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Aretha Franklin is finally speaking out about Fantasia boycotting this year’s Grammy Awards. We received an exclusive statement from Aretha’s publicist stating that she was “sorry” the American Idol winner didn’t make the show and she also offered some advice to Fantasia: “I was sorry to hear that Fantasia was upset because she did not […]

When Danger Mouse released The Grey Album, a mash-up of The Beatles self-titled 1968 album, also known as The White Album, with Jay-Z’s 2003 album The Black Album, the Beatles’ record label, EMI, put a stop to its distribution because none of the samples of the Fab Four’s work had been cleared.  It turns out […]

Cee Lo Green is in talks with NBC to serve as a judge on their upcoming singing competition show, “The Voice.”  The network is also in talks with Maroon 5’s Adam Levine and has confirmed the participation of an as-yet-unnamed high-profile female celeb.

Che “Rhymefest” Smith has made it to a run-off election for a Chicago City Council seat.  The Chicago-based rapper received 20 percent of the votes in yesterday’s election.

Raekwon grabs his Cuban Linx co-conspirator Ghostface Killah and Rick Ross for the latest leak off of his new album, Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang.  “Molasses” sounds like some glorious old school hip-hop, with enough of a modern sensibility that Hot 97 shouldn’t run away from it.

Caktuz borrows Carolina brethren J Cole’s beat to “In The Morning” ft Drake for another of his ‘#OverTheWallWeds.’ weekly free downloads. Taking the song into another direction, Caktuz unravels a story of bittersweet heartbreak, while flipping Coles hook to; “Can I still hit it in the mornin'” A very emotionally driven track, it makes you […]

The newest couple on the block– Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose cheesed it up for the Fader Mag cameras. Wiz is the cover boy for their Spring Style issue. After the pic hit the net, Kanye West Tweeted this: Is he referring to Amber Rose? If so, Kanye did you really think otherwise? Amber Rose […]

We imagine at one time someone did Benita wrong and instead of getting even, she went home and put pen to paper. We can only assume that because she sings straight from her soul and she sings with truth. In fact, if you were brokenhearted, her music would be your best friend. Think of her […]

Kanye West has put out hit after hit since his debut album College Dropout right? It’s almost like the guy can’t put out a bad song if he wanted to (with maybe one exception). So having to pick the top 10 Kanye West songs is not too hard. Check it out below as we rank […]

Rap-Up TV caught up with Ciara during All Star Weekend to ask her about the infamous Facebook letter she posted on her Facebook page in regards to wanting to be released from Jive Records. The young star says: “I guess the best thing for me to say is that letter was from my heart and […]

Radio One’s HOT 102.7 (WHTD) is currently holding a contest for Detroit Public High Schools to win an appearance by Lupe Fiasco.

Have you ever wanted to go to a theater to see a movie but been frustrated by the options available to you?  It seems like every movie out now is a sequel or a rebooted franchise.