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ESSENCE Festival 2016 is finally upon us, and with festivities just hours away, ESSENCE has announced they will celebrate the life of Prince with a New Orleans-themed tribute on Sunday (July 3).

Art imitates life, and so does rap. More than anyone else, legendary rapper and beatbox phenomenon Doug E. Fresh understands this idea. Sitting for an ordinary painted…

The stars were out Wednesday night at the Avalon Hollywood for Ebony’s Power 100 Gala. The annual list and event honor Black achievement in various categories, like…

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“NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin celebrates Black Music Month with Hip Hop legends Chuck D, Monie Love and Doug E. Fresh.  Can Hip Hop be…

  April 30, 2014 Chubb Rock shares his Throwback song of the day “Keep Rising To The Top” by Doug E. Fresh      

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It’s time to get it started! Roland Martin helped Doug E. Fresh kick off the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference. Stay connected on 2013…

The one-and-only Jill Scott stopped by Majic 107.5 / 97.5 recently to promote her new album “The Light Of The Sun.” “It’s meant to be warm. It’s meant to be refreshing,” the Grammy-winning singer said to Carol Blackmon. “A lot of the stuff that we did was just freedom. No plan of action….just music and […]

Watch out Diggy Simmons. It seems that progeny of another hip-hop vet are ready to stake a claim in the music business.  Brothers Solomon “Trips” Davis, 20, and Dayquan “Slim” Davis, 22, are the off spring of Harlem, NY’s own Doug E. Fresh. Together they perform as the duo Square Off but are not trying […]

In 1946 Bobby Robinson opened his record store Bobby’s Happy House on 125th street in Harlem becoming the first black owned business on the famous Harlem street. The music business legend died yesterday at the age of 93. Five years after opening the shop he expanded into the music recording business working with hundreds of […]

Doug E. Fresh is the latest entertainer to find themselves in the sights of the IRS. The legendary emcee and human beat box legend was hit by the IRS with a $2,276,848 lien on October 20th according to the Detroit News’ Tax Watchdog. Doug E Fresh has a history of tax problems dating back to […]