Archive for September, 2008



Obama On Hip Hop

 
At a presidential rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, MTV personality Sway had the opportunity to speak with presidential candidate Barack Obama
Although some critics have blasted him for hit, Obama is still backing his appreciation of Hip Hop.
“I enjoy it, but these days I don’t have the time to listen to it all the time,” Obama [...]

Jam Of The Week: 93 ’til Infinity

I was 5 years old when this song came out so I’d be lying to you if I told you I’ve been listening to these guys since they came out. I just came over this song the other day and got hooked, played it back way too many times. Thought I’d share it with y’all [...]

B.E.T. To Cancel Rap City

Another good show down the drain.
MTV recently announced that they are canceling ‘Total Request Live,’ officially ending any chance of seeing your favorite artist debuting a music video or perhaps discovering a new artist for the first time on the show. Now BET is following the trend of ending music on television. According to Sohh, [...]

Help Gabriellle LaVerde

Gabrielle LaVerde is a delightful and adored 7-year-old little girl who has been diagnosed with a fatal and rare disease, called Niemann-Pick Type C. The disease is considered an orphan disease since there have only been 500 known cases worldwide. The disease itself renders its victims with Alzheimer’s-like symptoms—victims move backward in time [...]

Spike Lee Film

‘Miracle at St. Anna’, which comes out on Sept. 26, chronicles the story of four black American soldiers (Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, and Omar Benson Miller) who are members of the US Army as part of the all-black 92nd “Buffalo Soldier” Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
Directed by Spike Lee [...]

Controversy Over Ciara Cover

Ciara has been in the headlines as of late, due to a racy spread for Vibe’s October issue, in which the singer appears in the nude.
According to Ciara, she went into the shoot expecting to make an “artistic expression,” and not show off her sculpted body.
“I walked into the Vibe photo shoot very excited about [...]

MySpace Music… will allow users to stream songs on-demand, import them into an infinite number of playlists for free in return for encountering advertisements, and purchase them from Amazon’s MP3 store without leaving the site…
MySpace members will be able to create an infinite number of playlists, each containing up to 100 songs… Members will be [...]

Kanye Album Moved Up

This week, Kanye West announced that he will be moving up the release date for his fourth album, 808’s And Heartbreak. The information on the new release date was revealed via Kanye’s blog, KanyeUniverseCity.com.
According to Kanye, the release date will be changed from December 16 to sometime in November.
“I changed my album to November something [...]

Reggie Bush intends on marrying Kim Kardashian [Ray-J's sex tape jump-off]. At least that’s what he just publicly announced.
NFL star, Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian hear wedding bells in their future. At least that’s what Reggie thinks. In a recent interview with nfl.com, the somewhat reclusive [I have no idea what position he plays] New [...]