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After announcing that no Radio DJ is messing with Tim Westwood Nicki Minaj and her bestie/hype-man SB took phone calls from all the Barbz of London. Nicki Minaj actually wines up interviewing her Barbz instead of the other way around! RELATED:Nicki Minaj Does The “Creep” On SNL RELATED:Nicki Minaj “Moment 4 Life” Video

While the father of hip-hop, Kool Herc, was soliciting donations from fans to pay for his emergency surgery, two people who have benefited most from Herc’s contributions, Rick Ross and Diddy, were blowing money fast at King Of Diamonds, a strip club in Miami. The Bugatti Boyz along with Pharrell dropped an estimated million dollars […]

Check out the first visuals from Harlem World’s “Start It Up.”It is the first music video from the group since being reunited after the death of HUD 6. As you all may have heard, “them boys” are back this time without Mase and a few other members. Cardan, Meeno, Suga J and Blinky Blink are […]

Reggae/Dance-hall veteran Barrington Levy is preparing to release his new single featuring Vybez Kartel and Khago entitled “Gangters.”One thing most of us know about Barrington Levy is that he does not promote violence, he is all about peace–not war so I am curious to hear what his verses will sound like on “Gangsters.” Along with […]

Don’t get me wrong.  I have nothing against The Cosby Show.  It’s not only one of the best black sitcoms to ever be produced, but one of the best sitcoms, period.  But when it comes to ranking black sitcoms, The Cosby Show is the “Thriller” of the medium.  It will almost always land at the […]

Here’s Brian Dawson after signing the contract with Fox 50. The time is finally here! You hear him on your radio nearly everyday, now watch him on your tv screen. Check out Brian Dawson, each Saturday night beginning March 5th on Fox50 following the 10 O’Clock News as Capitol Broadcasting, Radio One & Chase Media […]

Once upon a time Teyana Taylor had a song out called “Google Me” and was actually considered an artist…now the tom-boyish friend of R&B singer Chris Brown has been settling for less music and more love/fashion. Teyana Taylor is talented but we have yet to see that translate into an album or single or music […]

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T-Pain currently has more chains and tattoos for that matter than albums which makes it kind of hard to understand why he is waiting so long to put another one out. Last June, T-Pain claimed he wouldn’t be putting out an album until record sales picked up and now he is blaming Drake for his […]

A master of storytelling, Toni Morrison was the first Black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and legendary professor is known for the vivid black characters brought to life in her novels that recreate the Black experience. Morrison’s novels often illuminate themes of slavery, racism, and identity, but […]

While his ex-wife, Whitney Houston, seems to have gotten her act together, can Bobby Brown put his cocaine addict days behind him as well?