Nothing stops former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kandi Burruss. After her multi-platinum R&B group Xscape broke up in 1998, the Georgia native co-wrote the Grammy-winning “No Scrubs” for TLC and shares songwriting credits on hits for Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Pink. On Broadway, she’s produced Tony-nominated “The Piano Lesson,” a 2024 revival of … Read more
Shannon Sharpe doesn’t subscribe to the notion that he has to be a Big-J journalist to host an entertaining podcast. Sharpe conducted a widely viewed interview on his Volume “Club Shay Shay” show with comedian Katt Williams earlier this week, as Williams went double-barrel on various rivals in the entertainment industry in specific and even … Read more
Cedric the Entertainer looked no further than his own grandfather to inspire his first novel. “Flipping Boxcars,” out Sept. 12 (Amistad/HarperCollins), tells the story of Floyd “Babe” Boyce, a bootlegger in Caruthersville, Mo. (Cedric’s hometown), and unfolds over July 4th weekend in 1948. “Babe is my [maternal] grandfather and these would be stories that I … Read more