Continuing our official birthday celebration for global superstar and entertainment icon Madonna, we’re taking a look back at a few of her most visually stunning and often controversial music videos. Travel down memory lane with a few of our top picks for Madonna’s best music videos over the last two decades. Where were you when […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADONNA WE SALUTE YOU FOR THE YEARS OF GREAT MUSIC There has never been nor will there ever be another pop star like Madonna. With more than 300 million records sold worldwide, Madonna is recognized as the world’s top-selling female recording artist of all time according to the latest statistics found in the […]

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She is literally one of the greatest vocal performers of our time. Her career has blossomed, soared and exploded on the music scene for nearly three decades blazing a trail for almost every single one of today’s popular singers and entertainers. At a seasoned 48-years-old, the one and only Whitney Houston has performed for millions […]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA Today is the 50th birthday of the President of the United States, Barack Obama. Here at NewsOne we decided to provide you with 50 things on his 50 birthday that you may not know about our president. This birthday couldn’t have come at a better time for the president with […]

Gerald Levert was best known for his powerful and commanding voice, but he was also known as one of the best singer/songwriter of his time and making his debut with the hit group “Levert” in the 80’s, Gerald ended up as a popular solo artist releasing a number of hit singles and albums. He released […]

Continuing the big birthday celebration for Hip Hop star Kanye West, we’re taking a look at some of Kanye’s most beloved features, duets and special appearances. Below is a list (in no particular order) of our favorite moments where Kanye shines bringing rhythm to the rhyme every time. Be sure to comment below on the […]

Today, we celebrate the birthday of one of Hip Hop’s brightest and most brilliant superstars. Innovative, inspired and often troubled intellectually, Chicago-native Kanye Omari West has turned the game upside down since his monumental entrance nearly a decade ago. Writing and producing hits early on for Jay-Z, Kanye West’s name, style, flow and presentation built […]

It’s Tuesday, June 7th and guess what Cincinnati funk/R&B/soul music lovers? We are very excited because we’re celebrating one of the most popular and iconic performers in music’s birthday. Legendary vocalist, actor, musician, producer and songwriter Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson) turns 53 today so let the party begin and the good times roll! TOP […]

It’s hard to believe that our beloved Lisa Nicole Lopes, better known simply as “Left Eye” and one-third of the four-time Grammy-winning R&B trio TLC, has been gone from us for nearly a decade. Born May 27, 1971, Left Eye appeared to have been a star from day one. Rapping, singing, dancing, and writing her […]

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In the history of African-Americans who fought for the rights of our people, a conversation cannot go by without mentioning the great Malcolm X. Today, May 19th, would have been the 86th birthday of the great civil rights leader who was killed by an assassin’s bullet. It would have been interesting to see what he’d […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANET JACKSON 101.1 The Wiz family, friends and ultimate Janet Jackson fans, we thank you for tuning in all day long for our exclusive birthday celebration, but now it’s time to send you off the right way with a special Janet megamix below! Enjoy! You know you want this! AN EXCLUSIVE MEGAMIX BROUGHT […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANET JACKSON Icon. Entertainer. Singer. Songwriter. Producer. Actress. Dancer. Legend. She’s all of these and more. Today, we wish the one and only Janet Jackson a stellar birthday celebration as we take a look back at her hits, her career, her most important moves onstage and onscreen and the musical memories she’s been […]