Teyana Taylor's Juneteenth 'Album' Release Includes Ms. Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Missy Elliott & More

Even though Shayna Taylor hasn’t commented directly on the news of her breakup with the American Idol alum, Ryan Seacrest, she did take to her Instagram account to drop a cryptic social media post, which many assumed was directly linked to her relationship.

"50 States, 50 Television Shows," considered which TV shows are most synonymous with each state.

Kanye West has been watching what’s going on in the world and that has inspired the visuals of his newest release. On June 30, 2020, the superstar musician released a new song, “Wash Us in the Blood,” accompanied by a music video that is a hard-hitting mosaic of footage from recent protests across the US.

The new film “Miss Juneteenth” was released on the 155th anniversary of the first Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the delayed freedom of enslaved Black people in 1865.

Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the remainder of the month, an artist will provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by the Black community.Today (June 22), singer Andra Day hopes to provide peace to those zapped of energy and in need of mental restoration.

Taylor Swift has promised fans she will be a ferocious anti-racist moving forward as part of a statement released to mark America’s Juneteenth.The singer made her pledge in honour of the 155th anniversary of the full emancipation of all African-American slaves, insisting she has changed her life forever as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement for racial justice.

celebration of Juneteenth — marking the freeing of the last enslaved Americans, on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas — black artists have exercised their creative freedom with new music.And with June also being Black Music Month, it reminds us that music has always been an important part of the black experience in America — from slavery through the civil rights movement to today’s Black Lives Matter mission.From never-before-heard Aretha and Alicia Keys to Teyana Taylor, here are six reasons to

Usher is joining fellow music artists such as Pharrell Williams and Taylor Swift in calling for June 19 — a.k.a. Juneteenth — to become a national holiday in the U.S., commemorating the day that all slaves in the U.S. were finally freed.

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.

Taylor Swift has joined calls for Juneteenth, the date which marks the official end of slavery in the US, to be made a national holiday.

Shirley Ju Teyana Taylor is set to release “The Album” on Friday, coinciding with Juneteenth, the day marking word of  emancipation reaching enslaved African-Americans in the outermost territories in 1865.To preview the project — featuring such music elites as Erykah Badu, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, Future, Kehlani, Quavo, Rick Ross and Davido, among others — Taylor threw a listening party at a private mansion in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, June 17.  Variety was among the guests in attendance

When Maria Teresa Kumar was nine years-old, she became a citizen of the United States along with her mom. The pair had immigrated from Bogota, Columbia, after her mother fell in love with and married an English teacher working there. The new family then moved to Sonoma, California.

Juneteenth — the holiday marking the end of slavery in the US on June 19, 1865.“I’m excited that the album’s coming out that day,” says Legend of “Bigger Love,” which arrives two days before his “John Legend and Family: A Bigger Love Father’s Day” special airs on ABC. “And I’m excited that people are taking a moment to celebrate the ending of slavery in this country … It also reminds us that we still have a ways to go to get more free in this country.

Netflix's new medical documentary series Lenox Hill is an earnest and well-meaning effort on all levels, one originally made without any cynicism at all. The cynicism comes into play now — in how the series, shot mostly in 2018, will inevitably get more attention because of the coronavirus crisis and our moment of public recognition of the heroism of doctors.

American Chopper is on the channel that's hard to not call the Discovery Channel but is technically just called Discovery, and the kids' movie Artemis Fowl is skipping theaters and heading straight to Disney+. But there's stuff on Netflix too, of course, most notably the new Spike Lee joint Da 5 Bloods and Season 2 of dating reality series Dating Around.