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Kim Burrell Loses
Black Winners At 2017 Golden Globes
Radio Show And Dropped
From BMI Awards Honor
Gospel singer Kim Bur- rell’s downfall reaches a new low. Not only has she suffered the cancellation of her “Bridging the Gap” radio show and now the perform- ing rights organization BMI has announced her removal from their annual BMI Trail- blazers of Gospel Music cele- bration scheduled for Jan. 14 in Atlanta.
TV host Ellen DeGeneres also uninvited Burrell from appearing on her show, in- sisting “I don’t know her” but she was “talking about me.”
As previously reported, in a widely circulated video of Burrell preaching at a Hous- ton church, the singer said, “The perverted homosexual spirit and the spirit of delu- sion and confusion ... has de-
Gospel singer and pastor, Kim Burrell has suffered the wrath of her sermon against homosexuals.
ceived many men and women.” She later claimed that homosexuals would “die in 2017.”
Best Motion Picture, Drama
‘Moonlight’
Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture Viola Davis
The "Fences" star - who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the August Wilson drama - said all citi- zens have a responsibility to safeguard access to the American dream and praised "smaller people" and their stories.
"I will, believe it or not, re- move Trump from the equa-
Best Actress In TV Comedy
Tracee Ellis Ross
tion, because I feel that it's bigger than him," the actress said after picking up her award.
Tracee Ellis Ross, a win- ner for best actress in a TV comedy for "Blackish," dedi- cated her victory to "all the women of color and colorful people whose stories ideas thoughts are not always con- sidered worthy and valid and important.” Her win was also historic, it marked the first time that an African-Ameri- can woman picked up the award since Debbie Allen did so in 1983.
When informed of that news backstage, the "Black- ish" star was stunned.
Donald Glover aka
Best TV Comedy
‘Atlanta’
Childish Gambino was awarded his first Golden Globe award Sunday (Janu- ary 8) in the category of Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy for his FX com- edy-drama series Atlanta. The 33-year-old thespian also won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musi- cal or Comedy.
The freshman show, slated to return for a second season, beat out veteran series Transparent, Black-ish, Veep and Mozart in the Jungle.
During his acceptance speech, the Georgia-born artist gave a gracious thanks to Migos for nothing more than giving the world “Bad and Boujee.”
Lil Wayne Gives 2017 Plans To Fans Via Facebook
LIL WAYNE
The accolades — and the millions of dollars — keep rolling in for Drake.
The latest record the Toronto rap superstar has shattered is for the highest- grossing Hip Hop tour for his Summer Sixteen Tour with Future.
Drake grossed $84.3 mil- lion over 56 shows in 38 cities between July 20 and October 8, according to num- bers from Pollstar. The aver- age show on the tour drew a crowd of 19,793 fans who paid an average ticket price of $112.08. In total, there were 752,141 tickets sold.
The numbers would’ve
Kendrick Lamar And Reebok Rebrand Sneaker
KENDRICK LAMAR’S NEWEST CREATION.
Drake is on a roll.
been higher if not for an ankle injury that sidelined Drake from the last six shows of the tour.
Despite breaking the all- time record for Hip Hop, Drizzy just missed cracking the Top 10 out of all genres for 2016, coming in at #11.
Beyoncé came in at #2 for 2016 by grossing $256.2 mil- lion with her Formation Tour’s 49 shows, while Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band took the top spot with a tour that grossed $268.3 million over 76 shows.
Lil Wayne took to his Facebook page Tuesday night, (Jan. 3) to give his fans an update about his music plans for 2017. The New Or- leans native let us know the much anticipated Carter V is still on the way, along with teasing two other projects in- cluding, Funeral and the sixth installment of the Dedi- cation series.
Weezy posted a photo of himself surrounded by some friends accompanied with the caption, “CV. Funeral. D6. Young Money.”
Drake’s Sixteen Tour Is Highest Grossing Hip Hop Concert
University English Professor Using Outkast Lyrics To Teach Her Advanced Class
Kendrick Lamar and Reebok’s game-changing rela- tionship has impacted his fans and sneakerheads not familiar with his music in the same way.
Since they first collaborated in 2015, the TDE rapper has designed several stylish sneak- ers from the Red & Blue .
A few months back, fans set their calendars when they found out the release date for
the final pair of K. Dot’s “Red and Blue” collection. Reebok tapped Lamar to design a brand new Reebok Classic x Kendrick Lamar Club C Capsule. Kendrick reimag- ined the iconic Club C tennis shoe into an abstract work of work that encourages everyone to think deeper about the over- all message behind the sneaker.
Armstrong State University in Georgia is making some people consider going back to school. Dr. Regina Bradley is offering a course studying Outkast lyrics.
Armstrong State University in Savannah, Ga. is offering an high-level English course called “OutKast and the Rise of the Hip-Hop South.”
The course will focus on Outkast songs and lyrics and draw parallels to the C i v i l Rights Movement, Black Lives Matter and social activism in general. Students
OUTKAST, BIG BOI AND ANDRE 3000
will walk away with a better understanding of how Hip- Hop music, specifically from the South, can be used for po- litical expression.
“[Outkast] were the foun- dation of how I came to un- derstand my own southern blackness,” says Dr. Bradley.
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