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Cardi B, the Grammy Award-winning performer currently living her best life on The Riviera with new beau, NFL superstar Stefon Diggs of the New England Patriots, will come to Los Angeles June 8 to receive a coveted award. 

The multi-platinum artist famous for songs such as “Bodak Yellow” and “I Like It,” will be honored with the distinguished ASCAP Voice of the Culture Award at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ event to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. 

The annual private, invite-only event will celebrate the group’s top music creators at the crossroads of music, art and culture. 

Jermaine Dupri, Jimmy Jam, Siedah Garrett, Mustard, Jeremih, Tee Grizzley, Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith, Warryn Campbell, Mona Scott Young, 310Babii, James Fortune, Leon Sylvers III, and more are due to pay their respects at the ceremony featuring Grammy Award winner, rapper and producer Spinderella as this year’s DJ.

STAGE LIGHTS: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier and Fanny Lou Hamer meeting to discuss the Civil Rights Movement is the premise of Mohamed Ali Ojarigi’s historically imaginative play “Greenwood 1964” having a world premiere run June 6–29 at the Greenway Court Theatre. The play, directed by Iona Morris Jackson, stars Lodric C. Collins of “The Oval,” Newton Mayenge of “Winning Time” and Joy DeMichelle.

RED CARPET WALK: Zoe Saldaña, Brad Garrett, Jameela Jamil, Yonas Kibreab and others are expected at the Hollywood premiere of Disney’/Pixar’s “Elio” at the El Capitan Theatre on June 10. Arrivals should begin around 5:30 p.m.

TASTY QUIP: “That Diddy s–t is crazy, huh? I don’t know if he’s going to jail, but he’s a nasty motherf—er. S–t! Am I right? Especially for our community. “[For] white people, it’s cool, but Black people are like, that was our hero. … For the Black people in here, you know how that hurts us, because Diddy was [known for] ‘It’s All About the Benjamins,’ that was our whole culture. Now it’s all about the baby oil.” – JAMIE FOXX at the Comedy Store 

CLIPPETTES: Raphael Saadiq: No Bandwidth! One Man! One Night! Three Decades of Hits! is performed in one of its four stops on June 6 at the United Theater on Broadway … 

Also that evening, Coco Jones’ Why Not More? Tour with Lady London & TA Thomas comes to The Novo; Durand Bernarr’s You Gon’ Grow, Too! Tour with Gawd & Charlie Vettuno lands at the El Rey Theatre; and two-night stands begin for La Toya Jackson at the Catalina Jazz Club and Chris Spencer & Friends (Sheryl Underwood, Rickey Smiley) holding a “Comic View Reunion” at the Miracle Theater as part of the BET Experience … 

The Nike After Dark Tour with Doechii comes to SoFI Stadium on June 7 while Hugh Jackman opens the season at the Hollywood Bowl, Trippie Redd headlines Girls Are Dr*gs at Toyota Arena; and Boney James blows his horn at the Pechanga Resort & Casino … 

In addition, the date marks the return of the two-day Cali Vibes festival featuring Kid Cudi, Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution, Cypress Hill, Ludacris, Iration, Steel Pulse, Collie Buddz, YG Marley and more at Long Beach’s Marina Green Park … 

An action-packed June 8 kicks off with the Debbie Allen Dance Academy hosting its third annual free community block party with carnival rides, games, celebrity appearances and dance classes from 1 to 7 p.m. on Washington Boulevard between Western Avenue and Gramercy Place … 

The afternoon ushers in The BET Raw Uncut Experience at the Epic Icon Center hosted by actor Brian Hooks with celebrity music and appearances from the likes of Jazsmin Lewis, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, Kareem J. Grimes, Tony Rock and others … 

For the second year in a row, the Hollywood Bowl welcomes “A Roots Picnic Experience” with this edition labeled “The Class of ’95.” The concert boasts sets by The Roots, Lil’ Kim, Method Man & Redman, DJ Quik, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, E-40, Raekwon, Havoc of Mobb Deep, a farewell appearance by Goodie Mob, and more …

Over at The Greek, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue play with JJ Grey & Mofro + Dumpstaphunk; while YouTube Theater hosts BET R&B Night with Jagged Edge, Donell Jones and Eric Bellinger; and Vibrato Grill & Jazz presents Grammy-nominated vocalist Josie James (George Duke, The Crusaders) … 

Congratulations to acclaimed artist, educator and cultural leader Dr. Chelsey Green who has made history as the first Black woman and youngest person ever elected to serve as chair of the Board of Trustees for the Recording Academy, marking two historic milestones in the organization’s 68-year history …

MUSE/IQUE remounts “The UnAmericans: Talented and Targeted,” chronicling the effects the blacklist had on musicians, singers and composers, and how they overcame oppression through music, on June 10 and 11 at The Huntington. The concert includes Grammy winner Brandon Victor Dixon (“Jesus Christ Superstar,” Fox’s “Rent,” Broadway’s “Hell’s Kitchen”), and vocalist Angie Fisher …  

On June 12, Yola brings her Sovereign Soul Tour to the El Rey Theatre.  

TC ON TV: June 6 – “Tyler Perry’s Straw” (Netflix): Taraji P. Henson, Sherri Shepherd, Teyana Taylor, Glynn Turman, Rockmond Dunbar and Sinbad star in this dark story about a woman pushed to her breaking point. “Predator: Killer of Killers” (Hulu): The franchise expands with this impressive, animated anthology film pitting the warrior against a Viking, ninja and World War II pilot. “K.O.” (Netflix): Stuntman turned actor Ciril Gane (“Den of Thieves: Pantera”) stars in the action film as a man on the lookout for a missing kid. “TMZ Presents: United States v. Sean Combs” (Tubi): “Inside The Diddy Trial” “Alto Knights” (Max): Robert De Niro takes on dual roles as notorious organized crime bosses Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in this drama. “Good Morning America” (ABC): Saquon Barkley, Sarita Choudhury “CBS Mornings” (CBS): Lena Waithe, Phylicia Rashad 

June 7 – “Good Night, and Good Luck” (CNN): The hit Broadway one-man show starring George Clooney as famed TV newsman Edward R. Murrow is presented in a rare live simulcast. 

June 8 – “2025 LA Pride Parade” (Hulu): “Good Morning America” anchor Gio Benitez is a co-host of this year’s livestream with Niecy Nash and “hersband” Jessica Betts among the parade marshals. “The 78th Annual Tony Awards” (CBS): This year’s show, returning to NYC’s Radio City Music Hall, is hosted by Cynthia Erivo and will reunite the original cast of “Hamilton” including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ariana DeBose, Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr. and Ephraim Sykes. On the presenting side look for Danielle Brooks, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Williams, a “Bill and Ted” reunion of Keanu Reeves & Eric Winter, and Oprah.  

June 9 – “BET Awards 2025” (BET/VH1/Paramount/POP/Logo/BET Her/Nick): Kevin Hart hosts with Icon Honors going to Jamie Foxx, Mariah Carey, Kirk Franklin and Snoop Dogg. “Global Soul Kitchen” (FYI): Atlanta chef Deborah VanTrece prepares Black Eyed Pea Biryani and Barbecue Salmon & Zupa Ogórkowa. “Divorced Sistas” (BET/BET+): The first original series to launch under Tyler Perry’s expanded deal with the network is here in the form of this expansion in the “Sistas” franchise featuring LeToya Luckett (“Greenleaf”), RonReaco Lee (“Survivor’s Remorse”), and DeVon Franklin (“Kingdom Business”). “AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange” (World/World’s YouTube/Black Public Media’s YouTube): Opens its 17th season with Tessa Leuwsha’s “Mother Suriname,” a tribute to the director’s grandmother in colonial Suriname giving voice to the washerwoman — and her peers. To be followed by “The Changing Same,” an award-winning U.S. documentary short by Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster, on a marathon runner attempting to lift the veil on a highly publicized 1934 lynching of a Black farmhand named Claude Neal.

June 10 – “Trainwreck” (Netflix): An exploration of the 2021 Astroworld Festival tragedy in Houston, Texas opens this eight-part documentary anthology that focuses on some of the wildest and most bizarre events ever to blow up in mainstream media. 

June 11 – “The Grudge” (Vice): “Pat Riley vs. The Knicks” closes the first season. “Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service” (Fox/Hulu): The chef attempts to save 101-year-old Mrs. White‘s Golden Rule Cafe in Phoenix, Arizona.  

END QUOTE: “The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” – ELDRIDGE CLEAVER  

As featured in the Los Angeles Wave and Independent, Tasty Clips is one of the leading entertainment columns in the nation, serving nearly one million weekly readers. Bill Vaughan may be reached at tastyclips@yahoo.com, via Twitter @tastyclips, or Instagram @tasty_clips.

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