While backstage on a tour stop Rihanna was fitted for grill that she’ll be sporting in the upcoming video for “You Da One.” Listening to her try to speak with the tech’s hand all in her mouth is hilarity. Talk That Talk for real, Rihanna. RELATED POSTS: Sub? Rihanna Tweets Drake Lyrics Rihanna Booed In […]

Last night was an emotional episode of “The X-Factor USA” as one of our favorite contestants, Rachel Crow, was eliminated. Upon receiving news of getting the boot off the show, the 13 year old broke down and cried her eyes out, which I’m almost positive made everyone at home shed a tear or two, including myself.  Rachel […]

NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK (NAN), ALONG WITH LABOR & CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS TO ATTACK JOBLESSNESS & VOTER ID LAWS THAT ARE THREATENING PEOPLE’S VOTER RIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON DECEMBER 9TH AS PART OF 25-CITY RALLY FOR JOBS & JUSTICE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK & REV. AL SHARPTON, ALONG WITH LABOR LEADERS & COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS TO LEAD […]

Say what!? Mama Ev is dating someone?!!  Last night on the “Braxtons Family Values”, the girls found out that their mom was jumping back in the dating game! Towanda and Trina grill their mom until she finally agrees to go on a double date with Trina and her husband.  While on their double date, Mama […]

Now that Jay-Z and Kanye West are in the zone musically, it sounds like they plan on cranking out solo projects and another Watch The Throne album in 2012. Jay-Z gave up the goods yesterday (December 8th) after announcing two upcoming history making concerts at New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall. Watch Jay-Z give us the […]

It appears that “Basketball Wives” will not have a monopoly on NBA drama this season. Yesterday the L.A. Lakers attempted to trade away Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol in exchange for Chris Paul in a three-team swap that included the Houston Rockets. Is New Orleans Better For Black Folk Than L.A.? However, the NBA’s plantation […]

Cassie is still determined to have a flourishing music career despite her less-than-legendary voice, and taking a page straight out of fellow femme fatale Rihanna’s book, she’s using the “sex sells” method. Wearing what can (very loosely) be described as a halter top in her new video “King Of Hearts,” Cassie uses her history as […]

African-Americans frequently look towards race and economic factors as our biggest challenges, but there are self-inflicted problems that are literally killing us. The recent and untimely deaths of Heavy D and Patrice O’Neal has made the health issues that arise from being overweight very hard to ignore. According to HuffPost, obesity is a “full-blown crisis […]

VIA: eurweb.com Eddie Murphy has been tapped play former Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry and HBO Films is developing the as yet untitled television biopic. Also Spike Lee will be directing the movie. Murphy, and Lee are the executive producers of the project and for those of you that don’t know. Marion Barry served as […]

via: royalcomedytour.com As the New Year approaches, Sommore is bringing big laughs and big star power to cities across the country once again with her 2011 installment of The Royal Comedy Tour. The multi-city tour will kick off February 4th in Philadelphia at the Liacouras Center. Tickets and information on the tour are available via Ticketmaster.com and via the tour’s website […]

TMZ is reporting that rapper/filmmaker Ice Cube is bringing his Friday film franchise back to the big screen. Jackson confirmed on today that the entire original cast, including Chris Tucker, will be in his latest installment. ‘Friday’ is a film classic, following the comedic life and times of Craig (Ice Cube) and Smokey (Chris Tucker) […]

Congratulations to Pharrell Williams, who will be working on the 2012 Academy Awards! He’s been hired to work as a music consultant along with Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer. This is the first time either Pharrell or Hans has worked on the Academy Awards, but Pharrell has worked in the film arena when he wrote the […]