In an important move for people of color who helped propel him into office twice, President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to continue fighting for…

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Everybody’s favorite celebrity lip sync competition, Spike TV’s Lip Sync Battle, is on its way to a second season come 2016. The cable network has…

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Singer John Legend is known for lending his voice to social issues and for his latest, he’s trying to tackle mass incarceration. The Ohio-bred crooner has…

Oscar-winning singer John Legend just announced FREE AMERICA, a campaign meant to end mass incarceration. According to the Associated Press, it will be a multiyear…

Destiny’s Child might just be getting back together for a tour! The Daily Mail reports that Beyoncé wants to link up with Kelly Rowland and…

Producing movies and television shows has become the thing, and we’re not mad. Recently, LeBron James gave us Survivor’s Remorse. 50 Cent showed us Power. Now, John Legend…

Things have gotten off to a fairly serious start for Common in 2015. The Chicago-bred rapper and actor kicked off the year with an Academy…

Musicians are weighing in on the “Blurred Lines” trial verdict, and John Legend is giving his two cents. While the song’s producer Pharrell Williams is…

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Much was made about the Oscars last Sunday. The hash tag #OscarsSoWhite reflected the absence of color among some of the biggest categories of the…

In 2005, we were all talking about Darfur. Two years prior, a war of words emerged between the uprising of liberated group against the Sudanese government,…

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Common and John Legend captured Oscar gold on Sunday with their win for Best Original Song for “Glory,” the title track to  the movie “Selma”.…

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The 87th Academy Awards — though many took umbrage to the fact that people of color were few and far between among the nominees — were…