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As TMZ first reported, Chris Tucker is in the hole to Uncle Sam for a whopping $11,571,909.26 for federal taxes from 2001, 2002 and 2004 through 2006. Now it seems the state of Georgia is getting in on the act … recently filing a tax lien of their own against Tucker for $592,594.82 for the […]

No work or school tomorrow so we going Hard In Da Paint tonight with Waka Flocka live tonight at Passion Nightclub on New Bern Ave. in Raleigh hosted by me Shena J! Doors open at 10pm!!!!!

North Carolina-raised rapper Driicky Graham, the first solo rapper on indie label Nu World Era, drops a new music video for his very first single, “Snapbacks & Tattoos.” In the clip, the young rapper spits verses about the two things youngsters are obsessed with these days: snapback hats and tattoos. Graham performs amongst a slew […]

February 19th – Producer as well as Fat Boys leader Prince Markie Dee was born Mark Anthony Morales in Brooklyn, New York on this day in 1968. Prince Markie Dee recorded seven albums with The Fat Boys from 1984 to 1991. The Fat Boys whose two other members were Kool Rock Ski and the late […]

Via: WRAL.com Cold air moving into the area from the north and moisture associated with an upper level disturbance moving in from the Gulf Coast will combine over North Carolina Sunday, producing the best chance for any frozen precipitation the Triangle has seen all winter. The problem is, most of us will only see rain. […]

In honor of Black History Month, we’ve highlighted some of the first Black women who were honored for their achievements. BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Rosa Parks…

Whitney Houston Ex-Husband Bobby Brown left the funeral moments before it was set to begin. Sources said Bobby had an entourage of 9 people with him and wanted them to sit in the family section. They were asked to leave but Bobby wasn’t but he left with the others.Sources said the entourage included his other […]

Check out this never before seen footage of a 16 year old Brandy meeting her mentor Whitney Houston for the first time at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards……

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — To the world, Whitney Houston was the pop queen with the perfect voice, the dazzling diva with regal beauty, a troubled…