Earlier this week the host of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon received backlash due to a Saturday Night Live clip of him impersonating comedian Chris Rock in blackface resurfaced from 2000. Although Fallon tweeted apologized via Twitter writing “In 2000 while on SNL I made a terrible decision to do an impersonation of Chris Rock […]
Comedian and host of The Tonight Show Jimmy Fallon owned up to his mistake and apologized on Tuesday for a racially insensitive sketch on Saturday Night Live. Fallon was trending on Monday after photos resurfaced of the former SNL cast member wearing blackface in a sketch from the year 2000. Fallon took full accountability for […]
Amir “Questlove” Thompson and Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter of The Roots have signed a first-look TV deal with NBC’s Universal TV. The three-year deal will allow for the Hip-Hop duo to develop scripted and unscripted series on multiple platforms. Questlove and Black Thought have had a relationship with NBC as the long time live band […]
The rise of Megan Thee Stallion this past season was catapulted by a string of hit records and the viral success of her newly-patented “Hot Girl Summer” movement. Granted, the summer solstice officially came to an end this past weekend, but that doesn’t mean the burgeoning rap queen doesn’t have something else in store — […]
Remember when Stacy Abrams gave her Democratic response speech, she encouraged us to call out racism in any form when we see it? Well, Nick Cannon definitely is doing his part by calling out white people who dress in Blackface because yes, that is racist. Over the weekend the comedian shared an Instagram video calling […]
Ella Mai performed “Trip,” the tune that inspired the infectious Jacquees remix, on the Tonight Show Wednesday night. The hit single is taken from Mai’s forthcoming self-titled debut album, out Friday by means of Interscope and DJ Mustard’s 10 Summers label. Catch Mai’s most recent live performance of the “Boo’d Up” follow-up in the video […]
Lil Wayne stopped by The Tonight Show to chop it up with Jimmy Fallon and to perform a song off his critically-acclaimed project, Tha Carter V. In the clip below, Tunechi admitted that he’s still memorizing the lyrics to his latest collection. .@liltunechi admits he is still studying and memorizing his album lyrics #FallonTonight #ThaCarterV […]
Kevin Hart and Jimmy Fallon paid a surprise visit to some kids by crashing a few classes at a high school in Queens, N.Y. While they were there, they decided to run a competition to see who would be the better student. Everything went down on Wednesday’s scene of The Tonight Show. First up was […]
Ariana Grande received backlash following her beautiful rendition of the late Aretha Franklin’s “Natural Woman” during her home going because of her short dress. Apparently, Smokey Robinson agrees with the public. Robinson was ambushed by TMZ on Saturday night as he returned from Detroit and he didn’t hold back. Just like most of the social […]
Ariana Grande’s scheduled appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this past Thursday (August 16) changed gears after the passing of Aretha Franklin that same day. According to TMZ, Grande was reportedly scheduled to do a comedy skit, but The Roots’ Questlove chimed in and suggested that the 25-year-old singer perform one of Aretha Franklin’s classic […]
Jimmy Fallon was a surprise commencement speaker Sunday for the graduating class of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where former student Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people in February. Moments before the seniors were to rise to receive diplomas, Fallon was brought on stage by Principal Ty Thompson. Fallon’s commencement address lasted approximately 10 minutes, according […]
Miguel is still on the promo run for his chart-topping 2017 album War & Leisure, visiting Jimmy Fallon last night (Apr. 30) to perform his latest single, “Come Through and Chill” on The Tonight Show. In just over four minutes, the R&B crooner shows us why he’s a key reason soul music is far from […]
The backdrop: an open floral box, with a huge, red roman numeral II in the center. The stage floor: runway like and dipped in red. Migos debuted a track from their new album, Culture II, at The Tonight Show staring Jimmy Fallon, on Thursday. It is the first song fans have heard from the sequel, besides […]
Ms. Badu took the stage on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last night and as usual, wowed the crowd by covering international music star Fela Kuti during her set. Erykah Badu supported the new Fela Kuti vinyl box set she curated with a performance on the program. Collecting Badu’s favorite Kuti singles, including 1980’s […]
The hip-hop community is still drowning amazement from Black Thought‘s historic freestyle on Funkmaster Flex‘s Hot 97 on Wednesday. With The Roots being the official house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, it was only right for the hip-hop loving show host to maneuver the elite Philly emcee to the guest chair to weigh-in […]
After a taping of “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” had already been canceled last Friday, so that the host could be by his mother’s side in the hospital, the tv show will not air this week. Gloria Fallon passed away on Saturday at the age of 68. Reruns will air this week in place […]
Jimmy Fallon’s mother, Gloria, passed Saturday, November 4th. The Tonight Show’s host mom’s reportedly died at NYU Langone Medical Center with her son and other family members surrounding her. The news comes shortly after Jimmy canceled Friday’s taping due to a family emergency. It’s safe to assume that we know what the emergency was. His mother […]
GRAMMY® Award-winning multi platinum hip-hop icons The Roots delivered an unheard of 6+ minute performance of their latest track entitled “It Ain’t Fair (feat. Bilal)” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, in conjunction with the critically acclaimed new film DETROIT. “It Ain’t Fair” was designed to emphasize the importance of social justice through the prism of late-sixties Detroit, which means many things culturally […]
Recently, Jimmy Fallon invited Pharrell Williams to the Tonight Show to talk about the upcoming Despicable Me 3 movie. As per usual, Pharrell handled the composition of the movie’s soundtrack, which is now available to stream across all platforms. While in the studio, Pharrell talked about his new experiences of being a father to triplets, receiving an […]
Check out 2Chainz put on this epic performance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon with his new smash single “Good Drank” featuring Gucci Mane and The Fonzworth Bentley Trap Choir and Mike Dean. Also, watch this once in a lifetime, competitive game of “Password”, with 2Chainz and Keri Russell teaming up against Gucci Mane […]