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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Shrine will be filled with stars as Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Jill Scott and Mary J.…
theGRIO REPORT - Welcome to the weekly wrap up. We've got all the black entertainment news from the week that…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The 17th annual New Orleans festival will celebrate the roots of rhythm and blues...
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) - Whitney Houston, the evening's last performer, also got a reverential response from the audience as…
VIDEO - Mary J Blige empowers women not only through her hit songs such as "Real Life" and "No More…
REVIEW - Over 17 tracks, the Cleveland-born emcee spits about his ascension, addiction and trials in a raw, sometimes awkwardly…
On Saturday morning, July 31, she tweeted, "For my fam that's late, I launched my fragrance on HSN this morning.…
VIDEO - It's the end of another Essence Music Festival weekend, sixteen to be exact. What a weekend...
theGRIO REPORT - Mary J. Blige may have her sights on going back to school these days, but Howard University…
WASHINGTON - Blige dropped out of high school during her junior year, according to Starpulse.com. Ambition, however, is definitely not…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - This weekend's Essence Music Festival is helping New Orleans overcome the perception that the city has…
OPINION - Hip-hop and Islam intersected early on in rap's history when the young poets began to embrace the teachings…
VIDEO - Mary J. Blige hopes that her role in hip-hop will empower women who follow her...
OPINION - If somebody doesn't pull the plug on this comeback tour soon, it might become her farewell tour...
SLIDESHOW - theGrio presents a collection of songs released during the summers of yesteryear that celebrate various shades of the…
VIDEO - This summer, the soulful crooner is headlining the 16th annual Essence Magazine Music Festival which will feature Alicia…
R&B singer Mary J. Blige is slated to star in 'Nina' - a new biopic portraying jazz songstress Nina Simone...