Tweet Music artist extraordinaire Janelle Monae gives mad props to the afro-punk set in a recent NYT article, stating “This audience, the Afro-Punk audience — they supported me from the beginning.” That afro-punk crowd, a mixture of blues, reggae, a little bit rock n’ roll, knows talent when it hears and sees it. “They’ve been ...
Tweet When it comes to music, funk has always been the closest to a cult religion: steadfastly followed by a few, hated by the masses. Too bad we don’t have true funkateers like we used to in the 1970s and 1980s. What we do have today though are a few hip-hop heads that manage to ...
Tweet Update: Janelle Monae will share the stage with Beyonce and Ceelo Green at this year’s Glastonbury Festival! Green has been tearing up the charts with his recently released jam, “Fool For You” featuring Melanie Fiona. Check the whole Glastonbury lineup here. Essence Magazine took a moment to hail singer Janelle Monae recently at the ...
Tweet Cee-Lo Green goes conceptual and cinamatic with this one video. The song, which describes a lady killer’s rampage, features Janelle Monae, Karl Lagerfeld and Kelly Washington and goes off the deep end quick. Cee-Lo evidently is a serial killer in the video, using novel ways to dispose of his victims (one lady is apparently ...
Tweet Janelle Monae has released the “Cold World” video, an uptempo song that cresendos as she releases a tear. Fresh on the heels of her Prince tribute on BET, Monae is one of the freshest faces in music today, along with Esperanza Spalding. Monae’s new album, “The ArchAndroid” is  finally taking her out of the ...
Tweet There’s been a lot of cool music lately, and some hot live performances and concerts as well. Here’s a list of some people that have put it down on stage. During his concerts, R&B crooner Usher is known to grab a lovely lady from the stands and commence to grindin’ on her. Nicki Minaj, who ...
Tweet Afro-cyber-punkster Janelle Monae knows how to play the straight-laced musician that nobody really understands. Known as an otherwise cool customer on stage, last night, she went crazy. Performing “Let’s Go Crazy” during a tribute to Prince, Monae shook, rattled and rolled on stage during an energetic performance that brought the arena to its feet. ...
Tweet Where’s the uber-talented, alternative rock-pop sci fi Muse? On the bench. Her signing to Bad Boy Records has yielded little more than the 2008 release of her heavily-edited album Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition). Bad Boy, founded by Sean “Diddy” Combs, has moved its heavyweight marketing and promotion to more lucrative acts, such ...
Tweet As batons go, none have been as reluctant to receive it from music titan Mary J. Blige. In her 19-year career the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul has garnered: – Won eight Grammys, being nominated 26 times. – sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. Been nominated for a Golden Globe. Yet, there comes a ...
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Tweet Although it is just making news, Rihanna has had a blonde head of hair since last fall. She...
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Tweet Beyonce has given birth to a baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter, according to her sister, Solange. “The most...
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Tweet Although it is just making news, Rihanna has had a blonde head of hair since last fall. She...
Tweet NFL baller Chad Ochocinco and his fiance reality TV star Evelyn Lozada got inked up for an Urban...
Tweet Rihanna has released new photos of round two of her ad campaign with Emporio Armani Jeans and the pics...
Tweet Imani Showalter of “Basketball Wives LA” has a new attitude and new shape for 2010. She showed off...
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