LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 13: Ari Lennox performs onstage during the 2022 Soul Train Awards at the Orleans Arena on November 13, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
American R&B, Soul, and Funk musician Jerry Butler (also known as the Iceman) co-hosts the Rhythm & Blues Foundation’s 13th annual Pioneer Award ceremony at the Manhattan Center, New York, New York, February 20, 2003. He also performed at the event. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 06: Will Smith attends Paramount Pictures’ premiere of “Gemini Man” on October 06, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – AUGUST 07: Dame Dash speaks onstage during the 2022 InvestFest at Georgia World Congress Center on August 07, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO- APRIL 18: Protesters attend a rally for Black teen Ralph Yarl in front of U.S. District Court on April 18, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. The 16-year-old Yarl was shot last week by an 84-year-old white homeowner after going to the wrong house to pick up his brother, according to published reports. (Photo by Chase Castor/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 05: Singer Teedra Moses attends Night 1 of the 2024 ESSENCE Festival of Culture at Caesars Superdome on July 5, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
