Singer Eric Benet recently sat down with legendary rapper and producer DJ D-Nice where he spoke about his childhood, music and sex.  Growing up Eric and his siblings had discriminating tastes in music from R&B, Funk, Gospel, Jazz Fusion and Rock. Growing up in a musical environment, he thought everyone’s family was like his: come […]

Over the weekend, Jazmine Sullivan performed at the 19th Annual Stone Soul Picnic in Druid Hill Park in Baltimore. This was Jazmine Sullivan’s first performance since she has been working on her new album and she rocked it.

A new song from Fantasia titled “Lucky” recently leaked. Apparently, it was recorded for, but didn’t make the cut for her upcoming album, Back to Me, set to be released on 8/24.The song gives details about her married boyfriend’s manhood and marriage.

Does Ciara ever give her booty a rest??Several sources are citing ‘Gimme Dat’ as the title of her second single from her 4th studio album, ‘Basic Instinct’ (out on August 17th).  The Tricky Stewarttrack is pop-pop-popping and is guaranteed to get everyone on the dance floor.

Remember all of the controversy a few years ago over the credit card swipe in Nelly’s “Tip Drill?” Well, Marques Houston’s new video “Pullin’ On Her Hair” raises the stakes on how black women are degraded in music videos. The single is the first release off Houston’s album “Mattress Music” due Sept. 14.

Kelis recently stopped by the Cherrytree House to perform her some tracks from her latest album, “Flesh Tone,” acoustically. The singer performed stripped-back versions of her tracks at the Cherrytree House, which artists including Lady GaGa and Robyn have also performed.

One of the most famous feuds in hip-hop just got more interesting. Lil’ Kim recently sat down for an interview with our friends over at AOL Black Voices and went in on her 90’s rival:

If you missed last night’s episode of VH1’s “Behind The Music: Usher,” here’s your chance to see it in it’s entirety. Usher became one of R&B’s BIGGEST rising stars in the 90s, after his mentor Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, and his label boss LA Reid took him under their wing at just 13.

Lauryn Hill’s 12-year old daughter Selah is gorgeous and may have a future singing career ahead of her…with a little training, she could be on her way to stardom. Take a listen: Lauryn Hill Reveals In Rare Interview Why She Left Music & Why She’ll Return What Is Wrong With Lauryn Hill’s Hair?? http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js

R&B singer Lloyd took to Twitter last night to apologize to Ciara. The singer apologized to Ciara for calling her a “Hollywood B*tch” in a past issue of Hip Hop Weekly:

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At the Andre Harrell Superstar Soul Search auditions in Atlanta, 50 regional singers competed for a chance to win a recording contract and $10,000. Check out the recap and make sure you come out and support the auditions this Saturday at The Horn!

Kelis has been extremely vocal in the past few weeks about her divorce, the birth of her child and the release of her fifth album. She’s fed the press with a lot of golden material, but what about her new album? Where does it fit and what does it say about this vivacious starlet?