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Check out videos from some of the Women’s Empowerment performers. March 17th!! Get Your Tickets! Anthony Hamilton – Charlene Wale – Lotus Flower Bomb Kelly Price – Friend of Mine Robin Thicke – Lost Without U

In less than 24 hours the biggest event to hit the triangle takes place….Women’s Empowerment 2012. Tickets are still available and the PNC Arena formely the RBC Center has a kiosk outside the VIP doors that can sell tickets 24/7. The box office opens at 10am tomorrow and the doors open at 12 noon. The […]

The Bodyguard starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner is hitting theaters again for One Night Only as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of it’s release. Back in the theaters????????? I can see a special edition DVD but in the movie theater……really. I guess they figure death sells and they are trying to cash in…..SMH!

SHOWTIME SAYS… Michael Vick has come closer to being released of the financial burden caused by his jail stint a few years ago. According to Forbes, Vick is about to make his way out of that chapter 11 bankruptcy that he went through. “Michael Vick, the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback who landed in jail on […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… Jay-Z came out to support his long time stylist June Ambrose last night.  After performing at SXSW earlier in the week, Jay hit up New York’s Crosby Street Hotel to see the screening of June’s new VH1 reality show “Styled By June”. “The first suit I bought Jay-Z was an Armani suit because […]

March 15th – Mr. Magic was born John Rivas in The Bronx, New York, on this day in 1956. In 1981, Magic became the host of “The Rap Attack” on New York City’s WHBI-FM. “The Rap Attack” was the first exclusive hip-hop show on a major radio station. Marley Marl was the show’s DJ and […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… Women’s Empowerment artist Wale hops on one of the hottest records in the south right now. Here is Mr. Florin’s flow over the “Cashin Out” … You think he will be performing this Saturday at W.E.? Oh yea…listen for the shout out to Raleigh in the song too..

After Women’s Empowerment, come hang out with Laz Alonzo, Brian Dawson & Wade Banner at Twisted Fork! Must be 21 or older

Live in concert, it’s Diggy Simmons, Jacob Lattimore & the OMG Girls! May 4th at the Progress Energy Center. This event will be hosted by Brian Dawson & Wade Banner. Go to ticket master for your tickets, this show will sell out!

March Madness is in full swing and even the President of The Unted States has his bracket filled out. Good luck to all who participated in our Hoops Mania and maybe you will be the lucky one to walk away with a cool million. Do you and The President have the same picks???? Check it […]

Check out North Carolina’s own J. Cole latest video featuring Missy Elliot “Nobody’s Perfect”…..http://www.freeonsmash.com/videos/embed2/6e8xy9trn1s3kjh7

So Love & Hip Hop has moved to the ATL and who will be giving us the drama….Atlanta rapper Rasheeda and her husband/manager, producer Stevie J. ( Eve’s ex that leaked her naked pics), Diamond from Crime Mob and her ex Lil Scrappy plus his mom, Mama D who they say is Mama Jones to […]