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Jaden Thompson The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) has opened applications for its second annual Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Music Maker Grant, presented by ASCAP. Last year’s grant recipient was up-and-coming songwriter and artist Mondaii, who is based in Atlanta. Mondaii said of the grant’s impact, “The music maker grant and the $5000 funding helped to kick start my career.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Clarence Avant, whose unofficial title of the “Black Godfather” spanned the worlds of music, sports, entertainment and politics, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, according to a statement from his family. No cause of death was provided; he was 92. “It is with a heavy heart that the Avant/Sarandos family announce the passing of Clarence Alexander Avant,” the statement from his children, Nicole and Alexander and son-in-law Ted Sarandos.

Timbaland has revealed that he was inspired by the ‘Oompa Loompa’ song for one of Aaliyah‘s biggest tracks, ‘Are You That Somebody’.Last week (April 30), the Virginia producer was a part of a panel discussion at the 2023 Pop Conference. Hosted at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, he spoke alongside Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, and Take a Daytrip about music production.

Legendary music producer Jimmy Jam took his stunning daughter Bella Harris to the premiere of Fear in Los Angeles on Saturday.The pop/R&B mastermind, 63, commanded attention as he arrived with Bella – a 22-year-old model last linked to Drake. Bella stole the spotlight in her chic and shapely black dress while her father looked dapper in an all-black look.  Stealing the spotlight: Legendary music producer Jimmy Jam, 63, took his stunning 22-year-old daughter Bella Harris to the premiere of Fear in Los Angeles on SaturdayWith her long hair slicked back in a sleek ponytail, Bella drew every eye in her figure-hugging black dress that showcased her midriff.  The strapless design featured a strategic cutout above the navel and she accentuated her elegant look with show-stopping gold earrings.The beauty wore metallic sandal stilettos and flaunted a pop of bright white on her nails. All eyes on them: The pop/R&B mastermind commanded attention as he arrived with Bella on his arm Stunner: Bella stole the spotlight in her chic and shapely black dress Gorgeous: The stunner's strapless dress featured a strategic cutout above the navel and she accentuated her elegant look with show-stopping gold earringsSigned with Elite, the up-and-coming stunner is used to receiving attention as she was rumored to be dating Drake back in 2018. And Bella's godmother is none other than Janet Jackson. Working alongside his longtime collaborator Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam – real name James Samuel Harris III – produced Janet Jackson's breakthrough album Control in 1986.

Against her initial wishes, Dolly Parton was inducted into the US Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on Saturday night. She also performed at the event, including playing a new song called ‘Rockin’ and her best known song ‘Jolene’, for which she was joined by Pink, Brandi Carlile and fellow inductees Pat Benatar, Duran Duran’s Simon LeBon, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, and – most surprisingly – Rob Halford of Judas Priest.Parton originally asked to be removed from the running for this year’s inductees, saying that – as a country artist – she didn’t feel she had “earned” the right to be included in a Hall Of Fame with a rock n roll remit.

Dolly Parton is officially a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! The country music icon -- who appeared on the ballot for the first time in February -- will join this year’s class of inductees.«I am honored and humbled by the fact that I have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,» Parton tweeted of the honor. «Of course I will accept it gracefully. Thanks to everyone that voted for me and to everyone at the @rockhall.

Dolly Parton is officially a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! The country music icon -- who appeared on the ballot for the first time in February -- will join this year’s class of inductees.Parton is in good company! Joining her in the performers category is Carly Simon, Eminem,Lionel Richie, Duran Duran, Eurythmics and Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo.Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis will receive this year’s Musical Excellence Award, while Harry Belafonte and Elizabeth Cotton will be honored with the Early Influence Award. Allen Grubman, Jimmy Iovine and Sylvia Robinson are the recipients of the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

Dolly Parton was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Wednesday despite the country music icon’s last-minute plea to "respectfully bow out." The 2022 class includes Eminem, who was inducted in his first year of eligibility, as well as Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon and Eurythmics. Benatar, 69, has been eligible for induction since 2004 but didn’t receive her first nomination until 2020. As for Simon, 76, she’s been eligible since 1997.

Dolly Parton, who said last week she would gracefully accept an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame if it were offered, will have to do just that: The country music superstar was among the nominees selected for a spot in the hall today.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2022 has been revealed.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticWell, Dolly Parton didn’t get her wish, although she’s likely to be happy anyway. The country superstar will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November — a possibility she said last week she’d come to terms with and would “graciously” accept, after initially trying to get herself nixed  — along with Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Eminem, Lionel Richie, Eurythmics and Carly Simon.Those are the seven performers that the Hall’s thousand-plus voters chose.

A parolee who murdered 81-year-old philanthropist Jacqueline Avant, the wife of a legendary music executive, during a burglary at her Beverly Hills home was sentenced Tuesday to 190 years in a California prison.

H.E.R. sang "Damage," "We Made It," and Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way" with Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Travis Barker, and Kravitz himself at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Her two original songs come from her 2021 debut studio LP Back of my Mind, which was nominated for Album of the Year.

the Grammys last night, they weren’t there, folks. After showing up and showing out for the Oscars last Sunday and all the major after-parties, many of your favorites phoned it in for the Grammys or went solo.

Gallery: OMG you have won a GRAMMY?! These are the youngest EVER Grammy winners. . . (BANG Showbiz)According to Billboard, she said: “I was having so much fun.

H.E.R. brought a raft of stars to her performance at the Grammys 2022 in Las Vegas tonight (April 3), uniting a group of unlikely collaborators.The musician took to the stage at the MGM Grand to perform tracks from her 2021 debut album, ‘Back Of My Mind’, and a surprise cover.H.E.R.

H.E.R. is rocking out on stage during the 2022 Grammys!

Prince is no longer with us, suddenly, the people who control his multi million dollar estate want to rewrite history by taking my name away from me, thus impacting how i feed my family. So as of now, per the Prince Estate, [I] can no longer use Morris Day & The Time in any capacity,” according to the post.A representative for the estate disputed Day’s post. “Given Prince’s longstanding history with Morris Day and what the Estate thought were amicable discussions, The Prince Estate was surprised and disappointed to see his recent post.

Pulling back the curtain. Janet Jackson is known for being fiercely private, but her new documentary allowed her to address longstanding misconceptions about her family and career.

Even though she’s grown up in the spotlight, the world will finally get to know Janet Jackson through her A&E/Lifetime documentary project, Janet. The first two installments air Friday (Jan. 28) and cover her life as the younger sister of the Jackson 5 to when she broke out on her own with 1986’s Control and 1989’s Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, per Billboard. Janet’s success on those two landmarks albums is due in no small part to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

celebrations from New York to L.A., and points in between. Urban One Honors saw the likes of H.E.R., Ne-Yo, Tank, D-Nice, Kelly Price, and host Eva Marcille hitting the red carpet and the stage for performances honoring icons Jennifer Hudson, Timbaland, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Gamble & Huff, and Tasha Cobbs Leonard.