Music
Malcolm X and rap music have always fit together like a needle in the groove, connected by struggle, strength and defiance. But three recent episodes involving the use or misuse of Malcolm and other black icons have raised the question: Has rap lost touch with black history? Chart-topping rapstress Nicki Minaj provoked widespread outrage with […]
02/28/14- Nikki Woods goes BEYOND THE STUDIO with Pharrell Williams who just took home four GRAMMY awards this year including Producer of the Year, Album of the year for Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories bringing him to a career-spanning total of seven GRAMMYS. And now his blockbuster song Happy is continuing to heat up the […]
Rick Ross finds himself defending yet another offensive lyric on the second anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s death.“Trayvon Martin, I’m never missing my target,” he raps…
Pharrell Announces New Album Underneath Pharrell’s “Smokey The Bear” hat is a whirlwind of ideas that are comfortably swirling around just waiting to be released…
When Toni Braxton appeared on Bethenny this week, she talked about dating, her reality TV show and her divorce from former Mint Condition member Keri Williams, father of her two sons. But one of the most controversial things she said is that her amicable divorce from Williams was a very “Caucasian” divorce. The two live […]
For her second album “Friends & Lovers,” soul singer Marsha Ambrosius has really gotten in touch with her sexuality. In her latest video for the…
It wasn’t enough that party promoters thought using Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s likeness wearing gold chains to advertise a party was cool or that Russell Simmons thought making fun of Harriet Tubman was funny or that Li’l Wayne thought that comparing rough sex to Emmit Till’s death was okay. Now rapstress Nicki Minaj has gone and […]
When it comes to funk, as illustrated in the new VH1 documentary Finding the Funk airing again on VH1 in March, there are several groups that are well-known. There is Parliament Funkadelic, Sly Stone and Slave as well as current folks like Janelle Monae and others who’ve taken up the mantle. But without the Bar-Kays, […]
“Sunday Best” season 7 auditions are going down! It’s hard to believe BET’s gospel competition show is on its seventh season, but they’re back and…
Whitney Houston‘s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown has reportedly lined up a couple of powerhouse mentors in her quest to become a pop star like her late mother. Radar Online is reporting that Mariah Carey and former “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson are serving as her advisors. “Mariah and Randy were close friends of Whitney’s and […]
Ashanti fans can stop waiting for her next album with baited breath. The Grammy Award winner’s fifth solo project “Braveheart” is scheduled to hit stores…
To hear how a young Marvin Sapp celebrated Valentine’s Day and what soul crooner he loves, listen to the audio above. Black history is made every day. For Pastor Marvin Sapp, it’s not just his Michigan-based church, Lighthouse, and his powerful gospel music testimony anchored by his classic hit “Never Would Have Made It,” it’s […]
