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Lil John performs at the 2019 Essence Festival at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on July 7, 2019. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

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Ahead of the BET Awards, a look back at how the network helped hip-hop grow and thrive
By JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. - AP Entertainment Writer
Fri,06/23/23-11:12AM , 55 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Rap City.” “106 & Park.” And even, “Uncut.”
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Tom Hamilton, from left, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, John Douglas and Brad Whitford of Aerosmith, perform on Sept. 8, 2022, at Fenway Park in Boston. Aerosmith will be touring a city near you for the last time to celebrate their 50-plus years of being together. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band announced Monday, May 1, 2023 the dates for their farewell tour called “Peace Out” starting Sept. 2 in Philadelphia. (Photo by Winslow Townson/Invision/AP, file)

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Aerosmith announces farewell tour starting in September
By JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. - AP Entertainment Writer
Mon,05/01/23-6:01AM , 78 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aerosmith will be touring a city near you for the last time to celebrate the rock band's 50-plus years together.
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Singer Whitney Houston performs at the pre-Grammy gala & salute to industry icons with Clive Davis honoring David Geffen in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 13, 2011. A new posthumous gospel album “I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston” was released on March 24. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

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Whitney Houston's family wants to highlight her gospel roots
By JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. - AP Entertainment Writer
Mon,03/27/23-8:01AM , 109 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston’s brother remembers when his young sister listened to their mother during gospel rehearsals before she mimicked every tune that was sung.
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Chuck D, of Public Enemy, appears at the 65th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 5, 2023. Chuck D rounded up several rap greats - including Ice-T, Run DMC and MC Lyte – who offered their firsthand accounts about the anthology of hip-hop in a four-part series “Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World,” which is currently streaming on PBS platforms through Thursday. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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Q&A: Chuck D talks rap's rise through 'Fight the Power' doc
By JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. - AP Entertainment Writer
Thu,03/23/23-2:37PM , 98 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop became a cultural phenomenon against the backdrop of American history, and now Public Enemy’s Chuck D has committed himself to explore the artform's origins.
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