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Rapper J. Cole to play pro basketball in Canada

May 20, 2022 GMT

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario (AP) — Rapper J. Cole will play another season of pro basketball, this time in Canada.

The Canadian Elite Basketball League tweeted Thursday night that the 37-year-old rapper will join the Scarborough Shooting Stars in the coming season as a guard.

Roc Nation partners with Brooklyn’s LIU to launch new school

By MESFIN FEKADUAugust 4, 2020 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s Roc Nation entertainment company is partnering with Brooklyn’s Long Island University to launch the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment...

With “Eve,” Rapsody gains traction in the best rapper debate

By GARY GERARD HAMILTONSeptember 11, 2019 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The debate over who reigns supreme as the greatest rapper of the moment is never-ending and never settled...

Taylor Swift to perform at MTV Video Music Awards

August 7, 2019 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift is set to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards.

MTV announced Wednesday that the pop star will hit the stage on Aug. 26 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift score 10 MTV VMA nominations

By MESFIN FEKADUJuly 23, 2019 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift are the top contenders at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, each scoring 10 nominations...

J. Cole to perform 2019 NBA All-Star Game halftime show

Adam Zielonka The Washington TimesFebruary 17, 2019 GMT

The NBA All-Star Game is known not only for collecting the best basketball players on the planet into one arena each year, but also for staging some high-profile musical acts.

Concerts in Houston: Maggie Rose, Rosewood Thievz, Teen Top

Joey GuerraDecember 6, 2018 GMT

FRIDAYCommodores and The TemptationsEra-defining R&B hits. 8:30 p.m. at Arena Theatre, 7326 U.S. 59 S.; 713-772-5900.Maggie RoseCountry singer-songwriter. With Oliver Penn. 8 p.m. at Warehouse Live, 813 St.

Jmblya spices up Houston with J. Cole, Migos, Young Thug

Joey GuerraMay 2, 2018 GMT

Jmblya is coming back to Houston.

The annual hip-hop festival, which hasn’t been in these parts since 2013, returns Sunday to Sam Houston Race Park. It’s toplined by hip-hop maestro J. Cole, whose fifth album “KOD” was released in April.

Colin Kaepernick named GQ magazine’s citizen of the year

November 13, 2017 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been named GQ's magazine's "Citizen of the Year" for his activism...

BET Hip Hop Awards 2017: The winners

Lisa Respers FranceOctober 13, 2017 GMT

The BET Hip Hop Awards 2017 delivered plenty of buzzy moments, as always.

The show, which aired Tuesday night, featured rapper Eminem roasting President Donald Trump during his freestyle and Cardi B performing her No.

J. Cole’s low-key return focuses on fragility of life

By MELANIE SIMSDecember 12, 2016 GMT

J. Cole, "4 Your Eyez Only" (Dreamville)

J. Cole's latest album, "4 Your Eyez Only," is an intimate one. It unfolds like an old journal that's been unearthed and shared with an audience of one — that is, an audience of you, or, more important, the daughter of a friend whose shooting death ties the rapper's latest set together.

Kanye West stops NYC concert due to ‘family emergency’

October 3, 2016 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A music organizer says Kanye West had to abruptly cut short his appearance at a music festival in New York City due to an "emergency...