The 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards last night was a moment to remember as we honored and celebrated the evolution of Hip Hop! Check out our Top 10 highlights from the nights grand events! Kickback w/ Jazzi Black Weekdays 9A-3P, Saturdays 1P-4P | Follow Me on IG @jazziblack, Follow Me on Twitter @yojazziblack

Did you hear that College Hill is back?! Since the first episode aired in 2004, the series is revived with a plot twist that includes some of your favorite celebrities and ACTUALLY going to class! See the trailer below!   Midday personality Jazzi Black got to catch up with one of the cast members, the […]

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Follow The Beat On Twitter:  Sign Up For Our Newsletter! It appears that Drake is on a Mia on Quavo. Yk Osiris syndrome may be the new trending phase, to date. If you don’t recall last year in 2021 Yk Osiris was the man with all the celebrity sport betting debt. Drake put Yk on […]

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Follow The Beat On Twitter:  Sign Up For Our Newsletter! It appears that Drake was dead ass serious about Yk Osiris paying off his basket ball series bet for $60 grand. Yk has been trending the last few weeks for owing money to various artist like Boosie, & Lil Baby. Press play to peep the […]

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Text DFW to 24042 to join 97.9 The Beat’s mobile club for exclusive news (Terms & Conditions). Follow The Beat On Twitter:  Leave it up to a hometown hero, Kirk Franklin to bring a little motivation, and inspiration via the internet , with a few friends. Tyrese, Fantasia, & more all team up to make the globe smile in […]

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Follow The Beat On Twitter: The crew from Veda Loca in the Morning give their take on BET’s The Bobby Brown Story. Check out the video above, shot by Shun Atkins. -Farlin Ave (@farlinave) Sign Up For Our Newsletter! The Latest:

We have our host for the 2018 BET Awards and this year its… actor and comedian, Jamie Foxx. This will be Foxx’s second time hosting the award show. He hosted the show back 2009, how the award ceremony changed it’s normal format and became as an all-star tribute to Michael Jackson, who had died unexpectedly several […]

BET has found its Whitney Houston for The Bobby Brown Story! How could BET possibly tell the Bobby Brown story without even a mention of Whitney? They couldn’t. Deadline.com reports that the network has finally filled the role, and Rosewood star Gabrielle Dennis is set to play Whitney. Bobby and Whitney had a tumultuous relationship […]

After 21 years as President of BET, Debra Lee is stepping down and will no longer handle day-to-day operations at the network, Black Enterprise reports. Scott M. Mills will take her place while Lee will serve as his advisor and “chairman and CEO of the network, focusing on cultivating the company’s relationships with external stakeholders […]