Gospel artist Israel Houghton hopped onto social media and denied claims that he was fired from Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church because he was allegedly cheating on his wife with The Real co-host Adrienne Bailon, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Reports from earlier this week said that Houghton had been given the pink slip by the megachurch because…

During an interview with Rap Radar (NSFW), rapper N.O.R.E. (born Victor Santiago Jr.) of Queens, N.Y.’s LeFrak City (big up!) said that Michael Jordan once said “F—k rap” at a Christmas party hosted by Def Jam, the iconic music label that reigned supreme in the 1990s. “Jordan is a hater of hip-hop,” N.O.R.E. said, smiling.…

The Wendy Williams Show snagged a nomination for outstanding talk show for the 43rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The ladies over at The Real—Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Loni Love, Tamera Mowry-Housley and Jeannie Mai—nabbed nominations for outstanding talk show as well, in addition to nominations in the categories of hair, makeup and outstanding entertainment talk show host. Unfortunately,…

The leading ladies of Fox’s Empire have inspired CoverGirl to release a makeup collection based on their looks. The forthcoming Empire line will replicate the glamour looks of Serayah (who plays Tiana), Grace Gealey (Anika), Gabourey Sidibe (Becky) and Kaitlin Doubleday (Rhonda) on the show. According to the YBF, Anika’s look is all about a fierce cat eye and dramatic red…

Kelly Rowland told Essence magazine Monday that she’s coming out with a makeup line that will leave chocolate-hued girls very pleased.  “My makeup artist Sheika Daley and I are actually starting a makeup line we’re making sure we make, well, we’re starting off with lashes, and then we’re going to have it grow for all women,”…

When Whitney Houston died in 2012, fans of the 1995 film Waiting to Exhale thought its sequel was officially kaput.  But during an interview with Hollywood Today Live, Loretta Devine, who played one of the four lead characters in the iconic romantic drama, alongside Houston, Angela Bassett and Lela Rochon, suggested that folks might still…

A Georgia meteorologist by the name of Mark Arum, who works at WSB-TV, incorporated a few of Phife Dawg’s lyrics into his weather report, Wednesday morning, to pay his respect to the legendary Queens MC. Check it out below. It’s just one of the many ways people all over the nation are showing their love…

Hip-hop lost a Queens, N.Y., legend Wednesday in the passing of Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor—one-quarter of the legendary rap group A Tribe Called Quest. In the tree of hip-hop, Tribe was inarguably the branch that sprouted the leaves we now know as the Fugees, De La Soul, Kanye West, Drake, Mos Def, Common, Kendrick Lamar,…

Tracee Ellis Ross is always dropping jewels about how to live your best life. During a panel discussion Monday hosted by Marie Claire magazine in San Francisco, Ross revealed that accepting her kinky, coily hair was the trigger that enabled her to live in the moment and accept herself completely and fully, WWD reports. “When…

Most of the world woke up Tuesday morning to news that a wave of terrorist attacks had rocked Brussels. Explosions went off in a train station and an airport, killing more than 30 people and wounding at least 230, the New York Times reports. After that news settled in, another thought may have crept into the…