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Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN Is A Pulitzer Prize Winner
Kendrick Lamar now has a Pulitzer Prize to go with all his Grammy Awards.
Lamar's "DAMN" was announced as the recipient of the prestigious award on Monday, a history-making first for a rap artist, as the music award is typically given to classical or jazz works.
The 2017 Pulitzer Prize for music went to "Angel's Bone," an opera by composer Du Yun.
"DAMN" is Lamar's fourth studio album and was re- leased in April 2017.
Lamar's politically charged performance at the Grammy Awards in January won him wide praise.
"DAMN" picked up best
Iconic rapper, Kendrick Lamar is a Pulitzer Prize win- ner to add to his many awards.
rap album at the award show. His song "Humble" also picked up best rap perform- ance, best rap song and best music video.
Lauryn Hill, Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar and “Empire” star Jussie Smollett will all hit the road for major tours celebrating both new albums and classic favorites.
Hill is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her mul- tiple-Grammy-winning debut solo album “The Mise- ducation of Lauryn Hill” with a North American tour produced by Live Nation.
The trek kicks off on July 5 in Virginia and will hit 28
Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and Jussie Smollett.
cities, including its final gig The tour comes to Tampa, in St. Louis. July 29th.
Thursday Night’s Episode Of ‘Scandal’ Was It
On Thursday night at 10 p.m., the world said ‘goodbye to Olivia Pope for good.
The last episode of Scan- dal created by Shonda Rhimes aired. Rhimes has made it clear that when Thursday's episode of the long-running political thriller ended, it'll be the last you see of the Gladiators.
"Scandal is done," she told reporters during a con- ference call ahead of the fi- nale, point blank, when asked if she might be considering a spinoff of the series that made Kerry Washington a household name. "I felt we were coming to our end is be- cause we've told the stories I
Kerry Washington’s character, Olivia Pope has become a household name in the long running series ‘Scandal’. Thursday was the last episode.
wanted to tell. "So I don't feel didn't get to tell that I wanted like we have stories that we to tell."
Katherine Jackson Suffers Stroke; Having Trouble Seeing And Speaking
Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar And Jussie Smollet Going On Tour; In Tampa In July
Katherine Jackson, the matriarch of the world-fa- mous Jackson family. She has suffered a stroke that left her struggling to speak or see, ac- cording to a RadarOnline re- port. She is 87.
A number of sources have confirmed that the mother of the late Michael Jackson has been having huge health problems for a while now.
She suffered the stroke about a week ago,” says one source. Mrs. Jackson was hospitalized, but she is now at home again and reportedly, she is having trouble with her sight and hearing. The good news is her condition is under control and her doctors are
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monitoring it.
Apparently, this is not the
first stroke that she has had.
BET Releases New Lineups Of Scripted And Unscripted Series
BET Networks an- nounced Tuesday its upcom- ing 2018-2019 fiscal year programming slate.
Now, more than ever, black culture is powering every area of mainstream from politics and social media to music and fashion. From Dwayne Johnson, T.I., Will Packer, En Vogue, SWV, Salt, Pepa, Spinderella, Swizz Beatz, Tracey Edmonds and more, BET is raising the bar on premium programming content and will deliver 21% more original programming than last year.
Official confirmation came on Tuesday that the network ordered a half-hour comedy reboot of the film Boomerang, in which a suc- cessful executive finds that his lifestyle choices have turned back on him when his
new boss turns out to be a bigger deviant than he is; a Will Packer dramedy, Peachtree Place, follows five 30-something year olds liv- ing in Atlanta as they try to build professional and per- sonal lives they can be proud of, but find that being a real adult is easier said than done, and a show inspired by Soul Train/the life of Don Cornelius -- as well as two unscripted series: the busi- ness competition show, The
Grand Hustle from T.I., Ladies Night, the 10-episode docuseries follows the per- sonal and professional drama of the iconic '90s girl groups En Vogue, Salt, Pepa, Spinderella and SWV as they embark on a national tour, and .the true crime docuseries, Finding Justice from The Rock.
Several more series were also announced, including 2 more scripted shows and 5 that are unscripted.
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