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Nasir “Nas” Jones won an Emmy Award for his work on a Liberyian documentary “Survival 1.” Nas produced, directed and scored the music for the film. “Survival 1” follows the journey of  amputee victims of the Liberian civil war who form a soccer team and eventually be came champions. He says “After all these years […]

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Salt N’ Pepa…ok maybe just Pepa got sexy for the annual Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Gala. Other celebs in attendance included Tichina Arnold, Boys II Men and DMC. The ladies came out rocking the finest head-pieces they could find! TLC’s Chilli & Pepa Of Salt-N-Pepa Get Their Own Shows Pepa Goes “Wookin Pa Nub” On […]

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Chris Brown turned 22 this past Thursday and celebrated in Miami at club play with friend Lil’ Wayne. Chris can be seen enjoying himself, shirtless as he sings along to the tunes of the club. Chris was given a two-tier cake to celebrate with! Chris Brown Makes A Birthday Resolution; Goes Blonde Again Chris Brown’s […]

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Not one legend but three! Chaka Khan and Whitney Houston performed at Prince’s concert at the L.A Forum last Thursday! The divas performed “Tell Me Something Good” side by side! Whitney Houston Spotted Out On The Town [PHOTOS] Original Cast Of “Waiting To Exhale” Confirmed For Sequel [VIDEO]

We hope by now you’ve already ordered your flowers, made your brunch or dinner reservations and picked up a little something special for Mother Dearest as we are just hours away from this year’s Mother’s Day holiday this weekend. If you haven’t yet, shame on you. But don’t worry, there’s still time to run to […]

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Cee Lo Green has reworked his megahit single “Forget You” into “Thank You.”  The new version of the song is dedicated to firefighters and is part of Duracell’s “Power of Those Who Protect Us” program to benefit the National Volunteer Fire Council.

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Whitney Houston and her pointy-toe boots were spotted strutting through the streets of L.A., leaving the Prince Concert. Whitney is on board for the sequel of “Waiting To Exhale” but he is going to need to prep a little more if she wants to look as great as she did in the first one. Original […]

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Radio One salutes our leading lady Cathy Hughes on her recent title as one of America’s Top 30 Black Women in Media. Radio One CEO/Founder Cathy Hughes ranked number two in the lineup of women who have changed and impacted a society of young, affluent African American women giving their all at the forefront of […]

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50 Cent‘s headphone line, “Sleek By 50,” has been discontinued after only five months on the market. Sleek Audio issued a press release claiming that they are canceling plans to develop the line any further.

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Clutch Magazine, a leading online destination for black women, has posed an interesting question. Hyper-intellectual news site Salon.com has published a story in which linguists try to explain away the mix-ups of Obama and Osama that have peppered the mainstream press as a simple, human mistake. Clutch asks us if we are buying it. No, […]

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Black Eyed Peas artist Will.I.Am made headlines recently for calling women with condoms in their homes “tacky” in an interview with Elle Magazine. Elle: If you walked into a woman’s house, what one item would convince you that you weren’t compatible? W: If she had condoms in her house, that would just f[—]in’ throw me […]

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Chris Brown’s mother, Joyce spoke with Sister 2 Sister Magazine about her son’s leaked penis picture and ex-girlfriend Rihanna. Joyce says “As young people we do crazy things sometimes like, ‘What in the world?,’ but not never would he have…I…no, Chris’ personality [he] never would have sent something [like that].[…]He felt kind of embarrassed, because […]