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Kierra Sheard has an extremely successful recording career, but she’s about to embark on a new journey: marriage. Even though her love story with Pastor Welton Smith is headed for a happy ending when they get married, at first, she didn’t want to date him. His sense of humor helped Kierra bring down the walls […]

SHOWTIME SAYS… Nick Cannon says that he is constantly a victim of D.W.B. (Driving While Black). According to Cannon, police pulled him over early Thursday morning just because he has a nice car

SHOWTIME SAYS… Police say that a man was robbed and shot Thrusday night in Raleigh’s Chavis Heights neighborhood. According to Raleigh police the man says that he was standing in a parking lot when he was approached by four men who tried to rob him. The man says that he was shot and then he […]

http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/xmemua21111172143 by SHOWTIME SAYS… Rihanna’s promo train for ‘Talk That Talk’ is moving. The singer hit up The X-Factor and performed her single “We Found Love”

SHOWTIME SAYS… Beyonce and that baby bump are still down in Miami.  Rumor has it that she and Jay are in the process of buying a crib down there.

Drake has been the subject of criticism on his second album Take Care for including too many slow songs. He understands why people expected something different, and explains why he went this route in the interview below. Drake also talks about returning to acting and his relationship with Rihanna! Hear the entire interview right here. […]

Demi Moore an Ashton Kutcher decided to break up after 6 years of marriage.

Tonite the NFL kicks off early as the New York football Jets take on Tim Tebow an the Denver Broncos on NFL TV. Question who ya got?????

As one half of the Neptunes, Pharrell Williams helped make the music that helped Justin Timberlake gain a lot of Black fans. In this interview, Pharrell talks about JT’s transition from a member of the boy band N*Sync, into a pop star who was unafraid to flirt with soul and other sounds that appealed to […]

Common’s memoir “One Day It’ll Make Sense” (in stores now) not only details his successful rap career, but also his high-profile relationships with two of the most famous women in their respective fields: Erykah Badu and Serena Williams. In an interview with Black Enterprise, he reveals what he learned from both ladies and how he […]

For the 2nd year in a row, Brian Dawson makes The Source Top 30 DJ’s in the country. Brian Dawson landed the #27 spot, moving up one spot from last year, along with radio djs like FunkMaster Flex, DJ Khaled, Nick Cannon, Big Tigger & more. Check out the Power 30 issue of The Source […]

Busta Rhymes‘ popular verse on “Look At Me Now” has proven to be his comeback track…and it wasn’t even his. Busta Rhymes, 39, struck a deal with Cash Money records which he calls “a golden moment for Hip Hop.” “This whole experience that’s getting ready to happen is probably going to be one of the […]