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Whitney Houston funeral is set for 12pm on Saturday, Feb.18th at her home church, New Hope Baptist Church in Newark,NJ. Whigham Funeral Home in Newark is handling the services and said there will be no wake nor public memorial. Whitney’s body arrived at a New Jersey airport late Monday night via Tyler Perry’s private jet […]

This Black History Month, we honor the GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME…

Cassie drops her “King of Hearts” video on Valentine’s Day. Directed by Christopher Sims, the model-turned-singer shows of her hot bod while moving seductively in a bra top and a pair of baggy pants, as a hoodie-wearing dude lurks in the room. Take a look and tell us what you think: Did Diddy Propose To […]

Check out this video as Wendy Williams reflect on the death of Whitney Houston and breaks down as she speak on her own past drug addiction…..

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a pass on reining in government growth, President Barack Obama unveiled a record $3.8 trillion election-year budget plan Monday, calling for…

A massive headache sends Diddy to the ER, but he’s fine now. Sean “Diddy” Combs was admitted to the hospital this morning for a severe migraine after performing hosting duties at a post-Grammy party in Los Angeles last night. The former “Puff Daddy,” who was in town for the Grammys and to host an after […]

Sony Music purportedly raised the cost of Whitney Houston’s greatest hits set on iTunes by more than 60% within hours after news of her death. The increase occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday but was brought back to the original value later in the day. Sales for Amy Winehouse and Etta James jumped […]

February 13th – 2Pac releases his fourth album and first for Death Row Records “All Eyez On Me”, on this day in 1996. The album spawned two number one hit singles; “California Love” (ft. Dr. Dre and the late great Roger Troutman of Zapp) and “How Do You Want It?” (ft. K-Ci & JoJo). Other […]

UPDATE: 7:12 P.M. EST TMZ reports that Whitney Houston‘s body was flown home to Newark, New Jersey on Tyler Perry’s private jet. The film-maker was…

In 1988, Public Enemy’s “Night Of The Living Baseheads” was one of the most vocal indictments of crack cocaine use ever heard on record. The haunting video was the real life version of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” with zombie-like “baseheads” dragging themselves about. Pop Culture Moment #1: Chappelle’s Show Premieres What many fans at the time […]

Underrated R&B singer Amerie has been hard at work on her fifth studio album entitled Cymatica Vol. 1 and enjoying her marriage. She stepped out…