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]]>The R&B legend Blige is entering this year’s Grammys with six nominations, but she won’t be the only nominee performing at the show. Lizzo is in the running for five awards, while Bad Bunny scored three nods. They’re all competing for one of the ceremony’s main awards: album of the year.
The list of performers will also include Brandi Carlile, nominated for seven awards, and fellow nominees Steve Lacy and Luke Combs. Sam Smith and Kim Petras are scheduled to perform their song “Unholy”, which is in the running for the best pop duo/group performance. The Recording Academy is expected to announce the rest of the performers in the upcoming days.
The 65th Grammy Awards will take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 5 with Trevor Noah returning as a host for the third time. The list of nominees is led by Beyoncé with nine nods, followed by Kendrick Lamar with eight, and Adele and Brandi Carlile with seven each.
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]]>Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg were the first to hit the stage and they got the crowd wild with the rendition of their collaboration “The Next Episode” and 2Pac’s “California Love”. Their amazing performance was followed by “In Da Club” by 50 Cent.
One of the highlights of the evening came when Mary J. Blige hit the stage and rocked our world with an epic performance of “Family Affair” and “No More Drama”. The amazing moments kept on coming as Kendrick Lamar took the stage and infused old-school West Coast rap performance with some new sounds.
He was joined by Eminem for “Forgot About Dre”, and he went on to give us the most unforgettable moment of the entire halftime show with “Lose Yourself” and ended up taking the knee at the end of his act. The five headliners closed the show with the joined performance of “Still D.R.E.”
Super Bowl LVI took place on February 13th, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California and it saw the Los Angeles Rams win their first Super Bowl title in over two decades.
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]]>Pepsi is returning as the sponsor of this year’s Super Bowl, and their VP of marketing, Todd Kaplan discussed the list of performers: “Artists like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg were at the forefront of the West Coast hip hop revolution, so to be able to bring them back to LA, where it all began alongside Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will prove to be an epic, unforgettable celebration of the impact hip hop has today.”
The five artists have 43 Grammys and 22 no. 1 albums on the Billboard charts between them, and this will be the first time they perform by each other’s side. Jay-Z’s company Roc Nation is serving as the strategic entertainment advisor of the live performance, and they’re promising a larger-than-life performance of hits from the group’s deep collective catalog.
Super Bowl LVI will take place at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on February 13th, 2022.
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]]>Oscar-winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth is developing this project for Amazon Studios, and it will see the R&B icon reflecting on her emotional journey just in time for the 25th anniversary of her seminal album My Life, which came out on November 29th, 1994.
Matt Newman, co-head of movies at Amazon Studios said they are thrilled to share this inside look into Blige’s life with millions of her fans.
“We all know Mary J. Blige as the two-time Oscar nominee, Grammy Award-winning, multi-hyphenate who has sold over 80 million records. But through this documentary, audiences will see a raw and honest side of Mary J. Blige opening up about her personal journey of redemption and healing,” stated Newman.
The Mary J. Blige documentary still doesn’t have an official title or release date, but it will be available exclusively through Amazon Prime once it comes out.
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]]>News that the music icon will headline Power Book II: Ghost was announced by series executive producers Courtney Kemp and Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson at the 2019 Television Critics Association summer press tour on Friday in Los Angeles.
“We have alluded previously to various spin-offs, prequels, and other expansions of the Power universe,” Kemp said. “Today we are pleased to announce that we are in pre-production on the first of what we know will be a collection of series inspired by the dynamic world of Power. Power Book II: Ghost will continue the journey of some of Power’s most controversial characters.”
“This is probably the most exciting thing that’s going to happen to me this year,” Blige said onstage at the event. “I’ve been a fan of Power since the very beginning and I want to thank Courtney Kemp and ’50 Cent’ for starting this conversation with me.”
The sixth and final season of Power will premiere on August 25.
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]]>The legendary singer is adding this award to a pretty long list of accomplishments which includes nine Grammys and ten Billboard Music Awards.
She’s no stranger to winning the BET Awards, either, and her collection already includes five of these accolades. Blige won her most recent BET Award last year, in the category Bet Her Award for her latest studio album Strength of a Woman. She’s currently working on its follow-up, but music isn’t the only thing keeping her busy.
Following her Oscar-nominated turn in Mudbound, Blige landed key roles on TV shows The Umbrella Academy and Scream: The TV Series. She’s also set to star in movies The Violent Heart and Body Cam.
This year’s BET Awards will take place on June 23rd at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, with Regina Hall serving as a host for the first time.
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]]>The Queen of Hip-Hop and Soul and the prolific rapper have announced they will go on tour together this summer.
The 22-date run debuts July 11 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The summer tour will run through September and will include stops in Atlanta, Houston, Las Vegas and more in both indoor and outdoor spaces. The tour will conclude on September 10 in Toronto, Ontario. Surprisingly, no date has been announced in the duo’s mutual hometown of New York (but we’re guessing that it’ll change).
Blige has previously coheadlined successful tours with Jay-Z and Maxwell. This will be Blige’s first tour since her 2017 Strength of a Man tour.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 19.
Check out the tour’s dates below.
2019 Tour with @maryjblige
— Nasir Jones (@Nas) April 17, 2019
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July 11 – West Palm Beach FL @ Coral Sky Amphitheater at the S. Florida Fairgrounds
July 13 – Tampa, FL @ Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheater
July 16 – Atlanta, GA @ Candace Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park
July 20 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
July 21 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
July 24 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
July 25 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
July 28 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 31 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
August 2 – Houston, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion
August 3 – Austin, TX @ Austin360 Amphitheater
August 6 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
August 9 – Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion
August 14 – San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheater
August 20 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Ampitheater
August 22 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
August 25 – Tuscaloosa, AL @ Toscaloosa Amphitheater
August 31 – Syracuse, NY @ St. Joeseph’s Health Amphitheater
September 1 – Boston, MA @ Xfinity Center
September 10 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
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