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Celebrities, radio personalities and a nationwide community of urban, R&b and gospel music fans raised $1.5 million during the 13th annual Urban Radio Cares for St. Jude Kids fundraising broadcast on March 11-12 to support patients battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

The radiothon included support from all 13 Radio One markets, as well as several partner stations owned by Cumulus, Entercom, Townsquare, Perry Broadcasting, Beasley and iHeart urban AC, gospel, and hip hop radio outlets. This collective effort reached listeners in 33 cities, including Atlanta, Philadelphia, Detroit, Houston, St. Louis, Savannah, Buffalo, Charlotte, Washington, DC, and Memphis.

The event brought together participating celebrities for the St. Jude mission, including, Anita Wilson, Anthony Hamilton, Brian Courtney Wilson, Cynthia Bailey, Evvie McKinney, Fred Hammond, Isaac Carree, Jekalyn Carr, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Lecrae, Lisa Knowles-Smith, Malcom Stewart, Maranda Curtis, Marvin Sapp, Melvin Crispell III, Mya Johnson, Q Parker,...

Cameo, the company that has connected more than 1 million fans to their favorite pop culture personalities through personalized video messages and video calls, has partnered with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in a holiday campaign to raise funds and awareness of childhood cancers and other life-threatening diseases.

Running through Friday, December 18, more than 700 celebrities, musicians, athletes, artists, activists and even Santa himself will donate 25%-100% of the proceeds of their Cameo orders to benefit St. Jude. For the duration of the partnership, Cameo will also donate 20% of its net proceeds or 5% of the total Cameo purchase price for participating talent.

Fans can purchase Cameo video greetings from VIPs ranging from former Nsync’er Lance Bass and ex-mlb player Nick Swisher to models Lily Aldridge and Paige Vanzant; recording artists Brian Courtney Wilson, Jekalynn Carr and LeAnn Rimes; and television personalities Elizabeth Chambers, Jeff Probst and Tj Lavin.

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Exclusive: The Stellar Awards, honoring the best in gospel music, is returning to Bet after a nearly 15-year hiatus.

Bet acquired the rights and will air the awards show produced by Central City Productions, for the first time since 2005. The 34th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards presented by At&T will be taped in front of an audience at Las Vegas’ Orleans Arena on Friday, March 29, 2019. It will air Friday, April 19 at 8 Pm Et/7 Pm Ct and 10 Pm Et/9 Pm Ct on Bet.

Hosted by Kirk Franklin, the show will feature a posthumous tribute to Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin with artists Kelly Price, Regina Belle and Erica Campbell, followed by a presentation of the Aretha Franklin Icon Award. It also will feature performances by Brian Courtney Wilson, Charles Jenkins, Jekalyn Carr, Jonathan McReynolds, Kelontae Gavin, Koryn Hawthorne, Maranda Curtis, Todd Dulaney, Anthony Brown, Jj Hairston and Yolanda Adams.

Stellar Awards Executive Producer and Founder,...

Get pumped, because the 2019 Grammy Awards are coming up! After last year's big wins for Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar (as well as a posthumous win for Carrie Fisher), this year's batch of hopefuls is sure to make for an amazing show. And since the number of nominees in the popular categories has been increased from five to eight, there are even more nominees to root for than usual! Get excited - the Grammys will air on Feb. 10.

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