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Keyshia Cole’s mom Frankie Lons who recently debuted her video “Frankie Leg” is back on the scene with an inspirational new novel. The Best Years I Never Had takes readers through the pains of being a single mother on drugs, and Frankie’s fight to survive day to day. The petite powerhouse shares her personal struggles […]

This year TheUrbandaily.com celebrated the style and influence of Black men with our first annual G-List. During our on site festivities at Frank’s Chop Shop…

Word on the street is that Will and Jada are putting up a front and that their marriage is really is over!  According to Star magazine’s December 19 2011 issue divorce is on the way for Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith. The couple will battle for his $520 million fortune. A source tells the mag, […]

While backstage on a tour stop Rihanna was fitted for grill that she’ll be sporting in the upcoming video for “You Da One.” Listening to her try speak with the tech’s hand all in her mouth is hilarity. Talk That Talk for real, Rihanna. RELATED POSTS: Sub? Rihanna Tweets Drake Lyrics Rihanna Booed In London […]

Kris Humphries appeared on “Good Morning America” today to let the world know that he’s moving on from Kim Kardashian and all her drama. The soon-to-be-divorced baller who ended his marriage with Kim Kardashian after 72 days, explained that he’s not interested in dwelling in the past. He attempted to deflect questions about his personal […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… Eddie Murphy will play D.C. politician Marion Barry in  a new movie that will be directed by Spike Lee. The HBO film will be written by John Ridley and focus on Barry’s 30-plus years in D.C. politics. No word yet as to when the movie will begin filming, but I can’t wait to see […]

Kelly Rowland who hopes to reunite with her father this Christmas recalls the time she saw a picture of her father in a magazine and how she burst into tears because she didn’t recognize his face: Kelly tells Marie Claire UK: “A couple of weeks ago, I was reading through a magazine and I saw […]

Now that Jay-Z and Kanye West are in the zone musically, it sounds like they plan on cranking out solo projects and another Watch The Throne album in 2012. Jay-Z gave up the goods yesterday (December 8th) after announcing two upcoming history making concerts at New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall. Watch Jay-Z give us the […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… In case you missed it, check out Estelle’s performance of “Break My Heart” and “Thank You” on the TV One series Verses & Flow. Estelle also recites her original poem “Tylenol For Breakfast” in the clip.

The Kardashian sisters are close, but exactly how close? According to MediaTakeOut.com an E! television insider informed them that the network pitched the idea to have Kourtney give the child she is carrying to sister Khloe. The insider told the gossip site “It would be perfect, Kourtney can help Khloe it would add an interesting […]

African-Americans frequently look towards race and economic factors as our biggest challenges, but there are self-inflicted problems that are literally killing us. The recent and untimely deaths of Heavy D and Patrice O’Neal has made the health issues that arise from being overweight very hard to ignore. According to HuffPost, obesity is a “full-blown crisis […]