Los Angeles, CA (December 8, 2014) – Selma, the first Hollywood studio film with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as the lead protagonist, is the top winner among the critics representing the African-American Film Critics Association (A...
After 22 years in the music business, Mary J. Blige felt it was time to reinvent her musical identity. The “Queen of Hip Hop Soul” took a month-long pilgrimage to the United Kingdom this past summer to concoct a new sound with som...
Black filmmakers have struck gold at box offices nationwide in recent years with films like Jumping The Broom, Ride Along, the Think Like a Man series, The Best Man Holiday and Lee Daniels’ The Butler. However, it is hard to...
Jessica Goodman of the Huffington Post is reporting that a member of the pioneering rap group the Sugarhill Gang has died. Henry “Big Bank Hank” Jackson passed away on Tuesday from complications due to cancer. The auth...
There’s an old adage that says when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has done just that, turning a life full of challenges and pain into one marked by triumph and joy. Winfrey has shared so much of h...
After 13 years recording for major labels and releasing nine total studio albums, T.I. is completely aware that he can be set in his ways when it comes to his musical identity. His methodology for recording new material hasn’t cha...
There’s a line in the second verse of Rihanna’s club banger, “Pour It Up,” where she proclaims, “My fragrance on and they love my smell.” It’s the best line that mirrors the 26-year-old Bajan superstar’s current ...
James Brown is undoubtedly one of the most influential entertainers in the history of American music and culture. Known as “The Godfather of Soul,” he is revered for his musical genius, social consciousness and promoti...
Mike Schneider of the Associated Press is reporting that the trial of four members of Florida A&M’s marching band charged with felony hazing and manslaughter in the death of drum major Robert Champion has begun. In 2011,...
Nas: Time is Illmatic is a feature documentary that chronicles the preconditions and circumstances leading up to the making of the rapper’s seminal 1994 debut album, Illmatic. Unlike most music-centered documentaries, which ...
