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Gospel great Smokie Norful is performing at the 2014 Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion this month and he stopped by the Tom Joyner Mornining Show to talk his new album, ‘Forever Yours’ and what to expect at the TJFR. “You’ll hear all new songs at the Reunion. I can’t wait to sing them,” Norful says. […]

See Robin Thicke’s In-Studio Jam here!  Robin Thicke has had a rough year. He and his wife, actress Paula Patton, split up and the ensuing attention as  he was trying hard to reconcile wasn’t too positive. Apparently, some people thought an R&B singer pouring his feelings out about heartbreak didn’t fit into the current vein […]

…and the beef continues. Any hope of a ‘Ladies Night’ type of reunion with the hottest female rappers out looks like it’ll never happen. ‘Cause in all honesty, if you’re going to do a female hip hop allegiance anthem on a song, you have to include the hottest one out now and you’d really have […]

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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A warrant has been issued for rapper Wiz Khalifa‘s arrest after he skipped a court date on a marijuana possession charge in West Texas. Online court records show the 26-year-old performer, whose real name is Cameron Thomaz, failed to appear for a scheduled Wednesday arraignment in an El Paso County […]

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We are big fans of R&B crooner Luke James. He recently tackled the hit single from up and coming singer Sam Smith, “Stay”, only weeks after actor Vin Diesel did a cover of the song. Check out the original version below. So let us know… James’ Luke James LP will be released September 23, 2014. […]

There was a time when you’d get excited about announcing a new Kanye West release. Now, it’s about announcing a new Kanye rant. The latest comes from a deposition in a now settled case where West was alleged to have attacked a paparazzo at the airport last July. (West took a plea deal that included anger […]

Sisterhood of Hip Hop, the latest in the ever-present slate of reality shows is premiering on Oxygen on Tuesday, August 12th. But you can get the extended preview right here. The group of five aspiring MC’s is going to show you the real trials and tribulations of being a woman in a male-dominated industry.  Nyemiah […]

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This weekend, while we were catching up on some much-needed sleep, Beyonce pulled a Beyonce and released the remix to “Flawless” featuring Nicki Minaj. While folks haven’t stopped talking about the line where Bey addresses “Cartergate,” one person was more stuck on Nicki’s verse. Lil’ Kim, who recently gave birth to her daughter Royal Reign, […]

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The Hollywood Bowl will host a huge James Brown tribute concert on Aug. 16, featuring alumni from the singer’s bands fronted by vocalists D’Angelo, Aloe Blacc, Angelique Kidjo and Bettye LaVette. The event was spearheaded by “Get on Up” executive producer Peter Afterman and jazz bassist Christian McBride, according to Billboard.com. McBride, who worked with […]

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Lexus and TV One announced today the show stopping return of the NAACP Image Award-nominated variety show “Verses and Flow,” premiering on Saturday, August 16, at…

It seems like everyone is having relationship difficulties these days. Rapper Future and his fiancee Ciara, who just had a baby, are on the Relationship Death Watch lately because although they were seen together all the time before the birth of their son, Future, as of late, they’re never seen together. Speculation only increased this […]

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Billboard is reporting stirrings in the Janet Jackson camp. More than six years after her last record “Discipline” hit the streets, the youngest member of the Jackson siblings is said to be back in the studio working on new music. The news comes from vocal producer and engineer Ian Cross, who assisted her last three […]