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If Los Angeles prosecutors have it their way, singer Rihanna will appear in court on June 22 to testify against Chris Brown. According to Rihanna’s

Trumpeter Scotty Barnhart Takes Jazz Back to the Basics After 17 years as a professional trumpeter, renowned musician Scotty Barnhart is finally releasing his debut

Vibe Magazine’s popular showcase series, VSessions premiered in Atlanta for the first time last night, and it was interesting — to say the least. The

  Rapster Records Continuing in the remembrance of legendary producer, J. Dilla, Dillanthology 2 this time takes a look at some of Dilla’s remixes. From

 While Atlanta is sitting pretty atop hip-hop’s throne, Chicago has been steadily giving the ruler a run for its money. Although it’s touted for having

 Continuing in the remembrance of legendary producer, J. Dilla, Dillanthology 2 this time takes a look at some of Dilla’s remixes. From De La Soul’s

ATLANTA– Before a packed crowd of approximately16,000 people on Sunday, May 24, T.I. bid a final farewell to fans before heading off to serve a

  Heads Up International Contemporary jazz artist Candy Dulfer employs a limited palette of genres and influences on her 12th album and wielding a sound

 Def JamThere was a time when the pairing of Redman and Method Man was greeted with fanfare and high expectations. The veteran emcees’ second album

 Heads UpZap Mama’s latest project, aptly titled ReCreation is the perfect project for these disheartening times. ReCreation provides a sense of tranquility and relaxation “to

   Images by Hannibal Matthews ‘I just really kicked down the doors at the record label and just ran in taking money.’ Love him or

  DJ Drama has rallied the troops and returned with a second installment of his Gangsta Grillz album series. While there’s nothing spectacularly different to

 Reprise 2004’s American Idiot was an unexpected masterpiece for a band that most people had written off in the late ‘90s. Now that Green Day

   Images by Benjamin Jones for Steed Media Service Ro caught up with LeToya Luckett on the brink of releasing her new album, Lady Love,

  On May 18, at approximately 3:10 p.m. in Los Angeles, Roderick Anthony Burton II was gunned down in a shopping mall. Known to the

Multiplatinum-selling singer Usher may have had the flu, but that didn’t stop him from coming out to celebrate his induction into the Boys & Girls

  First, he conquered the South. Now Clifford “T.I.” Harris has slain the fire-breathing dragon with an appetite for African American flesh — aka the

  Diplomatic Man-Asylum Love him or hate him, Killa Cam always keeps it interesting. On his latest release, Crime Pays, the Harlem MC tries to

Inside a posh L.A. sneaker shop, Ginuwine is chilling. As he browses the brightly colored sneakers that decorate the walls of the shop, he smiles

Being an attractive female singer is hard. Yes, your face may end up plastered all over billboards, MTV2 and the latest lotion commercials, but at