LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 09: Kurupt performs onstage during the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)
Doha , Qatar – 4 February 2026; Swizz Beatz, Music Producer & Entrepreneur, on Centre stage during day three of Web Summit Qatar 2026 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar. (Photo By Sam Barnes/Sportsfile for Web Summit Qatar via Getty Images)
VENICE, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 05: Marlon Wayans speaks at the HIM Training Camp Creator Event on August 05, 2025 in Venice, California. (Photo by Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for HIM Training Camp)
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 12: Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo attend the Outstanding Performer Award celebration during the 41st Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 12, 2026 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by JB Lacroix/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY – MAY 19: Mix engineer Bob Power speaks during GRAMMY Pro Art of the Craft: Sounds of the City on May 19, 2016 in New York, New York. (Photo by Cindy Ord/WireImage for The Recording Academy) (Photo by Cindy Ord/WireImage for The Recording Academy)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – AUGUST 22: Pinky Cole speaks onstage during day 1 of the Invest Fest 2025 during VIP Night at Guardian Works on August 22, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Tiwa Savage attends Ralph Lauren Fragrances Ralph’s Club New York Celebration at Hall des Lumiรฉres 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)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 09: Kurupt performs onstage during the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)
Doha , Qatar – 4 February 2026; Swizz Beatz, Music Producer & Entrepreneur, on Centre stage during day three of Web Summit Qatar 2026 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar. (Photo By Sam Barnes/Sportsfile for Web Summit Qatar via Getty Images)
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 28: Jayme Lawson attends the 57th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 28, 2026 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET) (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET)
