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New York – A new poll has found that the majority of Americans want troops out of Afghanistan in a year. RELATED: Top 10 internet moments of the decade The polling firm, Rasmussen, which often has a conservative tilt, showed a liberal tilt exhibiting how the American public seems to be growing tired of the […]

Snoop Dogg & T-Pain‘s single “Boom” premiered late last week and the video is already here for your viewing pleasure.  The song is featured on Snoop’s upcoming album Doggumentary, out on March 29th.

Lil’ Wayne‘s upcoming Tha Carter IV album is one of the most anticipated albums of the year.  But we don’t know if this new song that leaked, “We Back Soon,” will be on it.

Brooklyn’s own Fabolous will be headlining a music festival in Ghana featuring musicians from Ghana and Nigeria, at the Dome of the Accra International Conference Centre on April 7th.

Today’s words of wisdom comes from First Lady Michelle Obama,  is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States.   She is the mother of two daughters, Malia and Sasha. Recently she launched the Let’s Move! campaign  to […]

Louisiana – Close to a week has gone by in New Orleans of partying. Tons of food, music, partying, and the customary beads of the celebration are around people’s necks. Before the Catholic holiday of Lent in which people usually fast from certain types of foods or drinks, people go out and party and indulge […]

To be quite honest, it wasn’t until Musiq Soulchild fell off the stage at Madison Square Garden awhile ago that we remembered that he was still around.  His last album or two slid past us without us knowing or even caring that they came out.

Charlemagne The God, Angela Yee and DJ Envy interviewed Lupe Fiasco, who has a new album Lasers is in stores now. The Chicago rapper talks label politics, not having commercial success, why he would never do a “No Hands” Remix and a lot more. “This is the fourth version of Lasers, between the second and […]

Life can be a challenge each day.  We all experience various situations throughout our day at home, work and just going along our way.  Being present and not sweating the small stuff is a safe and easy way to avoid making a move that you just might regret.

Nelly & Kelly Rowland’s video for “Gone” has finally debuted.  The song is said to be a sequel of sorts to their previous collaboration, 2002’s hit single “Dilemma.”

Of course one of Hip-Hop music’s greatest break beats is a jazz record. “Take Me to the Mardi Gras” by Bob James originally appeared on the jazz fusion artist’s album Two, released in 1975. A pianist arranger and producer, James has numerous records in his catalog that have been raided by producers over the years, […]

We all were happy when we heard Shyne got out of jail, but with every new song he releases, we’re wishing that he’d hang up the microphone and just devote all of his time to studying the Torah.