Executive producer Martin Lawrence and producer Will Smith attended the Los Angeles Premiere of Columbia Pictures’ Bad Boys: Ride Or Die at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. The new film continues the antics of wisecracking Miami cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey.
The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) hosted its third annual Maymester Music Business Accelerator at HBCU Tennessee State University, providing the next generation of Black music professionals invaluable access to leadership, mentorship and career resources to help them break into the music industry. A star-studded lineup of guest artists and speakers included Flavor Flav (pictured center), Kaliii, Daisha McBride, Connie Diiamond, Tariq Cherif, Shawn Gee, Swaggy Sie, Mitch Glazier and more, and immersive takeovers by Apple Music Pathway, Atlantic Records, Def Jam Recordings, SiriusXM, Live Nation and more.
Reading Rainbow star LeVar Burton joined authors George M. Johnson, Jesmyn Ward and more for the Literati Turn Out For Authors Guild Foundation Gala at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City. The Authors Guild is the nation’s oldest and largest professional organization for published writers.