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Marian Robinson, the mother of Former First Lady Michelle Obama, passed away on Friday, May 31, at the age of 86.

Source: Urban One / Urban One At a time when the world is in disarray and real ones are hard to come by, your favorite comedian and common-sense specialist, Amanda Seales is here! After taking a year off stand-up, the HBO Insecure alum, host of syndicated radio show, “The Amanda Seales Show” and “Small Doses” podcast, and […]

Famed jazz saxophonist David Sanborn, who has performed with Stevie Wonder, David Bowie and more, passed away May 12 from an extended battle with prostate cancer.

Martin Lawrence is returning to stand-up with his "Y'all Know What It Is!" tour in July, which includes a stop at Raleigh's PNC Arena.

OJ Simpson, the former NFL great who was infamously tried and acquitted of murdering his ex-wife, died from cancer on April 10.

Sarah Jakes Roberts tells us about what we can expect from her keynote address at Women's Empowerment 2024 on April 13.

The Raleigh-based poet chats with Karen Clark about her 20+ years in Spoken Word and the push for poets to have their own GRAMMY category.

Anthony "Baby Gap" Walker, a core member of famed R&B/funk group The Gap Band, passed away March 4 in an Ohio hospital.

Hydeia Broadbent, one of the most notable voices in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, passed away on February 20.

Fresh off of his Super Bowl Halftime Show, it's confirmed that Usher got married to girlfriend Jenn Goicoechea in an intimate Vegas ceremony.

Renovating a house for $50K or less, in 50 days or less…. sounds like a tall task, but that’s exactly what Burlington, NC couple Dedric & Krystal Polite set out to do on their hit show, 50/50 Flip (which just launched its 2nd season on HULU). The Polites stopped by the FOXY studios to chat with Karen […]

Forty years after “The Kid” first rode on the big screen and into pop culture history, a stage adaptation of Prince’s cinematic magnum opus, Purple Rain, is in the works. Variety reports that the musical, based on the original screenplay by Albert Magnoli and William Blinn, will feature a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden […]