Part one of The New Edition Story premiered last night on BET and Twitter had a lot to say. Check out our favorite reactions and tune into part two tonight at 9 p.m.

The famed producer is back to business with the release of a new Beats by Dre commercial.

The newly unveiled teaser trailer for All Eyez On Me, which had to drop on Pac's birthday today, gives us a glimpse at one of the West Coast's best emcees in his heyday.

The Life

Nina Simone's brother Sam Waymon spoke to Page Six about his family's disapproval.

Prime

Hector will play Mutulu Shakur, the late rap legend's stepdad.

It looks like Nina starring Zoe Saldana is finally going to be released soon. The Nina Simone biopic will hit theaters in December, according to Entertainment Weekly. It’s been a long time coming for this movie. Mary J. Blige was reported to play the singer-activist in 2010, but due to conflicting schedules she dropped out. When Saldana picked up […]

"Straight Outta Compton" topped the box office for the third week in a row and made history as the highest grossing musical biopic ever.

We were thrilled to find out that Mike Epps will play Richard Pryor in an upcoming biopic, and Epps couldn’t be more excited himself. The actor-comedian says that he is “humbly nervous” to play the legendary comic. According to ABC Radio, though Epps is anxious about the role, he hasn’t done much to prepare for it. “Richard Pryor, man, this is […]

It’s safe to say Suge Knight has done some pretty awful things in his lifetime. Let’s just briefly get into why he’s currently sitting in jail. Remember when he violently ran someone over at the Straight Outta Compton promo shoot and allegedly killed them? Yeah, about that. Anyway, Knight’s lawyer, Thomas Mesereau, says that Knight’s portrayal in […]

Ice Cube might now be a huge movie star and rap veteran, but he still shares the same worries for his children as any minority…

The Screen

Great news 80s babies, a New Edition miniseries is headed to a TV screen near you, but the only problem is that it won’t be featuring Bobby Brown. At all. This will be BET’s first scripted music television movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film takes place from the perspective of the group as journeys […]