Music

Erykah Badu played to a sold-out crowd at Atlanta’s Chastain Theater this weekend, but there was no “On and On” to be had — at

Some people just don’t get it. Or maybe some people just don’t understand or maybe even care about others or feel that they should be

Not only is Alicia Keys seen as seducing and stealing a married Swizz Beatz from his wife, she has also entered into a union with

The Internet was on fire yesterday as Kanye West threw the cyberworld a bone by leaking a track from his upcoming album featuring Beyoncé and

Former model-turned-rapper Angel Lola tried her best to split open Karrine “Superhead” Steffens’ cranium by hammering her on Twitter after viewing TV One’s “Life After”

Life struggles often present prime opportunities for self-development. For Young Money Entertainment’s Shanell such struggles continue to define her journey and music to this very

Fantasia Barrino’s representatives have confirmed media reports that the R&B singer overdosed on prescription medication and was taken to a North Carolina hospital. The “American

Rap impresario Jay-Z’s extraordinary life, from his humble Marcy Projects beginnings to his perch as a pop cultural icon and husband of Beyoncé, will be

I’m not sure what to think of Nicki Minaj. On the one hand, she is a refreshing voice in a male-dominated hip-hop landscape. By her

While reading Ted Gioia’s jazz.com blog about the ever-dwindling audience of American jazz lovers, I considered a question both jazz enthusiasts and detractors could appreciate:

Actor Sean Penn totally unloaded on Wyclef Jean’s bid for the presidency of Haiti on Sunday evening, questioning Wyclef’s motives and for being a “non-presence“ and being “virtually

Do thugs and gangsters help people? Conventional wisdom would suggest that they don’t. So either rap star 50 Cent has stopped considering himself to be

First it was making backpacks cool, then came the big sunglasses, next up tight Euro-cut suits all day. Kanye has tagged his new look with

10. Wyclef’s “We Tryin’ to Stay Alive” from his The Carnival album will replace “La Dessalinienne” as the national anthem … in English. 9. Beef

The timing of two major reports on Haitian-born singer-songwriter Wyclef Jean from TheSmokingGun.com is extremely suspicious. Yet it might go far in wrecking his chances

Young Money sensation Nicki Minaj added some theatrics and dramatics in the days leading up to the naming of her much-anticipated debut CD. She spent

Gucci Mane gave Atlanta area students a final summer party before the start of the 2010 school year this week. Hosted by V-103 radio station

The word  repeatedly used at the El Capitan Theater for the Step Up 3D premiere was “magical.” From the actors, dancers, and even rap star

New music material from the King of Pop is coming to stores this fall from Sony Music. MJ is believed to have left a treasures-chest

Church arrived a day early this past weekend during the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Gospel Brunch event held on Saturday, July 31. Bringing