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If you aren’t familiar with singer Mali Music, then you’re in for a refreshing treat. The L.A. native hit the national stage in 2011 at the BET Awards as the first inspirational artist to perform on the Music Matters platform. It’s been said that Mali is “equally gifted as Lauryn Hill in the arts of […]

Fantasia says that she’s enjoying this season in her life, starring as the featured guest in the new Broadway musical “After Midnight.” Along with host Dule Hill and some of the greatest dance and singing talent on Broadway, they recreate the feeling of the famed Cotton Club nightclub with an array of musical numbers. Fantasia […]

Holding his microphone and rocking a suit and tie, Kendrick Lamar covers GQ’s annual Men of the Year issue in style! The magazine named the…

These days, Eric Benet is embracing being a “Real Husband of Hollywood,” among other things. Benet was married to Halle Berry from 2001 – 2004 and is now married to Prince’s second ex-wife Manuela Testolini, with whom he has a baby girl. Personal life and reality TV stardom aside, the singer/songwriter has some exciting new […]

Singer Akon has a lot to say about relationships and monogamy. The 40-year-old singer, who hit with Konvicted in 2006, says that his polygamous relationships (he reportedly had five children with four wives as of 2007) are actually the norm and he’s just being upfront and honest about it. In 2007, his 23-year-old fiancee told the media […]

On the 2014 Fantastic Voyage, don’t expect to see President Barack Obama, Russian president Vladimir Putin, or German chancellor Angela Merkel on the ship. No, the Heads of State that will be onboard the Carnival Conquest will be the kind that can sing. That means you can expect Johnny Gill, Bobby Brown and Ralph Tresvant […]

Rapper Busta Rhymes is hard at work on his upcoming album “Extinction Level Event 2: The Final World Front.” The second single off the album…

Special K is fulling a request in today’s Hip-Hop Translation from a 48-year-old woman who loves Jay Z “Tom Ford,” but can’t quite understand what he’s saying. Listen to…

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Brown has countersued a man who accused the R&B star’s entourage of attacking him outside a recording studio earlier this year. The singer filed an assault and battery lawsuit Wednesday against Sha’keir Duarte, who claimed in an earlier suit that he was injured when a fight erupted between Brown and […]

NEW YORK – New York’s famed Cotton Club may have closed over a half century ago, but its reputation as a showcase for black talent remains strong. The new Broadway musical “After Midnight” is an exuberant tribute to the Black dance and music performers who made the club legendary. Conceived by a partnership between City […]

Special K is switching things up in today’s  Hip-Hop Translation. Listen to him translate Nicki Minaj “Super Bass” for all the people who never know what she’s…

What’s done in the dark has a way of finding its way into the light. Some time last year supermodel Tyra Banks went on a…