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When you think about MCs from Queens,NY one of the first names that comes to mind is Nasir Jones.  His style and lyrics were cultivated in the famous Queens Bridge Housing projects and for years he as served as a proud ambassador of the Q-Boro. Nas even returned to his old stomping grounds to record is latest video, “Nasty.” However, Nas wasn’t actually born in Queens.

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In a game where superstars of each generation set and break new records every year, it gets pretty tough to be the first to do anything, but not impossible. After all, black athletes may dominate the field but the coaching staffs (and the owner’s boxes) of the NFL have always been pretty slim on African American representatives. So when the Indianapolis Colts met up with the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl

Black History Month is in full effect. Nickelodeon is participating by having stars of their shows recite poetry for influential figures in the Civil Rights Movement. How To Rock star and daughter of Master P, Cymphonique Miller honored Rosa Parks in her video clip. Cymphonique reflects on Parks on how Parks’ refusal to give up her seat in the front of the bus future

When producer Wyatt “Wyldfyer” Coleman says he started making beats in “the lab,” he’s not just tossing around industry jargon. Before he brought the world beats like Jay-Z and Nas’s “Black Republicans” or Kendrick Lamar’s “Kush and Corinthians,” the Philly native was pioneering the mobile studio—sort of.

“Black Republicans”

“We would be at the Spelman computer lab, me and

Long before battling rappers on wax and cowboys on the screen, Common aka Lonnie Lynn Jr. was attending Florida A&M University on scholarship majoring in Business Administration.

Where Presidents Play and Writers Find Their Muse

The rapper formerly known as Sense had a strict three-hour-a-day studying regimen, but his mind was still on rapping. In his book One Day It’ll All Make Sense, he wrote that he recorded “A

In a recent interview with TheUrbandaily about his new album Groovy People, legendary songwriter and producer Leon Huff shared how he and his partner Kenny Gamble came to create the “Soul Train” theme song:

Exploring The Sound Of Philadelphia

..It was a dance show and he was very excited about it. He had everything in place, the only thing missing was a theme song. When he came to us he

“Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius, 75, was found dead in his Sherman Oaks, CA home this morning from an apparent suicide! According to TMZ, his body was found at 4am PT with a gun shot wound to the head which they are deeming as a self inflicted wound.

Celebrities React To Death Of Don Cornelius

Even if you don’t know his name, you know his music. Lenny Williams’ classic ballad “Cause I Love You” has been sampled by everyone from Kanye West to Scarface and remains one of the most well-known love songs of the past thirty years.
Fact: Lenny Williams won a BMI Award With Kanye West for Twista’s “Overnight Celebrity”

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On January 22, 2003 Black television changed forever. Comedian Dave Chappelle premiered his late night sketch comedy show on Comedy Central filling a void in late night television that had been vacated by the likes of “The Aresenio Hall Show” and  “In Living Color.” But Dave’s irreverent humor was in a class all its own.
Fact: The Clayton Bigsby character was based

Gathered in front of Washington’s elite over the weekend, President Barack Obama once again commanded the crowd much like his pointed State of the Union address last week. Saturday night, Obama spoke during the annual Alfalfa Club, a social organization comprised of politicians and other influential persons. The sitting president is typically asked to address the attendees, and Obama delivered laughs even at his expense.

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