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Mariah Carey and hubby Nick Cannon hit the red carpet for the 2012 BET Honors  held at the Warner Theater on Saturday January 14th in Washington, D.C. Culture Fest: Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival – The Art of Music 2012 Cannon, who had recently been hospitalized for mild kidney failure appeared fully recovered.  The actor […]

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The world was so consumed with the January 7th birth of Jay-Z and Beyonce’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter, that the arrival of New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz‘s first child went under the radar. His first child was born on January 9th, and she was named Kennedy. Elaina Watley, the longtime girlfriend of Victor […]

Ledisi recently was a musical guest on “The Tonight Show,” and she sang “Bravo.” Take a look at her outstanding performance in the video below!

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Jennifer Lopez‘s marriage to Marc Anthony is over, but they still have professional ties to each other with “Q’Viva: The Chosen.” The singing competition is a Spanish language reality show that will air on Univision, and this morning (January 14th) they were photographed together in Los Angeles promoting “Que Viva: The Chosen.” Biggest Celebrity Break-Ups Even […]

Long before “The Wire” and “LUTHER”  Idris Elba was an underground DJ back in the U.K.  Even though he’s now one of the hottest stars in Hollywood, his love for the wheels of steel hasn’t taken a back seat to his thriving acting career.  In a recent trip back home, Elba reunited with his DJ […]

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In addition to being the most popular baby in the world, Blue Ivy is also the name of a new and popular weed in Los Angeles. Beyonce and Jay-Z’s baby girl Blue Ivy Carter has inspired “OG Blue Ivy,” and this new strain of weed is available in Hollywood weed dispensaries. Get more details about […]

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Taraji P. Henson is front and center on the February 2012 issue of Upscale Magazine. The Oscar nominated actress pulled no punches chatting about the business of Hollywood. On her  Twitter outburst regarding her  exclusion from the TV Guide cover with her “Person of Interest” co-stars: “I just stated a fact. And the people spoke. […]

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Beyonce attended President Barack Obama‘s inauguration in 2009 and sang for him and First Lady Michelle, and now she’s trying to help get him back into office. Beyonce and her mother Tina Knowles have designed this t-shirt to help raise funds for President Obama’s re-election campaign, and it costs $45. You can pre-order this t-shirt […]

A month ago Nicki Minaj hopped on Twitter to gush about locking lips with the most successful women in the history of music: Madonna. It happened on the set of Madonna’s upcoming video for “Give Me All Your Love,” the first single off her forthcoming album M.D.N.A. It features M.I.A. and Minaj, who was celebrating […]

Melanie Fiona is scheduled to release a lot of new music on February 7th with the release of The MF Life, but here’s her latest single “Wrong Side Of A Love Song.” It’s just as soulful as you would expect a Melanie Fiona song to be, and you can hear it in its entirety below. […]

Brandy recently reunited, in the studio, with Monica more than over 10 years– but that’s not the only collaboration we can expect from the songbird. Brandy revealed “Actually I might be doing a song that Drake wrote for the album this upcoming week.” She went on to say “I love Drake. I think Drake is […]

Black sorority, Delta Sigma Theta celebrates its 99th Founder’s Day. Delta today Sigma Theta was founded in 1913 at Howard University by 22 female students. Delta Sigma Theta has a history of political activism dating since the women’s suffrage movement when they marched in the 1918 Women Suffrage March in Washington D.C. The sorority has […]