Well that took long enough. Four years after announcing that they were working on a joint project, Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y finally dropped their long awaited mixtape 2009 and a few new clips to accompany the release. Dropping off visuals for “Forever Ball” and “The Life,” Spitta and Wiz do what they love and steam on a few L’s while dropping enough bars to satisfy their fans hunger for more. Mya meanwhile heads to the Middle East to take in some sun on the sands with her boo in her new clip to “With You.” Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weekend including work from XXXTentacion, DJ Kay Slay featuring Melly Mel, Raekwon, CeeLo Green and Grandmaster Caz, and more. WIZ KHALIFA & CURREN$Y – “FOREVER BALL” WIZ KHALIFA & CURREN$Y – “THE LIFE” MYA – “WITH YOU” XXXTENTACION – “SAUCE!” DJ KAY SLAY FT. MELLE MEL, RAEKWON, CEELO GREEN & GRANDMASTER CAZ – “HIP HOP FRONTLINE” G PERICO FT. POLYESTER THE SAINT – “LOVE LETTER” SEAN ELLIOT FT BIG SANT – “BIG BOY” LIL YEE – “RED EAGLE” JAMAL GASOL – “ALL IS FAIR” FUTURISTIC – “HIBACHI” YMN MELLY – “MAMA CRY”
Source: Jeff Hahne / Getty The NBA marries its culture and game better than any other league in sports. On Sunday night, Charlotte became the number one city for hip-hop in the country as rappers flew in, partied and in the case of Meek Mill and J. Cole , performed in the marquee event of All-Star Weekend — the All-Star Game. Meek opened up for player intros, running through a medley of hits from 2018’s “Intro” to “Dreams And Nightmares,” “Going Bad,” “Uptown Vibes” and others. I’m pretty sure Team LeBron getting the “Dreams And Nightmares” intro for player introductions was a cheat code as they came back from 20-down to win the game. Meanwhile, Cole repped for classic Starter jackets and ’90s fashion before checking off a number of current hits and items from both KOD and 2014 Forest Hills Drive . He even teased his verse from “a lot,” telling 21 Savage , “We love you,” during the broadcast. Even Team LeBron had to get in on the action as they asked head coach Mike Malone if they could head out from the locker room to watch Cole perform “ATM” and “Middle Child.” But the biggest Carolina win, from an old school perspective came from Anthony Hamilton who delivered a little soul and passion to his rendition of the National Anthem. It’s not Marvin Gaye circa 1983 but it was far better than what Fergie gave us last year in Los Angeles. RELATED: Celebrities At NBA All-Star Weekend 2019 [PHOTOS RELATED: 21 Savage Drops “A Lot” Video Featuring J. Cole [NEW VIDEO] RELATED: Meek Mill And Drake Drop “Going Bad” Video [NEW VIDEO]
Source: NurPhoto / Getty Payless is closing up shop in the United States. The discount shoe store is set to close all 2,100 of its locations in the United States and Puerto Rico in the next few months. The liquidation sale began on Sunday and stores will be closing up shop in March, though most are set to stay open until May. Payless is also shutting down its online store. It could file for bankruptcy for a second time by the end of the month, according to reports. Founded back in 1956, Payless has more than 3,600 locations in 40 countries and over 18,000 employees, per its website. The international franchises and Latin American stores will not be affected by the closure. Payless first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April of 2017, closing 400 stores in the process. It reorganized soon after, cutting millions of dollars in debt but it wasn’t enough to fully save the company. RELATED: Toys ‘R Us Files For Bankruptcy RELATED: 5 Easy Steps to Building Good Credit after Bankruptcy
Kim Kardashian has posed naked in numerous magazine spreads and once let Ray J film himself just giving it to her in bed. So you'd think it would be impossible to be surprised by any outfit this reality star could ever wear. After all, we've seen her in nothing … so how could we be taken aback by any some thing that covers up her private parts, right? But that was before we saw the outfit Kim wore to something called The Hollywood Beauty Awards on Sunday night, February 17. We know it's a bold statement, but we feel confident enough to make it, so here we go: This was the most revealing out Kim has EVER donned. Scroll down to see if you agree — and also to see what critics on social media are saying about the look. 1. Just How Revealing was the Dress? We’ll start by teasing it as follows: This isn’t it! This is a different risque dress that Kardashian wore to a different event, LOL. And this new one makes it look very tame by comparison. 2. Wow, This Really is Revealing! We know, right? But this still isn’t the outfit we’re talking about! 3. Kim Previewed Her Outfit Before She Went Public Kardashian attended this event with hairdressed Chris Appleton, and she spent a couple Tweets preparing followers for what they were about to see. 4. She Was Feeling It, Folks 5. Enough Build-Up. Here It Is. Kardashian wore a vintage 1998 Thierry Mugler cut-out gown with a thigh-high slit to the Beauty Awards. It’s basically all the Internet has been talking about since. 6. Some People Loved the Look Well, this one person did at least. View Slideshow
Porsha Williams and Dennis McKinley’s relationship may have started with a bunch of hurdles, but Sunday’s episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta showed that they were in it for the long haul. Dennis had been dropping hints about a proposal to Williams for quite some time, so she kept getting her hopes up only to be let down. Porsha and Dennis went out for dinner and drinks with Shamari and Ronnie DeVoe. That’s when Dennis opened up to Ronnie about his plans. “Oh, you’re gonna propose on Friday?!” Ronnie whispered in excitement. “Damn, son! You got it all mapped out?” “I got it mapped out. She don’t know,” Dennis replied before confirming that his romantic plans involved a helicopter ride. Thankfully, Lauren, Porsha’s sister was in the know from the get-go, so she was on hand to help out in any way she could. That meant keeping up the ruse that Porsha was on her way to a charity event. “For real, I’m legit scared,” Porsha said of getting on a helicopter. “I actually texted [Dennis] the other day, and I was like, ‘I don’t think I even wanna do the thing. Just cancel it. Let’s just do something else.’ And he sounded so disappointed that we weren’t gonna go. So I was like, ‘Okay, you know what? Fine. We’ll go.'” When the day arrived, Porsha and Dennis managed to get in and out of the helicopter without any issues. That was a huge positive given how scared Porsha was. Williams was concerned because there were no other people around. “They’re probably here already,” Dennis replied. “They can only fit one couple at a time.” Porsha totally bought it. “I’m glad I got my makeup done!” Porsha said as the duo walked into the high-class building. In a truly romantic moment, Porsha realized her favorite song was playing. When the pair got to the room, there were flowers, photographers and even the singer of her favorite song. “Would you like to be Mrs. McKinley?” Dennis said as he got down on one knee. Porsha gleefully accepted. “You don’t understand how many times we have sung this song in the car to each other,” Porsha said in a confessional. “I have my parts, he has his parts, and Lil’ Mo is here singing it to us! I’ve dreamed about how he was gonna propose. I thought he was gonna propose in Miami, I thought he was gonna propose here, I thought he was gonna propose there.” “But for him to do it like this with the helicopter and Lil’ Mo and all the flowers and — can we talk about the ring? He did that! Thank you, boo!” “Just thinking about how alone I was at first, and now,” Porsha said as she fought back tears. “No one will ever understand what it means for me to have gone through a miscarriage before, all by myself, without the person who made that child with me as my support, to now be pregnant and have the man who is the father of my child be so loving, so thoughtful. It means the world to me.” Elsewhere on this romantic installment: – Kand and Todd continued their quest to have another child. Todd was still on the fence of taking the surrogacy route, but started to question everything when they met Shandi, a potential person who could carry their child. – Eva tried to find the perfect dress for her upcoming wedding, but she was shocked to learn the one she had her eye on could not be made in time. – Nene and Gregg couldn’t stop arguing, and Nene started to wonder whether their relationship was, once again, about to come to an end. What did you think of all the twists? Hit the comments below. The Real Housewives of Atlanta continues Sundays on Bravo. View Slideshow: The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 11: All the Secrets… EXPOSED!
Source: Alan Schein Photography / Getty Home Depot Bomb Threat Was Just A Misunderstanding You really gotta watch what you say when you’re out in public, and this story proves just that…in the most ridiculous way possible. Police were called to a Home Depot in Wichita, Kansas after it was believed that a man was making a bomb threat while shopping in the home improvement store. The 911 audio was recently released by Sedgwick County Communications, in which the caller tells the operator that someone may have made a bomb threat, according to reports from KWCH . “We just had a customer here made what may have been a bomb threat,” the caller told the police. “He said, uh, somebody told me there’s a bomb in here and you need to leave the building. He said it three times.” Staff was alerted to the possible “bomb threat” after a person overheard the man talking in the store’s restroom. However, authorities learned later that the threat was actually just a euphemism used by a man who reeeeally had to use the bathroom. “You all need to get out of here because I’m fixin’ to blow it up,” is what the man allegedly said that tipped off fellow consumers. A fellow witness to the bomb about to be dropped in the bathroom believed it to be a joke and laughed at the man, while police were able to track the man down and clear up the serious misunderstanding. Apparently, this isn’t the first time an incident like has occurred before. Back in November, one man in New Orleans was arrested after he allegedly threatened to blow up Willie’s Chicken Shack, but claimed that he actually said he was going “blow the bathroom up” in the same way the Home Depot customer meant. Arthur Posey, the man in question, faced two charges of communicating false information of planned arson.
Source: Baltimore Sun / Getty Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042 to join! The county giveth and the county taketh away. Judge Mickey J. Norman of Baltimore County has decided to overturn the decision of a jury that awarded more than $38 million to the family of Korryn Gaines. Gaines, a 23-year-old Randallstown woman who was shot and killed by county police in 2016. J. Wyndal Gordon, an attorney for Gaines’ family, told the Baltimore Sun they plan to appeal. “It’s devastating to a certain extent, but they’re a very faithful family,” he said. “It’s not over.” Judge Norman presided over the civil case in Baltimore County Circuit Court last year. His new decision comes almost exactly a year after jurors found that the first shot fired by Officer Royce Ruby at Gaines, killing her and injuring her then-5-year-old son, Kodi, was not reasonable and therefore violated their civil rights under state and federal statutes. This is a developing story. Source: Baltimore Sun
Source: Jemal Countess / Getty At what point is AJ Calloway going to be canceled, or even jailed? The former host of BET’s 106 & Park and current Extra host ( though currently suspended ) has been accused of sexual assault by six different women. Calloway’s accusers have spoken out in a new story from The Hollywood Reporter . So far, six women have come forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct and assault. Last year, writer Sil Lai Abrams accused Calloway of groping him, and he was even arrested. However, the case was dismissed on procedural grounds (Calloway maintained his innocence). Reading Abrams’ account inspired Jeannie Delgado, who works in the aviation industry, to reveal that Calloway allegedly raped her in 2009. She claims that after Calloway offered her to stay overnight in a guest room in his home he raped her. “I thought it was not a big deal,” says Delgado, who works in the aviation industry. “I’m thinking this is the guest room. It turned out to be his bedroom. He closed the door behind him. He basically closed the door, locked it and tried to kiss me. I was like, ‘No, no, no.’ Then he went for my pants. He flipped me over, grabbed my hands, held them behind my back.” Holding both her hands in one of his, she says, he used his free hand to pull off her pants. “I’m 5-foot-2, 110 pounds,” she says. “He’s 6-foot-4, and I don’t know how much he weighs. He proceeded to rape me. When I tried to get up, he pulled me back down and bear-hugged me. That was for hours. I lay there crying the whole time. When the sun came up, he raped me again.” (Calloway, via an attorney, denies all allegations of misconduct.) Other accusers include two women, Nancy and Daisy, who didn’t want to use their real names and another woman who chose to remain unnamed. Perhaps the most heinous detail of their stories is that Calloway did not use condoms during the alleged sexual assault. Calloway has denied all the allegations via his lawyer. “These allegations are completely false,” said his attorney Lisa E. Davis. “Mr. Calloway has never sexually assaulted anyone and is devastated that he is being falsely accused of such terrible conduct. Throughout his career, Mr. Calloway has been a tireless advocate for community empowerment and equality and justice for all people regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation or gender expression.” Calloway was suspended from Extra after word got out that The Hollywood Reporter was preparing to publish their story. — Photo: Getty
Source: jerritt clark / Getty Up and coming Florida rapper YNW Melly has been arrested for shooting two of his friends and assisting band mate YNW Bortlen to make the scene look like a drive-by shooting. Rising Florida rap star YNW Melly shot two of his close friends dead and then with the help of another man tried to make it look like they had been the victims of a drive-by shooting, Miramar police announced Wednesday. https://t.co/XdgxmZpfMe pic.twitter.com/T6INLHnIvX — South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) February 14, 2019 According to Miramar police, Melly, whose real name is Jamell Demons, shot 19-year old Christopher Thomas J and 21-year old Anthony Williams — who went by the stage names YNW Juvy and YNW Sakchaser — on October 26, 2018 and Bortlen, real name Cortlen Henry, helped Demons stage the crime to look like a drive-by shooting. Jamell Demons, aka YNW Melly, and Cortlen Henry, aka YNW Bortlen, are accused of murdering two young rappers from the Treasure Coast. https://t.co/j7zfGnKLb7 — Florida Today (@Florida_Today) February 14, 2019 Demons and Henry have both been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Henry was also charged with two counts of accessory. SMH.
It’s award season and we’re always looking for the out for the Grammys, Oscars and what we consider prestigious awards. As we celebrate it’s important to respect and honor any and all awards out there. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not only defends African Americans well being in world wide but it also celebrates the achievements of African Americans and minorities in the arts. The NAACP just release it’s nominations for it’s Image Awards. Here’s the list of nominations: Entertainer of the Year Beyoncé Chadwick Boseman LeBron James Regina King Ryan Coogler MOTION PICTURE Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Chadwick Boseman – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Michael B Jordan – Creed II (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios) Denzel Washington – The Equalizer 2 (Columbia Pictures) John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) Stephan James – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox) Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures) KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Sanaa Lathan – Nappily Ever After (Marc Platt Production/Badabing Pictures Production for Netflix) Viola Davis – Widows (20th Century Fox) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Mahershala Ali – Green Book (Universal Pictures, Participant Media, DreamWorks) Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Russell Hornsby – The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox) Winston Duke – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Danai Gurira – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Letitia Wright – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Lupita Nyong’o – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Regina Hall – The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox) Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Outstanding Independent Motion Picture BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Nappily Ever After (Marc Platt Production/Badabing Pictures Production for Netflix) Sorry To Bother You (Annapurna Pictures) Traffik (Codeblack Films/Lionsgate Entertainment) Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture Storm Reid – A Wrinkle In Time (Walt Disney Studios) Letitia Wright – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Winston Duke – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Black Panther (Marvel Studios) BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures) The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox) Widows (20th Century Fox) Outstanding Motion Picture Black Panther (Marvel Studios) BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures) If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox) TELEVISION Outstanding Comedy Series Atlanta (FX Networks) Black-ish (ABC) Dear White People (Netflix) Grown-ish (Freeform) Insecure (HBO) Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Anthony Anderson, Black-ish (ABC) Cedric the Entertainer, The Neighborhood (CBS) Donald Glover, Atlanta (FX Networks) Dwayne Johnson, Ballers (HBO) Tracy Morgan, The Last O.G. (TBS) Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Danielle Brooks, Orange is the New Black (Netflix) Issa Rae, Insecure (HBO) Logan Browning, Dear White People (Netflix) Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish (ABC) Yara Shahidi, Grown-ish (Freeform) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Jay Ellis, Insecure (HBO) John David Washington, Ballers (HBO) Laurence Fishburne, black-ish (ABC) Marcus Scribner, black-ish (ABC) Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Essence Atkins, Marlon (NBC) Marsai Martin, Black-ish (ABC) Natasha Rothwell, Insecure (HBO) Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black (Netflix) Yvonne Orji, Insecure (HBO) Outstanding Drama Series How To Get Away With Murder (ABC) Power (Starz) Queen Sugar (OWN) The Chi (Showtime) This Is Us (NBC) Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Jason Mitchell, The Chi (Showtime) Keith David, Greenleaf (OWN) Kofi Siriboe, Queen Sugar (OWN) Omari Hardwick, Power (Starz) Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (NBC) Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Alfre Woodard, Marvel’s Luke Cage (Netflix) Naturi Naughton, Power (Starz) Rutina Wesley, Queen Sugar (OWN) Taraji P. Henson, Empire (FOX) Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Jesse Williams, Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) Joe Morton, Scandal (ABC) Jussie Smollett, Empire (FOX) Romany Malco, A Million Little Things (ABC) Wendell Pierce, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Prime Video) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series CCH Pounder, NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) Lynn Whitfield, Greenleaf (OWN) Sanaa Lathan, The Affair (Showtime) Susan Kelechi Watson, This Is Us (NBC) Thandie Newton, Westworld (HBO) Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series Erika Alexander – Black Lightning – Book of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowery (CW) Kendrick Lamar – Power – Happy Birthday (Starz) Kerry Washington – How to Get Away with Murder – Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (ABC) Loretta Devine – Love Is_ – Rose (Going Home) (OWN) Tisha Campbell-Martin – Empire – Without Apology (Fox) Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Behind The Movement (TV One) Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC) Seven Seconds (Netflix) The Bobby Brown Story (BET) The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar (Lifetime) Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC) John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC) Michael B. Jordan, Fahrenheit 451 (HBO) Russell Hornsby, Seven Seconds (Netflix) Woody McClain, The Bobby Brown Story (BET) Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special Anna Deavere Smith, Notes From the Field (HBO) Gabrielle Dennis, The Bobby Brown Story (BET) Jeanté Godlock, The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar (Lifetime) Regina King, Seven Seconds (Netflix) Toni Braxton, Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story (Lifetime) Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special) A Thousand Words With Michelle Obama (BET) AM Joy (MSNBC) Angela Rye’s State of the Union (BET) Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama (OWN) Unsung (TV One) Outstanding Talk Series ESPN’s First Take (ESPN) Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch) The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) The Real (Syndicated) The View (ABC) Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series) Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN) Lip Sync Battle (Paramount Network) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) Shark Tank (ABC) The Voice (NBC) Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special) 2 Dope Queens (HBO) Black Girls Rock! (BET) Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live at the Apollo (CBS) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (Netflix) Outstanding Children’s Program Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior) Marvel’s Avengers: Black Panther’s Quest (Disney XD) Motown Magic (Netflix) Sesame Street (HBO) Top Chef Junior (Universal Kids) Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series) Alex R. Hibbert – The Chi (Showtime) Lonnie Chavis -T”his Is Us (NBC) Lyric Ross – This Is Us (NBC) Marsai Martin – Black-ish (ABC) Miles Brown – Black-ish (ABC) Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield Norris, Willow Smith – Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch) Joy Reid – AM Joy (MSNBC) LeBron James – The Shop (HBO) Lester Holt – NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (NBC) Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble Iyanla Vanzant – Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN) LL Cool J – Lip Sync Battle (Paramount Network) Queen Latifah – Black Girls Rock (BET) RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) Steve Harvey – Family Feud (Syndication) DOCUMENTARY Outstanding Documentary (Film) Amazing Grace (Sundial Pictures/Neon) Making The Five Heartbeats (Green Lighthouse) Quincy (Netflix) RBG (CNN) Whitney (Roadside Attractions/Miramax) Outstanding Documentary (Television) Hope & Fury: MLK, The Movement and the Media (NBC) King in the Wilderness (HBO) Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (HBO) Shut Up & Dribble (Showtime) Time For Ilhan (Fuse) WRITING Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Justin Simien – Dear White People – Chapter 1 (Netflix) Marquita J. Robinson – GLOW – Work the Leg (Netflix) Peter H. Saji – Black-ish – Purple Rain (ABC) Regina Y. Hicks – Insecure – High-Like (HBO) Trevor Noah , Steve Budow, David Kibuuka, Zhubin Parang, Dan Amira, Lauren Sarver Means, Mr. Daniel Radosh, David Angelo, Devin Trey Delliquanti, Zachary DiLanzo – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – 23087 Alex Wagner (Comedy Central) Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series Janine Sherman Barrois – Claws” – Cracker Casserole (TNT) Kay Oyegun This Is Us – This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life (NBC) Lena Waithe – The Chi – Pilot (Showtime) Patrick Joseph Charles – Black Lightning – Sins of the Father: The Book of Redemption (The CW/Netflix) Lena Waithe, Dime Davis, – The Chi – The Whistle (Showtime) Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television) Anna Deavere Smith – Notes From the Field (HBO) J. David Shanks – Seven Seconds: Matters of Life and Death (Netflix) Katrina M. O’Gilvie – Behind the Movement (TV One) Ramin Bahrani, Amir Naderi – Fahrenheit 451 (HBO) Shalisha Francis – Seven Seconds: Of Gods and Men (Netflix) Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film) Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Boots Riley – Sorry To Bother You (Annapurna Pictures) Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) Peter Chiarelli, Adele Lim – Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures) Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) DIRECTING Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Donald Glover – Atlanta – FUBU (FX Networks) Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin – Chapter Seventy-Four (CW) Hiro Murai – Atlanta – Teddy Perkins (FX Networks) Ken Whittingham – Atypical – “Ernest Shackleton’s Rules for Survival” (Netflix) Millicent Shelton – Insecure – High-Like (HBO) Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series Ayoka Chenzira – Queen Sugar – Here Beside the River (OWN) Deborah Ann Chow – Better Call Saul – Something Stupid (AMC) Dee Rees – Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams – Kill All Others (Prime Video) Salli Richardson-Whitfield – Marvel’s Luke Cage – I Get Physical (Netflix) Zetna Fuentes – How To Get Away With Murder – Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (ABC) Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television) Ernest Dickerson – Seven Seconds: Until It Do (Netflix) Ramin Bahrani – Fahrenheit 451 (HBO) Tanya Hamilton – Seven Seconds: That What Follows (Netflix) Tracy Heather Strai – Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (PBS) Victoria Mahoney – Seven Seconds: Witness for the Prosecution (Netflix) Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film) Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) Steve McQueen – Widows (20th Century Fox) Ryan Coogler – Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Alan Hicks, Rashida Jones – Quincy (A Le Train TrainBob’s Your UncleTribeca Production for Netflix) ANIMATED/CGI Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film) Issa Rae – Bojack Horseman (Netflix) Laya Deleon Hayes – Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior) Mahershala Ali – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel) Samuel L. Jackson – Incredibles 2 (Disney and Pixar Animation Studios) Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel) RECORDING Outstanding New Artist Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records) Jade Novah (EMPIRE) Koryn Hawthorne (RCA Inspiration) Omar Wilson (BSE Recordings) Tory Lanez (Mad Love/Interscope Records) Outstanding Male Artist Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records) Childish Gambino (RCA Records) John Legend (Columbia Records) MAJOR. (BOE/Empire) Raheem DeVaughn (BMG) Outstanding Female Artist Andra Day (Warner Bros. Records) Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records) H.E.R. (RCA Records) Janelle Monáe (Atlantic Records) Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation) Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration “A Good Night” – John Legend feat. BloodPop (Columbia Records) “All The Stars” – Black Panther – Kendrick Lamar, SZA (Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records) “Could’ve Been” – H.E.R., Bryson Tiller (RCA Records) “Finesse (Remix)” – Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B (Atlantic Records) “Everything Is Love” – The Carters (Roc Nation) Outstanding Jazz Album Facing Dragons – Christian Sands (Mack Avenue) Hollywood Africans – Jon Batiste (Verve) RISE! – Ben Tankard feat. Marion Meadows, Kirk Whalum, Paul Jackson Jr. (Ben-Jamin’ Universal Music) The Story of Jaz – Jazmin Ghent feat. Jeff Lorber, James P. Lloyd, Kim Scott, Philippe Saisse (Jazmin Ghent Music) Waiting for the Sunrise – Camille Thurman (Chesky Records) Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary) Heart. Passion. Pursuit. Live at Passion City Church – Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel) Hiding Place – Tori Kelly (Capitol Records) Make Room – Jonathan McReynolds (Entertainment One) One Nation Under God – Jekalyn Carr (LMG) Unstoppable – Koryn Hawthorne (RCA Inspirational) Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album APES**T – The Carters (Roc Nation) Could’ve Been – H.E.R. feat. Bryson Tiller (RCA Records) Finesse (Remix) – Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B (Atlantic Records) This Is America – Childish Gambino (RCA Records) All The Stars – Kendrick Lamar, SZA (Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records) Outstanding Song – Traditional Amen – Andra Day (Warner Bros. Records) Better With You In It – MAJOR. (BOE/Empire) Beyond – Leon Bridges (Columbia Records) Long As I Live – Toni Braxton (Def Jam Recordings) Never Alone – Tori Kelly feat. Kirk Franklin (Capital Records) Outstanding Song – Contemporary “A Good Night” – John Legend feat. BloodPop (Columbia Records) “As I Am” – H.E.R. (RCA Records) “Boo’d Up” – Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records) “Finesse (Remix)” – Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B (Atlantic Records) “This Is America” – Childish Gambino (RCA Records) Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Black Panther The Album Music From and Inspired By – Kendrick Lamar, SZA feat. 2Chainz, ScHoolboy Q, Saudi, Khalid, Swae Lee, Vince Staples, Yugen Blakrok, SOB x RBE, Jorja Smith, Anderson Paak, Ab Soul, Reason, Zacari, Babes Wudumo, Sjava, Travis Scott (Interscope Records) Greenleaf, Season 3 (Music from the Original TV series)” – Various Artists (Lions Gate Entertainment) Marvel’s Luke Cage Season Two” – Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Mondo Music) Insecure Music From The HBO Original Series, Season 3 – Various Artists (RCA Records) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From & Inspired by the Motion Picture – Various Artists (Republic Records) Outstanding Album Dirty Computer – Janelle Monáe (Atlantic Records) Ella Mai – Ella Mai (10 Summers/Interscope Records) Even More – MAJOR. (BOE/Empire) Everything Is Love – The Carters (Roc Nation) I Used To Know Her: The Prelude – H.E.R. (RCA Records) LITERARY Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction An American Marriage – Tayari Jones (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill) Better Late Than Never – Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central Publishing) Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther? Prose Novel – Jesse James Holland Jr (Titan Books) Envy – Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone) They Come in All Colors: A Novel – Malcolm Hansen (Atria Books) Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction Barracoon – Zora Neale Hurston (Amistad HarperCollins Publishers) Black Girls Rock! Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth – Beverly Bond (37 Ink, A Division of Atria Books) For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics” – Donna Brazile (Author), Yolanda Caraway (Author), Leah Daughtry (Author), Minyon Moore (Author), Veronica Chambers (With), (St. Martin’s Press) May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem – Imani Perry (University of North Carolina Press) The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row – Anthony Ray Hinton (Author), Lara Love Hardin (With), (St. Martin’s Press) Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author Heads of the Colored People: Stories” – Nafissa Thompson-Spires (37 Ink, A Division of Atria Books) Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement” – Janet Dewart Bell (The New Press) Lucile H. Bluford and the Kansas City Call: Activist Voice for Social Justice” – Dr. Sheila D. Brooks (Author), Clinton C. Wilson II (Author), (Rowman & Littlefield) Small Country: A Novel” – Gaël Faye (Hogarth) Us Against The World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and Family ” – David Mann (Author), Tamela Mann (Author), Shaun Saunders (With), (W Publishing) Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography Barracoon – Zora Neale Hurston (Amistad HarperCollins Publishers) Becoming – Michelle Obama (Crown) The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke – Jeffrey C. Stewart (Oxford University Press) The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela – Nelson Mandela (Author), Sahm Venter (Editor) (Liveright Publishing) Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist – Franchesa Ramsey (Grand Central Publishing) Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration – Carla Hall (Author) Genevive Ko (With) (Harper Wave) For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics – Donna Brazile (Author), Yolanda Caraway (Author), Leah Daughtry (Author), Minyon Moore (Author), Veronica Chambers (With), (St. Martin’s Press) Poised For Excellence: Fundamental Principles of Effective Leadership in the Boardroom and Beyond – Karima Mariam-Arthur (Palgrave Macmillan) Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life – Daymond John (Author), Daniel Paisner (With), (Currency) Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves – Glory Edim (Ballantine Books) Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry Confessions of a Barefaced Woman – Allison Elaine Joseph (Red Hen Press) Ghost, Like a Place – Iain Haley Pollock (Alice James Books) Refuse – Julian Randall (University of Pittsburgh Press) Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart – Alice Walker (Author) (37 Ink/Atria Books) The Gospel According to Wild Indigo – Cyrus Cassells (Crab Orchard Review & Southern Illinois University Press) Outstanding Literary Work – Children Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, A Monumental American Man – Tonya Bolden (Abrams For Young Readers) Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race – Margot Lee Shetterly (Author), Laura Freeman (Illustrator), (Harper) I Can Be Anything! Don’t Tell Me I Can’t – Diane Dillon (The Blue Sky Press) The 5 O’Clock Band – Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews (Author), Bryan Collier (Illustrator), (Abrams For Young Readers) The Word Collector – Peter H. Reynolds (Orchard Books) Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens A Very Large Expanse of Sea – Tahereh Mafi (Harper) Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin – James L. Swanson (Scholastic Press) Harbor Me – Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy M. Paulsen) The Journey of Little Charlie – Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic Press) We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding our Racial Divide – Carol Anderson (Author), Tonya Bolden (With), (Bloomsbury YA)
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