Singer-songwriter Frank Ocean has the worst luck when it comes to the songs he chooses to sample. After being threatened with a copyright infringement lawsuit…

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…

1. Indulge in yourself. Since Valentine’s Day is all about love, spending the day loving yourself makes perfect sense. Leave an hour early from work…

Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg has been known to collaborate with artists most wouldn’t expect him to work with. He’s worked with Willie Nelson all the…

The Hip-Hop Chess Federation (HHCF) is proud to announce that it will host its upcoming Chess Kings Invitational , a celebrity chess tournament, at the…

Watching the Grammys last night was a snoozefest. There’s gotta be something wrong with an awards show where the most exciting moment is the Twitter feedback on Pharrell Williams‘ hat, which now has its own Twitter account.  Sure, there were highlights. Pharrell, Grammy’s Producer of the Year, performed with Stevie Wonder and Daft Punk in an […]

If you’ve never heard of Atlanta-based singer Algebra Blessett, you’re missing out. But you can make up for it by checking out her new CD Recovery, out tomorrow. The soulful R&B singer has her own unique take on life, love and relationships and a lot of us can relate. “I believe that when we lay […]

  There are new beginnings in 2014 for singer-songwriter and all around music jack-of-all-trades The Dream. He announced yesterday via Instagram that he was ending…

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Prince’s all-female band 3rd Eye Girl has posted a video of the superstar performing with them in Portugal. The clip, lasting three minutes and 31 seconds, was posted on YouTube  Wednesday and shows Prince singing his 2010 song “Cause and Effect” to a huge crowd at Coliseu De Lisboa in Lisbon in August. The musician […]

R&B’s new age poster child for heartbreak Keyshia Cole is back to making the type of music that helped her blow up in the game.…

If You Missed It, Little Known Black History Facts, Originals

One of the least-known names in music history is a Waco, Texas native named Tom Wilson. Tom Wilson was a black Harvard graduate, a DJ and producer who was described as a “Do-It-Yourself” man, who designed album covers, took photographs, and provided liners. In 1954, he started his own record label, Transition Records. One of […]

Despite breaking countless music records in 2013, singer Rihanna hasn’t slowed down yet. On top of being back in the studio working on her eighth…