January means a fresh start and with the new year comes new music. 2026 is getting off to an eclectic and exciting start – ...

“I never thought that I would fall for your type,” Ari Lennox admits on “Twin Flame,” an effective new entry from the R&B ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, your ultimate round-up of this week's single, album and home entertainment releases. Let's get ...

New York rapper Lexa Gates will kick off 2026 with her new album ‘I Am’, her second full-length on Capitol Records. To ...

The ragtag group of respected hardcore and punk figures are six albums deep and still packing hefty riffs into their songs. Cold 2 the Touch, a brisk listen at just 11 tracks in 26 minutes, is more ...

Arnolds comments were made in response to Lennox’s public statements that watching Martin resurfaced feelings about colorism and jokes directed at darker-skinned women. Actor Tichina Arnold has pushed ...

Arnold explained what she believed to be the root of the jokes that aired on the show and what the environment was like on set The actress, 56, shared who she felt did experience a degree of colorism ...

Every new year brings the same question for music fans: what’s next? After a year that brought about some amazing albums, it reminded listeners that great art still rises to the top, even within an ...

In August, Ari Lennox spoke out after receiving backlash for criticizing the “colorist” “Pam” jokes on ‘Martin.’ Lennox claimed the jokes “Martin” made about “Pam” still pisses her off today. She ...

Ari Jolly led the JAX Chamber as its volunteer chair through 2025, during which the business membership organization announced that 12 economic-development projects pledged to create 2,404 jobs and a ...

Soul singer-songwriter Ari Lennox briefly touched on the importance of the show to pure R&B music in 2019. She said that in terms of being recognized, “it wasn't any awards show. It was the Soul Train ...