*R. Kelly really made a comeback on the Soul Train Awards Sunday night. He was at peak performance as he commanded the stage for the entire beginning of the show.…

Kevin Powell to Write Official Tupac Bio

*Kevin Powell has been in the media quite a bit in 2010 especially with his run for Congress in Brooklyn. Now, he is on to another list of projects for the coming year.

Beginning December, he will be ushering in 2011 with a 10th anniversary holiday party and charity event for Haiti. Along…

*Ex-Arkansas governor and potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee suggested on Fox and…

Legendary Hip-Hop Monument Saved

*1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, the place where they say hip-hop was born has been saved. The legendary location is where Kool Herc, the father of hip-hop, first got the party started when he DJ’d for his sister’s birthday in the building’s community room in 1973, according to legend.



The…

How Much to Book a Star Like Drake? Try North of $100k

*Who said being famous is hard work? Drake makes it look so easy. The 24-year-old Young Money emcee is one of he highest paid Hip-Hop acts on the concert circuit right now. According to recent docs, Drake is earning at the very least, $155,000 an act!

Although that may seem…

Soledad O’Brien Book Party Hosted by Russell Simmons

*Hip-hop entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist Russell…

Joseph C. Phillips: The Failing Promise of Public Education

*We, the American public, hold it as an article of faith that those responsible for devising and implementing public policy have our best interests at heart. Our best minds are hard at work, striving to make the world a better place. Our elected officials are dedicated…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Palin Is the GOP’s, Not Obama’s, Worst Nightmare

*Sarah Palin continues to terrorize GOP mainstream leaders. She made Iowa a prime stop on her latest book tour junket. Iowa is the bellwether primary state for every presidential hopeful.



Then the man who unleashed her on the national…

Rihanna: Discussing Chris Brown ‘Makes Me Look Bitter’

*Rihanna says she hates being asked about her bust-up with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown because she’s convinced it makes her look “bitter, pitiful, spiteful and angry.”

The singer was left battered and bruised following an altercation with Brown in early 2009 while he was…

*ESPN’s Chris Broussard looks at the extra security measures taken to protect Miami Heat star LeBron James in his Dec. 2 return to Cleveland. The game will mark LeBron’s first against his former team since taking his talents to…

Jay-Z’s ‘Decoded’ Makes NY Times Best Seller List

*Jay-Z has officially made his mark in the literary world as an author with his best selling book “Decoded.”

The memoir debuted on “The New York Times” Best Sellers list at No. 3 right under George W. Bush’s “Decision Points” and Lauren…

Rihanna Talks about Brief Fling with Drake

*Rihanna says her split second romance with rapper Drake didn’t work out because she was still trying to deal with the aftermath of being assaulted by Chris Brown and getting over the end of their relationship.

The singer dated the Canadian hip-hop star for a short time in 2009 after meeting…

Keys Usher, J-Hud Take Twitter Break for Charity

Alicia Keys

*Alicia Keys has spearheaded a new campaign that encourages celebrities to temporarily sign off of their Twitter and Facebook accounts in an attempt to raise money…

*In Los Angeles, Amy Erin Blakely is suing her employer, Devereux Florida, because she believes that she wasn’t given a promotion due to her breasts and had to endure derogatory comments about…

Video: Johnson, Finnegan Fight in Texans’ 20-0 Win Over Titans

*In MMA, er, NFL action, on Sunday the Houston Texans not only beat the Tennessee Titans 20-0 in the football game, but won the fight also.

Apparently Tennessee’s Courtland Finnegan, who’s known to talk mucho smack and play dirty…

New Nike Ad is Bogus … But Brilliant ‘Maybe You’re Just Making Excuses’

*It seems we was snookered. Someone sent us a link to what they said was a new Nike ad featuring Michael Jordan responding to LeBron James’ now infamous “What Shall I Do” advert.



We thought it was strange that Nike would create such an…

Jay-Z to Release Another Book

*Jay-Z is awfully busy these days. A couple of weeks ago the Hip-Hop mogul released the memoir “Decoded” and now he’s getting ready to release a biography in March.

The book is entitled “Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office” and…

Kanye Ready to Take the Number One Spot

*Susan Boyle has come a long way from her interesting days on reality television to being number one on pop charts in America.

Sorry Susan, but Crazy Kanye (West) is ready to make a change and knock the U.K. singer from her spot. West’s fifth studio album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted…

Lil Kim Drops Nicki Minaj Diss Song ‘Black Friday’

*While today is a day for most of us to nab a 40 inch flat screen for 12 dollars, Lil Kim has chosen “Black Friday” to officially fire back at her rival Nicki Minaj in a new track of the same name.

“I’m turning Pink Friday to Friday The 13^th,” Kim…