Rihanna has remained relevant in an ever changing industry by constantly reinventing herself. Since busting on the scene rocking an island girl spice, Rihanna has gone through several different looks and attitudes. Check out some of her most memorable looks and see how far she’s come. RELATED POSTS: Rihanna Gets “Thug Life” Tattoo! Rihanna Invites […]
Another day, another attempt for members of the press to pretend Chris Brown and Rihanna are like the R&B Zach Morris and Kelly Kapowski and destined to be together. This time, it’s the site RumorFix, which claims sources tell them that Rih-Rih held up Grammy rehearsals on the Sony lot in Los Angeles because she […]
Producer Mona Scott Young narrates us through the “Love & Hip Hop” reunion which wasn’t the traditional drama fest we were hoping for! Chrissy Lampkin From “Love & Hip Hop” Pregnant? Love and Hip Hop Getting ‘Reality Check’ Over a Reunion Olivia Drops New Video “Walk Away” Hot OR Not? Jim Jones Remakes Rihanna’s “Cockiness” […]
Baltimore Ravens need to find a new back up for Ray Rice. Ricky Williams is retiring for the third and final time. Williams, 34, told the Ravens office he wouldn’t be back to fulfill the second year of his contract. When Williams wasn’t playing the bench, he ran for 444 yards and scored two touchdowns. […]
Words By MC Would you have guessed that Queen Latifah’s small role as Lawshawn, the tell-it-like-it-is waitress who cussed out Wesley Snipes for bringing the white girl to Sylvia’s in Spike Lee’s 1991 film Jungle Fever, would lead to a career spanning 35 movies, dozens of television roles and the official emergence of Dana Owens […]
Words By Adisa Banjoko Before landing her career changing slot on “American Idol”, R&B star Jennifer Hudson had a 5-year recording contract with Righteous Records. It is said that Righteous Records put Jennifer through a rigorous year of charm school, physical fitness and live performance training before releasing her from her contract so that she […]
Fewer people have held such influence over our culture like Diddy. From Bad Boy to Sean John, Mr. Combs has made almost as big of an impact on what we wear as he has on what we hear, evidenced in 2003 when he resurrected a long forgotten style trend born out of a simple mission: […]
Words by MC Even though writer Sophia Stewart’s lawsuit against the Wachowski’s was dismissed, no one should have needed a judge to tell them that the block buster film trilogy that was The Matrix, was a black brainchild. Friday Five: Places That Celebrate MLK Day Let’s examine the facts. The smartest person in the classic […]
Saturday afternoon, a flash mob took over Times Square in New York City to honor the memory of “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius. Playing 70’s classics like The Jackson Five’s “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough”, some fans really got into the spirit by donning Afro wigs and roller skates and grooved down the now […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
