NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 08: Wendell Pierce attends CBS’ “Elsbeth” Season 3 Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on October 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 18: Keith Lee accepts the Creator of the Year Award onstage during TikTok Awards US 2025 at Hollywood Palladium on December 18, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for TikTok)
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 28: Singer Britney Spears attends the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by C Flanigan/FilmMagic)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 26th, 29th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS – The cast of Abbott Elementary accept the award for Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award, held at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on February 26th, 2023. (Photo by Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (Photo by Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – JANUARY 15: Rapper T.I. speaks onstage during the “Nothing To See Here: Watts” red carpet screening and Q&A at College Football Hall of Fame on January 15, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images) (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 25: Billy Porter attends the 2024 TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for TIME)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 28: Gayle King attends the New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala at Alice Tully Hall on September 28, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for 20th Century Studios)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Tiwa Savage attends Ralph Lauren Fragrances Ralph’s Club New York Celebration at Hall des Lumiéres on September 13, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Valerie Terranova/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 03: Vivica A. Fox attends the premiere of Netflix’s “The Six Triple Eight” at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on December 03, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach/WireImage)
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 21: Keith Lee attends the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025 at Barker Hangar on June 21, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Nickelodeon)
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 04: Ryan Coogler attends the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 04, 2026 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images) (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
Hip hop artist J Dilla of the group Slum Village photographed at the Key Club in 2000 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Gregory Bojorquez/Getty Images)
1971: (Clockwise from left) Drummer Tiki Fulwood, guitarist Tawl Ross, keyboardist Bernie Worrell, Billy “Bass” Nelson, and guitarist Eddie Hazel of the funk group Parliament-Funkadelic pose for a portrait in 1971. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Signage about slavery is displayed on an outdoor exhibit at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 24, 2025. (Photo by Michael Yanow/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 08: Wendell Pierce attends CBS’ “Elsbeth” Season 3 Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on October 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 18: Keith Lee accepts the Creator of the Year Award onstage during TikTok Awards US 2025 at Hollywood Palladium on December 18, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for TikTok)
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 28: Singer Britney Spears attends the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by C Flanigan/FilmMagic)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 26th, 29th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS – The cast of Abbott Elementary accept the award for Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award, held at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on February 26th, 2023. (Photo by Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (Photo by Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 04: Teyana Taylor attends the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 04, 2026 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
