It looks like Lil Mama listened to Charlamagne when he told her to put out good music and let it speak for itself…well partially listened (it isn’t really that good). Mama sounds like she’s still in the 80’s rapping over Special Ed’s “I Got It made” beat. Please don’t ask why she spelled strawberry like […]

E.B. Wright the daughter of legendary hip hop star Easy-E will release her debut single “What I Wanna Do” on  September 7. The release date is significant as it celebrates her late father’s birthday. E.B. has become a mogul herself taking after her father. She founded EasyStreet Entertainment, which establishes and manages producers, songwriters and […]

In this week’s episode of “The Playlist” Johnny Gill tells TVOne and TheUrbandaily about his first album in sixteen years, Still Winning. What can fans expect from his latest? “Great music, great songs, great vocal performance, Bringing R&B back at its best.” RELATED POSTS: Christina Milian Says New Album, “Most Honest” Theophilus London Counts His […]

We recently told you that T.I. would be released on Wednesday, August 31, from Forrest City Federal Prison in Arkansas,but according to bossip.com, Tip’s main attorney, Jonathan Leonard, says that information is false. T.I. is going to have to cool his heels until the end of September as originally planned. According to Leonard, who has […]

GLAAD isn’t too happy with Tyler The Creator and Odd Future. Tyler The Creator and Odd Future’s second album contains over 200 anti-gay slurs.  The organization is not feeling Tyler’s lyrical content on his latest album Goblin as well. GLAAD released a statement regarding his appearance on MTV’s Video Music Awards and his win for […]

Everyone who watched the VMAs saw Jay-Z’s facial expression when the audience gave Chris Brown a standing ovation after his performance. Yesterday, A tweet from Jay-Z’s Twitter account which is rarely updated showed up on our timelines. “Chris Brown” is what the tweet read. Is This Jay-Z & Kanye West’s “Paris” Playlist? Did Jay-Z really […]

During the recession the state of HBCUs presently and in the future has been a hot button topic. Are HBCUs still relevant? Can they compete with traditionally white institutions (TWIs)? Aren’t HBCUs practicing reverse racism? How will they survive with dismal funding? The aforementioned are only a few of the questions that have been posed […]

Alicia Keys covers Glamour magazine’s October 2011 issue alongside Jennifer Aniston and Demi Moore. The three ladies teamed up to help launch Five, a series of short films about women and breast cancer that will be stitched together in a two-hour block on Lifetime in October. Each of the cover girls directed a film. Alicia […]

Now that Beyonce has announced that she’s with child and is finally taking a break from her career, will this affect her celebrity status? Beyonce is the hardest working woman in showbiz and and has probably worked the hardest in the last three months than she has in the previous seven years, recording an album, […]

Last week, President Barack Obama’s Uncle Onyango Obama was arrested for drunk driving in Framingham, Massachusetts. Police said Obama made a rolling stop through a stop sign and nearly caused a cruiser to hit his sport utility vehicle. Onyango, who is originally from Kenya, is the half brother of President Obama’s father. Onyango Obama who […]