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Jamie Foxx had a true come-to-Jesus moment after his near-death experience. The Grammy and Academy Award-winner revealed all of the details of his debilitating stroke in his latest special for Netflix.

The comedian expressed his gratitude for the city of Atlanta as he performed on a stage only 400 yards away from the hospital that saved his life. In a mix of silly impressions, tearful reflections and joyous gospel songs, Foxx recounted the pivotal turning point in his life.

Keep reading for the most shocking moments from “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…”

What was the “mystery illness”?

In April 2023, Jamie Foxx’s bad headache became a pivotal turning point in his life. Before the “Django” star could take an aspirin, he blacked out. The star said in his Netflix special that the doctors said he had a brain bleed that led to a stroke.

Foxx got treatment at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta,...

Daniel Zirilli, a prolific director, producer and writer of action films and more than 200 music videos including the Rolling Stones’ “Voodoo Lounge,” died April 28. He was 58.

His death was announced by his family. No cause was disclosed, but an Instagram message posted by his daughter Talise Zirilli last weekend indicated that he had been missing since April 24.

Born November 13, 1965, Zirilli founded Popart Film Factory at age 24 after graduating from Pepperdine University in Malibu. In the subsequent years, he would direct and writer more than 30 feature films, most in the action and thriller genres. He was a producer on more than 85 films.

Among his most recent, Zirilli directed, produced and co-wrote Invincible, released by Lionsgate in 2022. Shot on location in Thailand, Invincible starred Johnny Strong, Marko Zaror and Michael Pare, who also appeared in Zirilli’s Hollow Point (2019) along with Luke Goss and Jay Mohr.

Other films credits include Acceleration (2019) starring Dolph Lundgren,...

Not only did The Kardashians drop big news about the premiere date and new teaser, but now North West also ramped up fans. In the grand style of Kim Kardashian and Kayne West, their daughter, North shocks a huge audience with the reveal of her big news.

Co-Parenting Divides

Undoubtedly, both Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have differing parenting views. When Kim started allowing North West to post videos on TikTok, Kanye completely disagreed. Although it was a joint account between Kim and North, Kanye believed it wasn’t good for her to be on the social media platform at such an early age. But Kim felt it was a creative outlet for North to make videos while she supervised. However, there was backlash for the content of some of her videos not being age-appropriate. Additionally, there have been rifts with North preferring to stay with Kanye. At one point,...

Ending the year in signs is the hilarious, adventurous, sharp-tongued era of Sagittarius.

There’s truly nothing like them. They are quirky, mysterious and full of life. While they naturally grab the attention in the room, they feel most comfortable when they’re in their lonesome.

Sagittarius is the jack-of-trades sign; the sign that takes up space in every all industries — whether they be an actor, comedian or a bus driver — their versatility allows them to do it all. And that flexibility helps fuel their “I’ll try anything once” mindset. To them, what is life if you’re not living it to your fullest? The only thing you have to beware of is their slick mouth. Between Sagittarius, Virgo and Aries it’s hard to tell which sign is more brutally honest. Truly, to know Sagittarius is to love them. And if you don’t love…it doesn’t...

Chance the Rapper has added concerts in Brooklyn and Los Angeles to his celebration of the 10-year anniversary of his breakout mixtape, Acid Rap.

The two new shows will take place on August 26th at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and on September 21st at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum. Chance previously announced a hometown show at Chicago’s United Center scheduled for August 19th. See his full tour schedule below.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 5th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster, with a Live Nation pre-sale occurring one day earlier on Thursday, May 4th (use access code Iconic).

Once tickets are on sale, you can also find them at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

This past weekend, Chance shared a 10th anniversary...

After reuniting at Pharrell’s Something in the Water festival last year, Clipse are set to make an even bigger splash with a headlining set at Chicago’s Hyde Park Summerfest. The festival goes down on June 17th and 18th at Midway Plaisance Park and will feature 2 Chainz as the other headliner.

According to a press statement, Clipse will “perform some of their biggest hits, including ‘Grindin’ and ‘When the Last Time,’ alongside other collaborations and fan favorites.”

Unless something changes, this will mark the duo of Pusha T and real-life brother No Malice’s first full set since announcing their reunion for the postponed 2020 edition of Something in the Water. Last fall, Clipse also played brief sets at the BET Awards and ComplexCon.

Hyde Park Summerfest 2023 will also celebrate 50 years of hip-hop with a Chicago rap tribute featuring Twista, Shawnna, Do or Die, Crucial Conflict, and Vic Mensa, as...

Burt Bacharach, the singularly gifted and popular composer and Oscar winner who delighted millions with the quirky arrangements and unforgettable melodies of Walk on By, Do You Know the Way to San Jose and dozens of other hits, has died at 94.

Bacharach died Wednesday at home in Los Angeles of natural causes, publicist Tina Brausam said Thursday.

Over the past 70 years, only Lennon-McCartney, Carole King and a handful of others rivalled his genius for instantly catchy songs that remained performed, played and hummed long after they were written. He had a run of top 10 hits from the 1950s into the 21st century, and his music was heard everywhere from movie soundtracks and radios to home stereo systems and iPods, whether Alfie and I Say a Little Prayer or I’ll Never Fall in Love Again and This Guy’s in Love with You.

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There’s no instruction manual for the rap industry. A streaming marketplace flooded with music means it takes more than ever for an artist to stand out from the pack, and figuring out how to improve on your craft and navigate the business end at the same time leaves many rappers scrambling for answers. And in some cases, it leaves artists susceptible to scammers and promoters peddling false promises of easy fame.

Mickey Factz wants to change all that. He’s spent the last 15 years building his own career from the ground up.

In the parking lot of Anderson Memorial Park in Carson, California, just south of Compton and north of Long Beach, Ab-Soul chain-smokes Newports and speaks gently. We’re close to the houses he grew up in alongside his mother, aunts, and paternal grandparents. “I kinda like to call it the ghetto suburb,” the rapper, 35, says from the open back seat of a Tesla SUV. “Because it is a suburb, but it’s got all the other stuff, too.” And yet, as is typical of neighborhoods in the southern half of the county,...

Aaron Carter’s final album will be released on Nov. 6.

The late rapper, who unexpectedly passed away on Saturday, recently completed what is now his final album, Blacklisted. Though the project was originally slated to be released on Dec. 7, which would have been Carter’s 35th birthday, the album’s producers, Morgan Matthews and John Wyatt Johnson, have decided to release the independent album sooner, to honour the late musician.

Blacklisted, which marks Carter’s first album in six years, was recorded over a 12-month period, beginning last November, the same month Carter welcomed his son Prince with ex, Melanie Martin.

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The pop/hip-hop album includes 11 tracks and features singer-songwriter, Dan C. Wright, who goes by the artist name, 3D Friends. The project’s first single, “So Much to Say”, was released one year ago,...

My Obsession is a regular column in which our favorite musicians show off their nonmusical passions.

Twista is a people pleaser. He loves to give that “whoa!” factor when he performs; just look at the speed-rapping skills that once earned him a place in the Guinness World Records, not to mention a gold-certified hit with 2004’s “Overnight Celebrity.” Years before either achievement, the Chicago native found a passion for ventriloquism — and lately he’s rediscovered that spark.

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Where was Abstract Mindstate all these years? That’s a question that Chicago has had as long as “What if Bartman never tried to catch the ball from Alou?” — and to find the answer, you’ll have to take it back to the early 2000s.

Abstract Mindstate was a key part of the buzzing Chicago rap scene back then, the best-kept secret in a city that was starting to get more national attention. As a rare male-female duo, Olskool Ice-Gre and E.P. da Hellcat combined inspirational, soulful rap with...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 5, Episode 12 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired May 19 on Fox.

In the end, perhaps it was Omarion’s previous career as a professional rollerblader that gave him away. Omarion was the latest celebrity to be revealed on “The Masked Singer,” during Wednesday night’s semifinals episode. (Scroll down to watch his unmasking.)

Omarion was the Yeti, whose skill rollerblading on stage while singing under a heavy costume had impressed the show’s panelists.

“I was able to reveal my hidden talent, which is rollerblading,” the singer told Variety. “A lot of people don’t know, early on before I was a musician, I was a professional rollerblader… I really attribute that aspect in my life to being a fearless kid. I was on the 12 foot halfpipe. So it was really cool to show my music and my hidden talent at the same time.

The Yeti could make history on “The Masked Singer” be becoming the first Wild Card to win. He landed his slot in the semifinal on May 19 with his change-of-pace performance of “Bless the Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts on last week’s quarterfinal. Prior to this turn at the mike, the Yeti had won over the four judges with his rapping skills.

The Yeti is the only one of the four Wild Cards to make it this far in the competition. He first performed at the end of the Week 6 episode and impressed us with his cover of “If It Isn’t Love” by New Edition. The judges chose him over another Wild Card, Orca, who turned out to be Mark McGrath. The Yeti returned the next week and wowed again with his version of “Lonely” by Justin Bieber and Benny Blanco. And in Week 8 he nailed “It Takes Two...

Luther Vandross was facing a formidable crowd when he took the stage to perform “A House Is Not a Home” at the 1986 NAACP Image Awards. Janet Jackson was there, already a superstar thanks to her recently released Control, as was Anita Baker, a high-flying vocalist whose new Rapture album was well on its way to 5 million copies sold. Most notably, the crowd contained Dionne Warwick, the Entertainer of the Year honoree, who had released the Burt Bacharach–Hal David composition “A House Is Not a Home” as a single 24 years before.

In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix reveals a first look at Season 2 of “The Umbrella Academy,” and Showtime will host a virtual concert on June 21 benefitting the Equal Justice Initiative.

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Nickelodeon has signed an overall deal with 13-year-old social media influencer and hip-hop artist Alaya “That Girl Lay Lay” High. Nickelodeon and High will work together to develop programming across multiple platforms, create music initiatives and build a consumer products business spanning across fashion, accessories and publishing. High has been rapping, singing, writing and producing since the age of five and has already impressed the likes of Nick Cannon and Le’Veon Bell. She became the youngest female rapper to sign a recording contract with Fresh Rebel Muzik/Empire at age 11 and released her debut album “Tha Cheat Code” in September 2018.

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Amazon Prime Video announced that Jim Gaffigan‘s newest stand-up comedy special, “Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist,...

Showtime has set a virtual concert that will feature headliners Lena Waithe and Common — creative collaborators on the network's Chicago-set series The Chi — and a focus on the Equal Justice Initiative. On behalf of the drama series, Showtime and parent company ViacomCBS will kick off the fundraising effort with a $500,000 donation.

Waithe will appear on the one-hour special while Oscar and Grammy winner Common will perform a set during the concert that will also feature notable Chicago-based artists and The Chi cast members including Jacob Latimore, Twista, Ravyn Lenae, Jamila Woods, Bj The Chicago Kid and ...

Showtime’s The Chi is teaming with Chicago-based artists and series cast members for a virtual concert to raise awareness and funds for the Equal Justice Initiative. The Chi With Love one-hour special will feature an appearance by series creator and executive producer Lena Waithe, along with a performance by Oscar and Grammy winner and The Chi exec producer Common. Showtime also announced a $500,000 donation by the network and ViacomCBS on behalf of The Chi. The Chi With Love will air on the series’ YouTube page on Sunday, June 21 at 7 Pm Et/4 Pm Pt, ahead of The Chi‘s on-air season premiere at 9 Pm Et.

Additionally, the season three premiere of The Chi will be available early for free online sampling on Friday, June 19 at 12:01 Am on YouTube and Sho.com.

“In this moment and always, Showtime has a responsibility to support the change our country so sorely needs,...

At this point, you've probably seen something on social media about the Lovers & Friends festival, scheduled for May 9 in Los Angeles. A slew of artist accusations and conflicting info has led to the festival being dubbed Fyre Fest 2.0, but in reality, the drama is actually a lot less complicated and messy than that.

The drama started after the festival's flyer was posted on Instagram, featuring a lineup of R&b, rap, and hip-hop artists for a festival that promises tons of '90s and '00s nostalgia. While some of the headliners, including Usher and Lauryn Hill, shared the announcement on their own social media, other artists in the lineup had a very different reaction. Lil' Kim shared the post on her Instagram stories with the caption, "This is So Fake! I am not a part of this." The story is no longer visible, but it was screencapped and shared widely,...

Despite a week filled with some uncertainty over its lineup, the new R&b and hip-hop festival Lovers and Friends has added a second show that will feature many of the same artists as the first, including headliners Lauryn Hill, Usher, TLC, Ludacris and Lil Jon.

Lovers and Friends was initially slated to be a one-day event, taking place May 9th at the Grounds at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles. The promotions giant Goldenvoice, which is also behind Coachella, said in a statement that “overwhelming demand” had prompted...

The U.S. festival landscape is wildly oversaturated, but Lovers & Friends, a new event announced this week by the major promotions company Goldenvoice, stands out. The lineup is particularly exciting for the underserved demographic of diehard R&b fans: Usher, Lauryn Hill, and TLC top the bill. Listeners who tuned in to hip-hop radio in the late 1990s and early 2000s have plenty to celebrate as well, with rappers like Ja Rule and Mase promising to show up and reprise their old singles.

But what happened after the announcement of...

A new trailer for Netflix’s “Rhythm + Flow,” the streamer’s first music competition series, shows judges Cardi B, Chance the Rapper and Tip “T.I.” Harris scouring for undiscovered talent in major cities Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta and Chicago.

The 10-episode series, which will be released over a period of three weeks — The Auditions (episodes one through four); Cyphers, Rap Battles and Music Videos (episodes five through seven) and Samples, Collaborations and Finale (episodes eight through 10)– officially launches on Oct. 9.

The series will feature guests appearances from Snoop Dogg, Quavo, Fat Joe, Anderson .Paak, Royce da 5’9,” Nipsey Hussle, Big Boi, Killer Mike, Twista, Lupe Fiasco, Jadakiss, Ebro, Miguel, Teyana Taylor, Jhené Aiko, Tory Lanez, Ty Dolla $ign, DJ Khaled, Smack, King Los, Sounwave, Hit-Boy, London on da Track, Tay Keith, Denaro Love, Off-the-Wall, Kal Banx, G-Dav, John Legend, DJ Hed, DJ Oreo, DJ Scratch, DJ Holiday, Charm La’Donna and Adam Blackstone.

Netflix’s “Rhythm + Flow” will give up-and-coming emcees one shot to lose themselves in the music, the moment. They’ll need to own it, and better never let it go.

Before we get sued by Eminem and “8 Mile” producers, here’s the streaming series’ official synopsis:

Global superstars Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and Tip “T.I.” Harris search for the next hip hop sensation in “Rhythm + Flow,” Netflix’s first music competition show. The series brings together industry legends across a multi-city search in hip hop epicenters Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta and Chicago, to find raw talent and help undiscovered artists pursue their come up.

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Yes, it’s another music competition, but as guest judge Snoop Dogg says in...

12:13 Pm Pt -- A rep for Ciara tells us she's taking steps with Sony to have her collab with R. Kelly, "Promise (Go and Get Your Tickets Mix)," taken down from streaming services and iTunes. R. Kelly's vast catalog of duets and collaborations remains mostly available to the public, as most artists are not pulling them -- most notably Jay-z, who has 2 full albums with R. Kelly. Out of 50-plus notable songs that feature R.

There’s a streak of fierce independence in Taylor Bennett, and it’s not because he also happens to be Chance the Rapper’s little brother. The Chicago-based artist has been carving his own lane in the city’s stacked hip-hop community with promising and ebullient full-length projects like 2015’s Broad Shoulders and 2017’s Restoration of an American Idol, started his own record label, Tay Bennett Entertainment, which boasts singer Bianca Shaw and recent signee Zxxk, and came out as bisexual in early 2017. But with his latest effort, the life-affirming six-song Ep Be Yourself,...

A video posted by Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) on Apr 13, 2016 at 7:23pm Pdt It looks like Victoria Beckham has a little star on her hands. On Wednesday, the mother of four took to Instagram to share a video of her youngest son, Cruz, belting out Twista's "Hope" song from 2005's Coach Carter soundtrack, reminding us a lot of a young Justin Bieber. In addition to the adorable clip, Victoria happily captioned the post, "Super cute Cruz!!@davidbeckham @brooklynbeckham#proudmummy X vb." Prepare to melt and watch the clip above now, then check out all the celebrity families you should be following on Instagram.

Chicago – Paramount Home Video has scheduled two waves of catalog titles making their debut on Blu-Ray for the holiday season and the first set hits this week, just in time for you to finish up your Christmas shopping.

There are some recent comedy hits, a highly lauded drama from last year, and a forgotten Samuel L. Jackson movie. It’s hard to imagine anyone out there looking to buy all six of these titles and schedule a Blu-Ray marathon in their own home, but it’s also easy to see someone in your family having one on their holiday wish list. All films are presented in 1080p High-Definition Widescreen and feature English 5.1 Dolby True HD audio tracks.

“Coach Carter”

2005’s “Coach Carter” stars Samuel L. Jackson as Ken Carter, the controversial basketball coach who locked out his entire undefeated team due to their poor academic performance. The players,...