Lexee Crystal to perform at the Breaking Free Demand Change Project Conference

*Multi-talented Lexee Crystal to perform at the Breaking Free Demand Change Conference May 28 – 30, 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Riverfront (St. Paul, MN, Minnesota Ballroom). The singer, songwriter, actress, model, author and illustrator will sing original material from her upcoming debut album which includes singles “I See” and “Everyday“. The Breaking Free Demand […]

Director Rick Famuyiwa’s ‘Dope’ to Host NY Premiere at 19th ABFF

*The 19th Annual American Black Film Festival kicks offJune 11, 2015 and is presented by the Motion Picture Assoc. of America, Inc. The American Black Film Festival’s Exciting Slate of Events and Screenings Will Take Place at the New York Hilton Midtown, AMC Theatres and SVA Theatre June 11 – June 14, 2015 *Film director Rick Famuyiwa’s critically […]

Widow of Rapper Chinx Drugz Speaks Out about His Death (Watch)

*Widow of rapper Chinx Drugz, Janelli Pickens, opened up to local news station WABC-TV in New York about her family’s loss and her husband’s murder. Investigators are searching for a gunman who shot the Queens-born rapper in his chest multiple times while he was in his car on early Sunday morning.

Kanye Becomes New App; Steve & Marjorie Harvey Honor Dwayne Wade

*Kanye West may run things all day musically, but fans can literally have the rapper with them all the time, thanks to a new app. Jetmag.com reports the free iOS Ye.i app, created by Sid Kandan and Carlos Roque allows users to interact with a digital fun-sized version of West. Although the app is still […]

Miguel Releases Album Artwork; ‘WILDHEART’ is About Sex (Watch)

*Miguel opened up about his new album, “WILDHEART,” which is set for a release this summer. Just like the album’s artwork above applies, he confirmed its concept is about sex. “This album is Los Angeles, it’s attitude, it’s aggression, it’s sex, it’s pyschedelia, it’s lust, it’s loneliness,” he told VH1 about the upcoming album.

‘Bessie’ Soundtrack Adds ‘Pigfoot’ 2015 Remix from Queen Latifah

*With “Bessie” finally airing on HBO, fans of the Dee Rees-directed biopic are now waiting on the June 2 release of the soundtrack, featuring the film’s star Queen Latifah performing Bessie Smith’s material. The CD will include Latifah’s rendition of “Young Woman Blues,” “Preachin’ The Blues,” “Long Old Road,” “Down Hearted Blues,” “Work House Blues” […]

Court Allows B.B. King’s Daughters to View Body Before Public

*Some immediate B.B. King family members will have a chance to visit his body at a Las Vegas funeral home ahead of a Friday public viewing and Saturday private memorial for the blues icon. Attorneys representing one of King’s daughters against King’s agent and power-of-attorney, LaVerne Toney, said Thursday’s family-only viewing was a compromise reached […]

Michelle Obama’s Workout Routine Goes Viral (Watch)

*Michelle Obama is sharing her workout routine as part of the #GimmeFive challenge, which celebrates the fifth anniversary of the First Lady’s “Let’s Move” campaign to raise awareness about healthy living in the United States. FLOTUS, 51, has been asking the public to use social media to tell her what five things they do to […]

City of Detroit Media Producers Up For Emmy

*Two City of Detroit media producers have been nominated for the Emmy Award in the category of Historic/Cultural – Program Special. Phylecia Wilson and cohort Sanders ‘Skip’ Bryant IV will compete against each other in the same category – Wilson for The Style of Motown, and Bryant for Going Back to Motown both of which […]

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony’s Layzie Bone Helps Driver in Diabetic Shock (Watch)

*Rapper Layzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony got his superhero on after helped a driver who went into diabetic shock and nearly ran into the performer’s vehicle in Wyoming. Casper news station KCWY-TV reports that Steven “Layzie Bone” Howse was heading to a concert in Riverton on Saturday to promote his new album “Perfect Timing” when […]

Google Maps Apologizes for ‘N*gga House/White House’ Search Fail

*Typing a combination of the N-word and the word “house” into Google Maps is pulling up the White House for some users, and folks at the search engine are currently “working to fix it.” HuffPost Politics was one of the first to be alerted to the glitch. A Twitter user named Bomani Buckhalter posted an […]

Tabloid: Bobbi Kristina May Have Cheated on Nick Gordon Before Tragedy

*RadarOnline.com has a source who claims that Bobbi Kristina Brown may have been secretly seeing another man before she was found unconscious in a bathtub on Jan. 31. Brown’s friend and neighbor Debra Reis Brooks told Radar that the 22-year-old was close to another man before she fell into a coma. And Brooks, 56, claimed […]

Salt-N-Pepa Battle Each Other in Spike’s ‘Lip Sync Battle’ (Teaser)

*Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton face off against each other Thursday on Spike’s “Lip Sync Battle.” In a new preview of the episode, Pep tackles Katy Perry’s “Firework,” while Salt busts out with Run-D.M.C.’s “It’s Tricky,” dancing more than lip syncing. Watch teasers of both, below: LL Cool J hosts and Chrissy Teigen […]