John Legend, Tessa Thompson And More Come Together For ‘Black Artists For Freedom’ Initiative Aiming To End Racial Injustice

summer due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, 4th of July barbecues are pretty typical, especially for celebrities.Take Taylor Swift, for example.

Although the coronavirus has made it so the annual “Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular” will look a little different in 2020, NBC announced it's enlisting some serious star power to help make it a worthwhile celebration all the same.

John Legend, The Black Eyed Peas, Lady A and many more are set to take the stage during NBC's upcoming 44th annual Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular.Hosted by Jane Lynch and Today anchor Craig Melvin, the annual Independence Day event will be broadcast live from New York City.

This year's BET Awards was next level! If you missed it, watch all of the 2020 BET Awards performances below.Being a virtual awards show this year didn't keep the show from pretaping a slate of fiery, energetic and deeply moving musical appearances from artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Jennifer Hudson, DaBaby and Roddy Ricch, John Legend, and Alicia Keys, to name a few.From songs that addressed the painful realities of police brutality to music videos that captured the spirit of this moment in

John Legend is lobbying streaming service officials at Hulu to reconsider optioning his planned Black Wall Street drama series because the topic couldn’t be more timely. The All of Me hitmaker, who has also found success as a film and TV producer, had been developing the project with Ride Along actress Tika Sumpter back in 2016, with the series focusing on the Tulsa, Oklahoma community of Greenwood, one of America’s most famous affluent black neighbourhoods in the early 20th century.

roster of performers for the Amanda Seales-hosted show. Topping the list of musicians set to perform are Alicia Keys, Roddy Ricch, Chloe X Halle, DaBaby, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Kane Brown, Lil Wayne, Megan Thee Stallion and Summer Walker.BET Amplified Artists Masego and Lonr will also be on tap, with additional performances from D Smoke, Jonathan McReynolds, SiR, Usher and Wayne Brady.

John Legend and a few famous faces (including some cardboard ones!) celebrated Father's Day with a one-hour ABC variety special dedicated to dads. While the holiday may be celebrated differently amid the coronavirus pandemic, kicked off with a special performance by Legend and his famous pals.“Yes! Father’s Day!” Legend said after being shown waking up in the morning then breaking into a Father's Day song.he belted out, singing the track's opening lyrics.

Alicia Keys, 39, and John Legend, 41, just killed it! Alicia and John were the latest duo to go head-to-head in Timbaland and Swizz Beatz‘ (Alicia’s husband, FYI) viral Verzuz battles, and they were fantastic. During performances of “If I Ain’t Got You”, “This Time I Want it All”, and more of their biggest hits LIVE for the world to see on June 19, celebs like Kerry Washington begged them to go on tour together. And we hope they do!

Ellise Shafer editorA new collective of Black workers in the arts and entertainment field, called Black Artists for Freedom, has released a statement on their website commemorating Juneteenth and calling on cultural institutions to make changes in order to eliminate racial injustice.The collective consists of over 1,000 Black actors, musicians, filmmakers, authors, painters and poets, including Academy Award, Grammy, Tony and Pulitzer Prize winners. Tessa Thompson, Sterling K.

John Legend offered a different type of love album, Victoria Monet teamed up with Khalid and SG Lewis for a song to dance to, and BTS gifted their fans with a new track. The Black Eyed Peas added some Latin flair to their latest project, Teyana Taylor unveiled her first album since 2018, and J.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorBlack Artists for Freedom, a new coalition of more than 1,000 actors, musicians, filmmakers, painters, poets and others, launched Friday with a powerful statement on the occasion of Juneteenth, the holiday that celebrates the official end of slavery in the U.S. 155 years ago.Signees include Barry Jenkins, Ava DuVernay, Dee Rees, Trevor Noah, Roxane Gay, Sterling K.

performances, summits and panels from Bruno Mars, John Legend, Patti Labelle, Swizz Beatz, Estelle, Doug E Fresh, BBD, Nas, Andra Day, Master P, Tank and The Bangas, PJ Morton, India.Arie, Kelis, Kirk Franklin, The Clark Sisters, Egypt Sherrod and more.Leading a special tribute to the city of New Orleans will be Mayor LaToya Cantrell,PJ Morton, Big Freedia, Irma Thomas, Tank and The Bangas and Big 6 Brass Band.

John Legend's sweetly soulful , Phoebe Bridger's emotional and effervescent and Teyana Taylor's instantly iconic Plus, the Black Eyed Peas recruit Shakira for a fun summer song, BTS drop the first single from their upcoming Japanese album, and Alicia Keys delivers a powerful anthem for the moment.Read on for some of our favorite recommendations for new songs and albums to listen to this week — plus, where you can stream them now!John LegendThe soulful singer dropped his sixth studio album on

The Album That Rises to The Moment of Its Release: John Legend, Bigger Love“Actions speak louder than, speak louder than love songs,” John Legend sings on “Actions,” an early highlight on his seventh studio album. It’s a telling statement from a singer-songwriter who could, conceivably, keep cranking out soulful ballads and engineer a highly successful career -- after all, one of those ballads, “All Of Me,” spent a few weeks atop the Hot 100 chart in 2014.

Eric Diep Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States — June 19, the day in 1865 when Texas was the final Confederate state to be notified of the Union victory and, thus, the freeing of all slaves in the U.S.

John Legend hopes his new album Bigger Love will spread joy to those involved in the Black Lives Matter movement.The All of Me singer is set to release the record later this month, and during a chat with Britain’s Daily Star newspaper during a virtual album-listening party, declared the collection to be a “celebration of black music”.