News about Ari Lennox

During Rod Wave's 'Nostalgia' tour in Atlanta, LSU women's basketball shooting guard Flau'jae Johnson swapped the court for the stage this week. Ari Lennox, Toosi, G Herbo, and Eelmatic were among the notable entertainers on a star-studded night in Georgia. Johnson, a key player in LSU's backcourt, has also signed to a distribution contract with Roc Nation, where she divides her time between sport and music and showcases her various talents.

Ari Lennox was ed out after a concertgoer launched a bottle in her direction while she was performing in Inglewood, California, at the Forum on Wednesday. The 32-year-old Washington, D.C. native, who was Rod Wave's opener, was starting to sing her signature song Pressure when the bottle fell off her.

SZA walked away the big winner of the 2023 Soul Train Awards on Sunday night, winning four awards, two of which were two of the night's biggest prizes. SZA, 34, born Solána Rowe, earned Album of the Year for SOS and Song of the Yar for Snooze. In addition, the singer, who has nine nominations in total, has been named Best R&B/Soul Female Artist and the Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award for Snooze.

The Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans in 2023 is a who's who of influential Black women in entertainment. Oprah Winfrey, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino hosted a panel to discuss The Color Purple's legacy. The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Coco Jones, Sunny Hostin, Sherri Shepherd, Kelly Rowland, Ari Lennox, and Flo Milli also attended the festival, which is also aimed at children under the age of 1.2.

On November 20, Pink is scheduled to celebrate the late Olivia Newton-John with a musical appearance at the 2022 American Music Awards. Dick Clark Productions and ABC announced the tribute performance by the 43-year-old singer-songwriter on Monday. Newton-John's memory honors her death in August at the age of 73 after battling breast cancer for decades.

Mavi asserts firmly that "I don't believe in a singular genius." "Anything that you think is exceptional about me is a result of my exploration and curation of outside influences, outside teachers, and outsiders." In most interviews, the Charlotte-based independent rapper has a smoky aura, with most claiming he knows who has the highest reputation. Mavi is surprisingly modest when speaking about himself while on Zoom with MTV News to address Laughing So Hard It Hurts. His enthusiasm only increased when talking to Toni Morrison and Sun Ra, and he's especially keen to share the many books he's reading and recite quotations from his favorite authors.

The BET Awards on Sunday night (June 26) marked a celebration of Black artists' contribution, as well as Megan Thee Stallion, Latto, and Kendrick Lamar's. Many creatives also had a platform to protest the Supreme Court's decision to reverse Roe v. Wade, the historic 1973 ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion. Lizzo opened the show with a rendition of her new album "About Damn Time," bringing along her flute for a rousing solo that has become a signature of her live performances. Taraji P. Henson, the Oscar-nominated actress who appeared for the second year in a row, lauded Black entertainers in their opening address. Referring to SCOTUS's decision on permitting open firearms carrying in public, she referred to the song's name to protest the stripping of human rights and favoring guns.

By Ural Garrett Tanerélle, an Atlanta-born singer-songwriter, has a massive output that extends far beyond the cosmos. She modeled her out-of-this-world Afrofuturist style in the likes of Playboy and lent her surreal to co-score Nikyatu Jusu's swanky horror film Nanny, which received the coveted Grand Jury Award at Sundance in January about a child's caretaker with a mysterious history. It's so easy to forget the huge strides she's made as an R&B singer and instrumentalist between these projects.