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Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare)Studio 4 444 N. 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123 When: February 6, 1992 What: The wunderkind producer discovers the 12-year-old Kris Kross, writing and producing the first single from their debut album Totally Krossed Out, which goes on to sell over four million copies, launching his career in […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare)Wishard Hospital 1001 West 10th Street Indianapolis, IN 1001 West 10th StreetIndianapolis, IN When: July 15, 1990 What: While horsing around after a show, Troy “Trouble T-Roy” Dixon, one of Heavy D’s dancers, fell off a balcony and died from his injuries. T-Roy’s passing, though tragic, inspired a […]

This week’s episode of VH1’s “Single Ladies,”  featured a host of situations that us ladies could relate to. Whether it happened to you directly or indirectly, we’ve all been acquainted with these situations by some sort of association. So you haven’t experienced it, I assure you one of your girlfriends has, and that is why […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Future Records Recording Studio 4338 Virginia Beach Boulevard Virginia Beach, VA 23452-1238 When: 1990 What: Harlem native Teddy Riley was instrumental in the rise of New Jack Swing; R&B infused with Hip-Hop flavored beats. After making his move to VA he would influence a number of new […]

By Bakari Kitwana Political activists around the country are still absorbing the news of Geronimo ji Jaga’s death. For those of us who came of age in the 80s and 90s, the struggles of the late 1960s and early 1970s were in many ways a gateway for our examination of the history of Black political […]

When it comes to MCing Rapper Jean Grae has super powers to spare. Even though her namesake is not in this latest X-Men flick, it only made sense that she reviewed the latest in the franchise, X-Men: First Class. Check out her review courtesy of NextMovie.com. “I’m really glad it didn’t suck…” – Jean Grae […]

Garcelle Beauvais covers this week’s edition of Jet magazine (June 6) where, inside, she discusses discovering her husband’s secret affair and becoming a single mom. Read some excerpts below! On her feelings when she discover her husband cheating: I couldn’t believe this was happening to me. Not because I am special, but because I have […]

BRISBANE, Australia— American rapper Tyler Okonma, aka Tyler The Creator,  lashed out at the city of Brisbane, Australia,  describing it as a ‘city of racists’, and also stated that ‘They hate N****s Out here’, during a visit to the country down under.

Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Estelle, Russell Simmons and many more celebs attended to CFDA Fashion Awards at the Lincoln center in New York. Dressed in their best Kanye hit up the purple carpet in a white blazer and Stubbs & Wootton slippers. Lady Gaga, the showstopper as always, wore a Nicki Minaj-esque turquoise wig, 12 inch […]