Photographed: DJ Traci Steele (International DJ/TV/Radio Personality) stunned in front of the new Lexus TX during the Rolling Out x Lexus AI Music Lab.

Rolling Out and Lexus announced the kick-off to launch a new era of seven-passenger luxury with a unique music innovation: the First-Ever Lexus TX and a new generative AI platform that pushes the boundaries of co-creation, culture, and technology with the Rolling Out AI Music Lab this past November.

This program between Lexus and Rolling Out represents an evolution from brand partnership to platform co-creation. Through this effort, participants will experience the unique vision of game changing DJs Trauma (Celebrity DJ/Founder – Dave Chappelle, Trauma Unit Retreat) Traci Steele (International DJ/TV/Radio Personality), Mix Master David (International Open Format DJ/Producer/Global Brand Ambassador/Philanthropist – V103, Billboard Hot 100), and Princess Cut (International DJ/Producer/Founder – Hot 107.9 ATL, Scratch Out Loud) as they redefine music and use the Rolling Out AI Music Lab to create immersive audio at the intersection of music and generative AI. Members of the Rolling Out community will also be invited to unleash their creativity and explore the infinite possibilities available to them as they create AI-generated music tracks, loops, mixes, playlists, and harmonies.

The new seven-passenger Lexus TX uses cutting-edge technology to power a new level of personalization and multimedia enjoyment

With the Rolling Out AI Music Lab, Lexus and Rolling Out collaborated to bring this experience to life creating a platform that enables everyone to experience the magic of generative music creation. This launch begins an important dialogue about co-creation and generative AI and how it can be harnessed to explore a new future with endless possibilities, where artists and curious creatives work together to develop music that expands beyond today’s current genres.

“We are excited to work with Lexus to create the Rolling Out AI Music Lab to accelerate the adoption of generative AI using music, which we’ve found to be a universal cultural language and vehicle for self-expression,” said Munson Steed, CEO, and founder of Rolling Out. “The First-Ever Lexus TX, with its third row and integrated technology that functions as an extension of the driver, highlights third dimension thinking and infinite possibilities available to creators today engaging with AI.”

The featured Lexus TX was on display for event attendees to experience AI Music making technology integrated in the vehicle at the Rolling Out x Lexus AI Music Lab.

An event guest and Mix Master David (International Open Format DJ/Producer/Global Brand Ambassador/Philanthropist – V103, Billboard Hot 100) pose together amongst the excitement of the Rolling Out x Lexus AI Music Lab.

DJ Princess Cut (International DJ/Producer/Founder – Hot 107.9 ATL, Scratch Out Loud) arrives ready with a power pose at the Rolling Out x Lexus AI Music Lab.

Munson Steed (CEO/Founder – Rolling Out) with an event attendee for the Rolling x Lexus AI Music Lab.

King Qui (Radio/Media Professional – Hits 92.3, Do Royal Couch) and his fiancé posted up against the new Lexus TX featured at the Rolling x Lexus AI Music Lab.

The DJs will launch a 12-song playlist with the culmination of these new sounds to be celebrated in two cities: Atlanta and Los Angeles. As a part of this multi-city tour, the DJs will share the AI with celebrity friends and guests during these two VIP activations in the aforementioned cities

The rise of generative AI in music has the potential to democratize music creation and make it accessible to everyone, regardless of their music skills or experience. At launch, the Rolling Out AI Music Lab will be available to consumers to generate music across a number of genres, including hip hop, lo-fi, and electronic dance music (EDM). The Rolling Out AI Music Lab’s features include analyzing rhythm, melody, and harmony patterns in existing music compositions across every genre of music over the last fifty years without touching or interacting with any copyrighted music.

In addition to quickly generating new music using natural language prompts, the AI Music Assistant was created to help artists. Through the AI Music Assistant within the Rolling Out AI Music Lab users will be able to customize and create studio-quality tracks by adding instruments, discovering new chord progressions, and adding beats and loops. As part of the collaboration with Lexus, the Rolling Out AI Music Lab will also feature unique tracks that can be modified and changed in real-time and a playlist that will only be available within our music lab.

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In Real Divas: Living & Loving Out Loud, Black female celebrities talk about finding and/or maintaining love while living a public life. Editor-In-Chief and Publisher Cynthia Horner teams with Author and Publisher Darryl James to ask the difficult questions of Black Women who face certain challenges while pursuing their love lives under the microscope of the public eye.

It only what we’ve all been waiting for. Your 2014 Grammy Nominees List!

Michelle Williams delivers a soulful, insightful message in her latest release of “If We Had Your Eyes,” featuring Fantasia. The single is set to appear on Williams’ forthcoming album Journey To Freedom.

One of the three members of the R&B group, Destiny’s Child has been quite busy this past year. After giving an incredibel performance at the 2013 Super Bowl, Williams joined the national tour of Fela!, became an ambassador for the anti-bullying campaign, the National Voices for Equality Education & Enlightenment (NVEEE), and also revealed her own strength admitting her previous battles with depression.

Enjoy as Michelle Williams continues on her Journey to Freedom with “If We Had Your Eyes.”

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Fantasia is back and is serving up some new R&B heat with the new smash “Without Me.”

Pulling out all her cards, she also brings in Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliott for the femme fatale collabo.

We’re starting to hear Missy on a lot of songs lately and hopefully she’s in the studio cooking up another masterpiece of her own.

Fantasia got one here. make sure to cop her new album Side Effects Of You which drops on April 23rd.

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Former American Idol contestant and Grammy winner, Jennifer Hudson, says she’s not buying the “American Idol disputes”. According to TMZ, paparazzi caught her boarding her flight at LAX and asked her what she thought about the feuding between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj.

“I don’t believe it…I think its just for ratings for the show,” she stated very surely while quickly walking off to board her flight.

Jennifer came very close to winning the American Idol prize back in 2004, but ended up becoming a large star, in film and music, without the American Idol title. Back in 2004, Fantasia Barrino became the final pick of judges, but Jennifer is sure the “fighting” amongst judges is pure “fiction”.

TMZ stated a rumor that recording artist and judge of “The Voice” believes the same as Jennifer on the staged “bickering”.

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So we all remember a while back when Fantasia Barrino was surrounded in scandal because of her relationship with Antwuan Cook, who was a married man. Well it looks like the two have gotten their Christmas gift a bit early this year, as Fantasia gave birth to a healthy baby boy last night in a North Carolina hospital.

This is Fantasia’s second child, as she has a daughter from a previous relationship. Last year, Fantasia testified at Cook’s divorce proceedings that the aborted a pregnancy where Cook was the father, after her failed suicide attempt. It looks like this pregnancy is a much happier one. Congrats Fantasia!

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For those of you who read the headline and said to yourselves “NO F*CKING DUH!” please step forward to the front of the line to collect your gold star for the day! Yes, little barefoot Fanny confirmed weeks ago that she indeed is carrying a child. She also failed to appear at this past weekend’s Bronner Brothers Hair Show.

Shame on the rest of you (us included) for thinking it was just a weight problem. Anyway, congrats to Fantasia and whoever the sperm doner is (presumably Mr. Cook). We’ll keep you all posted for the emerging photos of Tasia and her ensuing baby bump. In the meantime, click below to take a look at a few MILFs‘ past and present who make maternity look good!

Alicia Keys during her pregnancy with Egypt

Halleee Beeerrrryyyy! She’s fine

J.Lo and her pregnant glow

Jessica Alba recently spotted on the red carpet

Kourtney Kardashian when she was pregnant
with Mason (and an E! News camera)

Mariah on the cover of Life & Style

Mel B. recently spotted at the pool

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Season 3 American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino made a huge announcement at a benefit concert yesterday (July 31). The singer was performing to celebrate the opening of the Riverview Apartments in Jacksonville, FL when she decided to come clean.

“For a while I walked around thinking, ‘What will they say? What will they think about me?” she said. “But now I tell you, I don’t live my life for folk. So, this child that I carry … God has given me this child, and I don’t have to hide it from none of y’all!”

Rumors have recently been circulating that Fantasia is back with ex-boyfriend Antwan Cook but there is no word on who the father is yet. This will be the 27-year-old’s second child.

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Boyz to Men

The Essence Music Festival bills itself as the “the nation’s largest annual African-American event and gathering of musical talent.” The three-day event was launched in 1995. From 1995 through 2005, a combined total of two million fans have taken part in the event. Featured performers have included such renowned African-American musicians as Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin, Destiny’s Child, Earth, Wind & Fire, Gladys Knight, Prince, and Kanye West.

Charlie Wilson

The festival began in New Orleans in 1995 as a one-time event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Essence, the African-American lifestyle magazine, but its success inspired Essence to make it an annual event. After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the festival temporarily relocated from New Orleans to Houston in 2005. The following year, it returned to New Orleans. According to Essence magazine, the festival is a multigenerational event where far-flung African-American families and friends reunite.

JHud

Big Daddy Kane

Chaka Khan

Fantasia

Macy Gray

Miguel

Sisqo

Taraji P. Henson

Tank

This year’s event has already brought out some of the biggest names in music with performances by Usher, Charlie Wilson, Macy Gray, Miguel, Jennifer Hudson, Boyz to Men as well as many others. Hollywood actors Taraji P. Henson, Terry Crews and other big screen stars have also came out to support this well attended event. Please check back daily for updated images and video from this year’s Essence Festival and follow us on twitter @hiphopenquirer or @hiphopenqmag