Category: Entertainment Industry
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🇺🇸 Nas Celebrates Historic Opening of New York City’s First Full-Scale Casino in Queens
Queens meets global entertainment: Nas steps into a major new chapter as Resorts World New York City expands into a full-scale casino and entertainment destination.
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Benny the Butcher’s Biggest Hit Is a Streaming Business Hiding in Plain Sight
Benny the Butcher’s commercial breakthrough has a clear leader: “Johnny P’s Caddy,” his 2022 collaboration with J. Cole. As of September 2026, the track has accumulated roughly 130 million Spotify streams, making it Benny’s most-streamed song as a lead artist by a wide margin. The song’s performance is significant because Benny’s second-biggest lead track, “5…
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N.O.R.E. Faces Civil Lawsuit Over Alleged 1999 Sexual Assault
NEW YORK — Rapper and television personality N.O.R.E. is facing a civil lawsuit filed by Carmen Bryan, who alleges that the hip-hop artist sexually assaulted her at a Manhattan nightclub in 1999. The lawsuit concerns an alleged incident that Bryan says occurred at a crowded New York City nightclub while N.O.R.E. was promoting his sophomore…
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Jasmine Washington Makes Ballet History as a Deaf African American Dance Pioneer
Jasmine Washington is challenging long-held assumptions about who can become a professional ballet dancer, emerging as a groundbreaking figure in the world of classical dance and representation. For generations, ballet has often been viewed as an art form defined by strict traditions, physical precision and an almost absolute dependence on musical cues. But Jasmine Washington’s…
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JAŸ-Z30: Jay-Z Announces Virtual Listening Party as 30-Year Hip-Hop Celebration Enters New Chapter
NEW YORK — Hip-hop icon Jay-Z is giving fans another opportunity to celebrate his historic career with a virtual listening party as the JAŸ-Z30 campaign commemorates 30 years since the release of Reasonable Doubt. The online event is scheduled for September 3, 2026, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, with the celebration connected to the JAŸ-Z30…
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🇺🇸 Pierre “P” Thomas Hospitalized After Reported Heart Attack as Quality Control’s Pan-African Influence Continues to Grow
ATLANTA — The hip-hop community is rallying around Pierre “P” Thomas, the influential co-founder and CEO of Quality Control Music, following reports that the veteran music executive suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized in Las Vegas. Quality Control Music confirmed on August 21 that Thomas is alive and receiving medical care, after false reports…
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🇬🇭 2026 Africa Basketball Festival: Basketball, Music & Fashion Unite in Ghana
The countdown is officially on for the 2026 Africa Basketball Festival (ABF 2026), a celebration bringing together the energy of basketball, African music, fashion and youth culture for five unforgettable days in Accra. Taking place December 9–13, 2026, the festival will be hosted at the University of Ghana Basketball Court, with activities beginning at 3:00…
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🇺🇸 🇬🇭 From Chicago to Ghana: Lil Durk’s Legal Battle Sparks Youth Demonstrations Across Ghana
Hundreds of young people in Ghana have reportedly gathered in Accra, Kumasi and other cities in support of Chicago rapper Lil Durk as his federal murder-for-hire trial begins in Los Angeles, highlighting the global reach of hip-hop and the power of social media-driven fandom.
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🇺🇸 🇬🇭 From Chicago to Ghana: Lil Durk’s Legal Battle Sparks Youth Demonstrations Across Ghana
Hundreds of young people in Ghana have reportedly gathered in Accra, Kumasi and other cities in support of Chicago rapper Lil Durk as his federal murder-for-hire trial begins in Los Angeles, highlighting the global reach of hip-hop and the power of social media-driven fandom.
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Erykah Badu Opens the Doors to “The Badudio,” Her Magical Home Studio
Pan African News | Culture & Music There are recording studios, and then there are spaces that feel like an extension of the artist themselves. For legendary neo-soul artist Erykah Badu, that space is “The Badudio”—her personal home studio, a creative sanctuary filled with instruments, sounds, spiritual objects and artifacts that reflect the unmistakable imagination…