https://youtu.be/h92aa1eGe-4 If there’s one thing the BET Awards get right nearly every year, it is the lifetime achievement performance. This year was no different as Yolanda Adams, Ledisi, and Marsha Ambrosius all helped host Jamie Foxx pay tribute to the one and only Anita Baker. https://twitter.com/BETAwards/status/1011071175806500864 https://twitter.com/Trillest_RSA/status/1011073817450614785 After the rousing performance, Baker took the stage to accept her award, preaching for […]
Y’all better stop playing with Nipsey Hussle. The Crenshaw rapper blessed some guy with the hand of God after a parking dispute at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. Reports TMZ: Nipsey Hussle unleashed a vicious slap on a man’s face in the middle of an argument over where he could park his whip … […]
Who would have thought Cam’ron was the sentimental type? Today (June 23), the Harlem rapper took to Instagram to honor the mother of his son, who just graduated high school, and it was all types of heartwarming. https://www.instagram.com/p/BkWl9q9ADo8/ Cam is a proud papa as his son—the same little dude from the Come Home With […]
To end an amazing school year for the Covenant House Georgia youth, on Friday June 8th, HOT 107.9 and Saving Our Daughters, partnered again for the 4th Annual Glam and Prom day. This year’s special celebrity guest from HOT 107.9 Mz. Shyneka, surprised the Covenant House with a visit before Glam Day started, touring the […]
Since the 90’s Sprite has signed on top Hip-Hop personalities to market their iconic green cans. For summer 2018 the sparkling beverage is teaming up with some new blood. Dubbed “The Fresh Face Series” the new campaign will feature the likes of rappers Logic, KYLE, MadeItTYO, social media funnyman Jay Versace and producer Wondagurl. To […]
YouTube has announced they will be bringing the untold story of one of Hip-Hop’s iconic and influential sub-genres G-Funk. The popular video streaming platform acquired the highly-anticipated music documentary G-Funk: The Untold Story of Warren G and How Hip-Hop’s Most Iconic Sub-Genre Came To Be. It will be told through the eyes of Warren G who is the pioneer […]
Jim Jones is in a whole heap of trouble. Early today (June 21), the Harlem rapper was arrested in Coweta County after being in the backseat of a car involved in a brief police chase on Wednesday night. WSB-TV reports the Coweta County authorities spied a gray Mercedes SUV heading south on I-85, which is […]
Another African American teenager has been killed by the hands of police. The Hip-Hop community is of course angry and is now (at least one rapper is) asking for the death penalty. Yesterday (June 20) officers shot and killed Antwan Rose. Along with two others, the 17-year old was spotted in a car that was […]
Earlier this month, rumors about Instagram looking to take on YouTube by allowing users to upload hour long videos were in the air. Yesterday (June 20), we found out Instagram was dead serious about the idea. Via its blog, IInstagram announced they now have a global community of 1 billion users and a new standalone app, […]
An expected effect of XXXTentacion‘s shooting death on Monday (June 18) was certain to be that fans and the curious would turn to his music. As a result, the 20-year-old rapper shattered Taylor Swift‘s single-day streaming record on Spotify with 10.4 million streams Tuesday (June 19) for the “SAD!” track. Billboard writes: On Tuesday, the […]
Kobe Bryant hauled in an Oscar this year for his animated short film Dear Basketball, adding yet another weighty accomplishment to his already full trophy case. The former Los Angles Lakers superstar was denied entry into the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences as he doesn’t quite have the body of work to do […]
Mary J. Blige pulled from her emotional depths usually reserved for songs and displayed superb acting chops in Dee Rees’ Mudbound film in 2017. The R&B star and new divorcee will take to the screen once again in a leading role in the upcoming horror-thriller, Body Cam. Deadline reports: The two-time Oscar nominee and nine-Grammy […]