Makin' Tracks: Mickey Guyton Pours Her Soul Into a Daring, Timely Ballad, 'Black Like Me'

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVO-T Fagbenle’s six-episode comedy series “Maxxx” makes quite a statement when it says, “The only way for a Black man to stay safe is to become famous.”It is quick and witty in the moment of the show about a former boy band member trying to reclaim fame, which Fagbenle wrote two years ago and was in production on in 2019, but it takes on even more poignancy now that the show is finally launching in the U.S.

Mickey Guyton is encouraging people to “see a little light where there’s a lot of darkness” on her new track “Heaven Down Here”.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterSelect episodes focusing on Black narratives from the third season of the CBS All Access spinoff The Good Fight from Robert and Michelle King will be part of a special presentation on BET.

A Hyde resident says proposals to build a temporary classroom block overlooking his house will worsen flooding issues, block light and invade his family’s privacy.Plans to erect a two-storey modular building in the car park of Hyde Community College by Tameside council have sparked opposition from residents, with 19 objections lodged since the plans were submitted at the end of June.Mike Hughes, who lives on the adjacent Snowdonia Avenue with his wife and two young children, has major concerns

Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeWith dealmaking on an uptick, record sums are being paid for hot material, while the “asks” for star talent are often met with pushback. Those, at least, are the reports from the battlefront.

Aisha Dee, one of the three main characters on The Bold Type, shared a powerful statement via Instagram on Wednesday, July 15, one day before the season 4 finale.“Knowing the power that art had to shape my mind and experience, I had to speak up,” Dee, 26, wrote in a lengthy statement before explaining that playing Kat Edison on the Freeform drama was the first time she was able to not just play “the white character’s ‘best friend,'” but instead an “empowered and confident” woman with her own

Pride Month may be over, but the Grammy Museum is ready to continue celebrating LGBTQ artists with their new panel.

First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week.

straight to your inboxOle Gunnar Solskjaer was confident Mason Greenwood would make the leap to first-team football the day before he knew he would be taking over as Manchester United's caretaker manager.Greenwood struck a clinical hat-trick in United's 4-3 FA Youth Cup victory over Chelsea the night before the club sacked Jose Mourinho in December 2018, and Solskjaer was soon informed he would take charge on an interim basis.Chelsea had won the last five Youth Cups yet Greenwood ended their

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a £1.57 billion support package handed to the arts sector by the government yesterday (July 5).The bailout will provide music venues, independent cinemas, museums, galleries, theatres and heritage sites with emergency grants and loans.The money is the biggest one-off investment in UK culture ever, helping companies, venues and institutions to survive the coronavirus pandemic without going out of business.Announcing the new funds, Boris Johnson said: “From iconic theatre and musicals, mesmerising

Although right now isn’t the most promising time in regards to exciting new films entering development and production, director Mike Flanagan is prepping work on his newest feature, yet another Stephen King adaptation titled “Revival.” And While speaking on the Kingcast podcast, Flanagan touches on his forthcoming directorial outing, hinting at what the tone for the film might be.

Toya Johnson and Lil Wayne’s daughter, Reginae Carter posed in lingerie to show off her amazingly toned body for the ‘gram. Her fans are completely in love with her look, and they made sure to flood the comments section with praising words.

Chris Willman Music WriterAs the foremost Black woman in country music — and one who is still waiting to enjoy a big radio hit, despite a series of buzzy singles over the last five years — Mickey Guyton has sometimes felt she faced the “double whammy” of race and gender, to the point where she says she’s often felt like she was “walking on eggshells” in always putting on a friendly face for the genre’s gatekeepers.But the powerhouse vocalist has found newfound power in outspokenness.

Just as relatively new indie festivals devoted to Latin music -- like Los Dells in Wisconsin, Ruido Fest in Chicago and Viva! Pomona in the Los Angeles area -- were building audiences and growing their brands, their momentum has come to a halt in the pandemic. Since the coronavirus forced the live music industry into a standstill in March -- and

coronavirus. Country star Kelsea Ballerini called Rice “selfish” for risking people's health by playing in front of a large crowd.

cases of COVID-19. After he posted a video on his Instagram Story showing of hundreds of people singing along to his recent hit "Eyes On You," captioning it "We back" and adding a smiley face sunglasses emoji, fans, peers and other bold-faced Nashville names including Kelsea Ballerini, Bobby Bones, Maren Morris and Mickey Guyton publicly criticized Chase and the venue, the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee, which is a former prison-turned-event center."Imagine being