L.A. Times - Entertainment — Music made and performed by black artists is unique. It carries a special vibe that is at once both classic and futuristic. It's why hip-hop was named the most important revolution in pop music and why even the reigning country-pop queen Taylor Swift... more info

Stereogum — Last night, BET held its big annual awards show, and we’ve already posted the video of Kendrick Lamar opening the show by performing “Alright.” But that wasn’t the only notable performance of the night. The Weeknd, looking like a newly-minted... more info

Perez Hilton — Congrats to Nicki Minaj! At the 2015 BET Awards, the Only rapper beat out Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Dej Loaf, Rae Sremmurd, and The Weeknd for the Coca-Cola Viewers Choice Award! [ Video: All Eyes On Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, & Chris Brown As They Brin... more info

Stereogum — The 2015 BET Awards are happening tonight, co-hosted by Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross at L.A.’s Microsoft Theater. Just one day after performing at last night’s BET Experience event, Kendrick Lamar opened the proceedings with an explosiv... more info

Perez Hilton — They kept telling us that the BET Awards were going to explode all over our TVs, and Kendrick Lamar made sure that happened! The rapper kicked the show off with a performance of his song Alright, off his To Pimp A Butterfly album, which was full of p... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — How sad that Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella can reunite in 2015 to perform N.W.A's best-known (and unprintable) anti-police anthem and have so much new footage of brutality against young people of color to project onstage. more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab Soul and J. Rock make up the musical group Black Hippy, and they performed during the 2015 BET Experience. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Before artists like J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar and Jessie J were selling out shows worldwide, they were musicians clamoring for their big break. Through BET's Music Matters campaign, they received a boost that undoubtedly contributed to their present-da... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo by Kawai Matthews Philly neo-soul singer Bilal is releasing the followup to 2013's A Love Surreal next week (6/30) with In Another Life via eOne/Purpose Music Group. The record was produced by the great Adrian Younge (who also has... more info