Solange Knowles attended the launch party for Macy’s Bar III Pop-Up Shop at 156 Fifth Ave on Wednesday night in New York City. She also DJ’d at the event.
In related news, the singer is still working on her upcoming third album; stating that she finally starting to lay down vocals on certain tracks, after taking some time to cultivate a sound.
Check out the trailer for Madea’s Big Happy Family, starring Tyler Perry, Loretta Devine, Bow Wow, Lauren London, and the Old Spice guy Isaiah Mustafa, among others. The synopsis of the film, which hits theaters April 22, is below.
Madea jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. But Tammy, Kimberly and Byron are too distracted by their own problems: Tammy can’t manage her unruly children or her broken marriage; Kimberly is gripped with anger and takes it out on her husband; and Byron, after spending two years in jail, is under pressure to deal drugs again. It’s up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows how: with a lot of tough love, laughter … and the revelation of a long-buried family secret.
Mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, singer/performer Janelle Monae and rapper Big Boi attend the second annual Essence ‘Black Women in Music’ event at the Playhouse Hollywood on Wednesday (February 9) in Los Angeles.
Janelle was honored at the event as a rising star and is also nominated for a couple of Grammy’s this weekend.
Here’s a new mid-tempo track from R. Kelly, following the release of last year’s Love Letter. No word on whether “Doin’ Dishes” is from his upcoming eleventh album, The Return of 12 Play: Night of the Living Dead, which is scheduled for release later this year, or if it’s just an unreleased song that recently surfaced.