[…] possibly be you ask (if you somehow missed the headline)? Like Trump and Junior, he got booed. Booed so bad, he left the stage at his buddy, Tyler the Creator‘s Camp Flog Gnaw music festival. The crowd obviously wanted and/or expected someone else. Frank Ocean, maybe? But hey, who the heck could they possibly want to […]

Lil Wayne performs on Camp Stage during day one of Tyler, the Creator’s 5th Annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival at Exposition Park on November 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. *Fans of Lil Wayne are being offered refunds after the rapper refused to pass through a security check to enter a South Carolina arena, […]

Lil Wayne performs on Camp Stage during day one of Tyler, the Creator’s 5th Annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival at Exposition Park on November 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. *People across the world love skateboarding. In fact, 11 million people self-report that they enjoy skateboarding on a consistent basis. Those skaters range from […]

Hip Hop artist, producer, designer Kanye West attends Tyler, the Creator’s fashion show for Made LA at L.A. Live on June 11, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. *Kanye West will hit the road this August behind his seventh studio album, “The Life of Pablo.” The run begins Aug. 25 in Indianapolis and winds through such […]

Lil Wayne performs on Camp Stage during day one of Tyler, the Creator’s 5th Annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival at Exposition Park on November 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. *On Sunday (09-03-17), Lil Wayne has had another epileptic seizure. This time in Chicago. His medical emergency will most likely kill a gig he […]

[…] had on the show was an Asian-American woman, and later I dated African American women. That was a very conscious push on my part.”  Ross dated Aisha Tyler’s character, Charlie Wheeler. Tyler is the only person of color to appear in more than three episodes in the series’ 10-season run. The comedian/actress appeared in […]

Lil Wayne performs on Camp Stage during day one of Tyler, the Creator’s 5th Annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival at Exposition Park on November 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. *Lil Wayne is setting up shop high above the Las Vegas Strip with his forthcoming Drai’s nightclub residency. Following his Drai’s debut in March, […]

Lil Wayne performs on Camp Stage during day one of Tyler, the Creator’s 5th Annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival at Exposition Park on November 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. *Lil Wayne announced on Twitter (March 27) that he has partnered with digital radio network, Dash Radio, to launch Young Money Radio. Stoked to […]