Usher Raymond was honored with the President’s Awardat the 2024 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday (March 16). The R&B icon was recognized for his “unparalleled talent and remarkable contributions” to entertainment, as Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, stated ahead of the ceremony.  “Beyond his vocal talent and stage presence, Usher has empowered thousands of under-resourced youth to pursue their dreams through college readiness programs, financial literacy, and career planning.

25 years after Kimora Lee Simmons starred in Usher‘s “Nice & Slow” video, the two shared a moment in Las Vegas. While what happens in Sin City is said to stay there, the 44-year-old singer’sMy Way residency has earned a reputation as a must-see performance, with a different special guest on stage or in the crowd weekly. On Saturday, the model joined Kim and Khloe Kardashian at Park MGM Las Vegas for the acclaimed show.

The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards was chock full of questionable moments throughout the night, but (Miley Cyrus aside) A$AP Rocky and Jason Collins may have taken the cake. The two were paired up to introduce Macklemore’s pro-gay anthem, “Same Love,” and while the setup may have seemed like a good idea in planning — Collins is openly gay and A$AP is vocally tolerant — the Harlemite was visibly uncomfortable next to the towering baller.

Writers who possess god-like qualities with their pens enable readers to make better sense of the world. One of the world’s most celebrated and effective wordsmiths, Gwendolyn Brooks, has done just that with poetry by shedding light on the black experience for most of the 20th century. Born in Topeka, Kansas in 1917, her family moved to Chicago as part of the Great Migration when she was only six weeks old.

Talk about this book you are working on. What inspired you to write a book did Steve Harvey or now Tyrese has a book out, were they inspiration for you to do this? It kind of came to me actually. Where I’ve been especially over this past year, my incite fullness on relationships and my honesty and candor; A lot of women I’ve met have said you need to write a book because my perspective is totally different.