Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Shrine Auditorium 665 West Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles When: September 23, 2003 What: The Philly-based rap duo become the first Rap act to win a Grammy for their song “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” «  PREVIOUS NEXT  » In celebration of Black Music Month, TheUrbanDaily’s “It’s All Black Music” presents 100 […]

Willow and Jaden Smith are mentoring Michael Jackson’s kids, Paris, Blanket and Prince. The Smith and Jackson kids were spotted hanging out at a Los Angeles film set. Jackson’s mother and guardian of the children, Katherine,  set up the meeting because she felt Willow and Jaden Smith would be positive influences on her grand kids. […]

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith have been married for 13 years. And from the looks of every televised and print interview, they may be the horniest, but also most loving, open-minded and well-adjusted couple Hollywood has seen in a long, long time. One Essence editor got the chance to pick Will’s brain on how to […]

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Imagine a handsome and successful Hollywood executive who brokers multi-million dollar movie deals during the week, and on the weekends is a charismatic preacher who brings souls to Christ.  If it sounds like a pitch for  the latest movie, think again.  Meet DeVon Franklin, VP of Production for Columbia Pictures, whose spearheaded blockbusters like The Pursuit of Happyness, […]

Nicki Minaj has already made her mark in the music business and now has plans to take over Hollywood. The young money barbie is taking this acting thing pretty serious. At the MTV Movie Awards Nicki tells Entertainment Weekly, “I went to school to be an actress. I never expected to be a rapper. It […]

Nicki Minaj is still an actress at heart. She’s made it clear in several interviews that she has her sights set on Hollywood, and she recently revealed who she’d like to work with, as well. “I went to school to be an actress. I never expected to be a rapper. It just fell in my […]

Jada Pinkett looks amazing on the June/July cover of Uptown Magazine. The accomplished actress and mother of three tells Uptown “Whеn Jaden dіd Thе Pursuit οf Happiness, I wаѕ supposed tο gο οn tour wіth Guns N’ Roses іn Europe.[…][Turning down the offer and disbanding the group] wаѕ probably thе mοѕt heartbreaking experience. Bυt whаt […]

NEW YORK—Actor Will Smith is the latest black celebrity victim killed by the Internet after a story posted on FakeAWish.com gained traction around the Web and among fans on Twitter. According to reports, Smith fell from a cliff in New Zealand; a location that’s been named in several other spoof celebrity deaths. The “cliff” in […]

Will Smith is using his Hollywood clout to develop a film which will be a modern day adaptation of the biblical story of Job. In the Bible, Job was tested by God after Satan said that Job only served God because He offered His protection to Job.