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BET has booked it’s headliner for the BET Awards later this month! The network announced this weekend that Nicki Minaj will take the stage (and owning the entire show, we’re sure) on June 28 at the Microsoft Theater. Since she’ll be performing to promote the Pinkprint album, it’s predicted that she’ll be performing her latest track, “Feelin’ […]

There’s more drama afoot for the Nina Simone estate. The iconic singer’s heirs are battling Sony, her former label, for allegedly pirating her music. According…

The trailer for the Nina Simone documentary was released. Check out the official trailer above. ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?’ is set to make it’s debut June 26th on Netflix.   SOURCE:http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/watch-nina-simone-tackle-her-demons-in-stirring-documentary-trailer-20150429

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Racial disparities are alive and well in our country, but in some cases the gaps are more prevalent than others. Based on socio-economic factors, 24/7…

Netflix is giving the greenlight to release an original documentary to focus on legendary singer and activist Nina Simone. The video streaming giant along with…

Nina Simone (pictured) is one of American music’s most-celebrated figures as well as a legendary icon of artistic expression and empowerment. Known as the “High Priestess…

Jacquie Lee (pictured above right), the 16-year-old dynamo currently vying for super-stardom on NBC’s The Voice, slayed the competition last night with a gritty, growling,…

  Phone company HTC has some trouble on their hands in the form of Nina Simone‘s estate. The estate for the late High Priestess of…

Legendary jazz vocalist, songwriter, and civil rights activist Nina Simone has influenced dozens of celebrated artists with her unique and formidable abilities. Simone’s distinctive voice…

Zoe Saldana has finally responded to the backlash against her playing the role of Nina Simone in a biopic detailing intimate details of the jazz…

Many people have expressed their outrage of Zoe Saldana playing Nina Simone in her biopic. And India Arie isn’t holding her tongue either. She shared her thoughts on NinaSimone.com: WHAT I FEEL ABOUT THE NINA SIMONE MOVIE: People have been asking me for weeks, months, years about a Nina Simone movie, when I heard about […]

Nina Simone’s daughter Simone has spoken out about the unauthorized biopic being made about her mother’s life, the casting of Zoe Saldana and how the director “backdoored” her way into the Nina Simone story. Zoe Saldana was pictured for the first time on the set of the upcoming Nina Simone biopic.  And lots of people are pissy about this costume […]