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NEW YORK (BAMM Network) — From mixtapes to museums, hip-hop’s legacy era has arrived. The music Millennials grew up with is increasingly being treated not just as nostalgia, but as canon — honored by major institutions, reissued for milestone anniversaries, performed with orchestras and celebrated as part of American music history. The signs are everywhere. Nas is honored with the BMI Icon Award at the 2026 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards in Los Angeles on Aug. 26. The Queens, New Yor

BATON ROUGE, La. — Southern University’s famed Human Jukebox Marching Band has landed a collaboration with Gap, becoming the latest HBCU band to take its sound, style and cultural influence into a national fashion campaign. The Human Jukebox stars in Gap’s new “Denim On Your Own” campaign, performing its own arrangement of Robyn’s 2010 hit “Dancing on My Own.” Images from the campaign show band members wearing customized Gap denim featuring Southern University branding. T

LOS ANGELES (BAMM Network) — Nearly 30 years after Martin ended its original run, one of the sitcom's most memorable guest characters is getting his own series. L-R: Martin Lawrence, Tommy Davidson in 'The Varnell Hill Show' _ Paramount+ Paramount+ this week released the first official images from The Varnell Hill Show, an eight-episode comedy starring Tommy Davidson as the flamboyant late-night television host he first portrayed on Martin in 1993. The workplace comedy follow

CHICAGO (BAMM Network) — An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells has been unable to determine how the Mississippi college student died, adding new questions to a case that has drawn national attention and intensified calls for a transparent investigation. Elmore Wonsley, center, speaks next to attorney Ben Crump, left, and Rev. Al Sharpton during a memorial service for Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old found dead after taking a Jul

ATLANTA (BAMM Network) — Young Thug is returning to headlining arenas and amphitheaters for the first time in more than six years, but his newly announced New Generation Tour is about more than a comeback. Young Thug performs at Rock the Vote's #TURNOUTFORWHAT Concert at The Tabernacle on November 3, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.Paras Griffin/Getty Images The tour marks one of Atlanta's most influential artists reclaiming the stage while introducing a new wave of talent from his