ESPN senior editor Raina Kelley will be departing the company to take over as editor-in-chief of VIBE. Kelley will take over for Datwon Thomas, who will remain on as editor-at-large.
Questlove of The Roots expressed that it "hurt" that MC Hammer wanted no part of the recent tribute to Hip-Hop from the Recording Academy. Hammer had previously expressed a reluctance to engage with the "fakeness" of the industry.
The highly respected television producer and writer Norman Lear died at the age of 101 earlier this week, leaving behind a storied body of work which includes prominent Black sitcoms such as "Good Times" & "The Jeffersons".