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You didn’t think the Michael Jackson tribute concert would go off without a hitch did you? Of course you didn’t and, by the way, it didn’t. Jennifer Hudson is one reason why, reports TMZ: Hudson’s no-show at the Michael Jackson tribute concert Saturday caught the show’s producers completely off-guard … especially since she was already […]

NEW YORK — The birthplace of Hip-Hop is facing a foreclosure auction. 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, credited as the birthplace of hip hop, is the site of one of Hip-Hop’s founding fathers, Kool DJ Herc who helped create hip the culture as we know it. RELATED: Bronx Birthplace Of Hip-Hop Saved From Destruction Curbed reports: Turns out it hasn’t […]

More tidbits and cute pics have emerged from Nicki Minaj’s ‘Cosmopolitan’ feature in which she shows off her girlie smile for the November cover story.  Inside, she reveals her pre-career suicidal thoughts as well as how she’s played the game as a female in the industry.  She also speaks on the Lady Gaga comparisons and […]

Oprah Winfrey has received another big bailout check for her own; for her OWN network that is. I know you might be thinking why would Oprah Winfrey need a bailout check with her recently being ranked as the highest-earning woman in entertainment, according to Forbes magazine; earning $290 million from May 2010 to May 2011. […]

Labor Sec. Hilda Solis joined Roland Martin on the set of Washington Watch to discuss the new jobs numbers, what the White House is doing to get Americans back to work and the American Jobs Act.

It has been amazing listening to various critics of the Occupy Wall Street protests suggest that somehow what they’re doing is un-American. I’m the same person who said that the Tea Party had an absolute right to do what they were actually doing. In fact, I also said it was a welcome sight to see […]

On Saturday, October 29, the ladies will host the 27th Annual Stellar Awards Nominations and Concert along with comedian, Akintunde in Nashville, TN. The concert will include performances by Isaac Carree, William McDowell, Y’Anna Crawley and more. Angel & Chanelle debuted at #1 on both Billboard’s Top Gospel Album chart and the Top Christian/Gospel Album […]

After Herman Cain’s interview with MSNBCs Lawrence O’Donell, more attention has been paid to his time at Morehouse College in Atlanta during the apex of the civil rights movement. Cain had previously said he was a high school student during the civil rights movement and wasn’t old enough to participate, but records show he attended […]

A group of girls trying to beat paying for the train at a Harlem station resisted arrest by the NYPD when they were caught trying to do so, according to a video uploaded to YouTube. The four teens tried skipping out on the $2.25 fare before hopping onto a train at the 125th St. station […]

Trey Songz is no stranger to taking it to the sheets for some on camera love-making in his music videos. Earlier today, Rocawear released a hot, sultry and too hot for TV teaser video for their new Evolution fragrance starring Trey Songz. Check out the short clip below: Earlier this year, Trey spoke with Uptown […]

SEATTLE — Benjamin Francis, also known as Phoenix Jones, a self proclaimed superhero, was charged with assault for allegedly pepper spraying people while they were dancing. Francis claims that the people were fighting and he was trying to break it up. Seattle “Superhero” Gets Nose Broken After Breaking Up Fight Real Life Superhero “Phoenix Jones” […]

Like Rihanna and Nicki Minaj (and plenty others) before her, rapper Diamond aka Ms.32 Flavaz is now giving lapdances to fans.  See video of the former-Crime Mob member putting a smile on a fan’s face inside…. We haven’t heard much from Diamond lately, outside of her relationships with Lil’ Scrappy and Soulja Boy, she’s been off the […]