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The wait is finally over. Justin Timberlake has returned from his self-imposed exile from music with a bouncy new single “Suit & Tie” featuring Jay-Z.…

Are African American households participating in the most racist media propaganda campaign in television history by watching reality TV? In a recent article on theGrio,…

Lil Wayne maybe getting over his bad feelings about New York. The Young Money CEO is one of the debut guests on MTV’s new show,…

The Rev. Louie Giglio of Passion City Church in Atlanta said in a statement he withdrew because it was likely that the “prayer I would…

Depending on who you ask, Philadelphia rapper Freeway is a rapper who has been slept on for his whole career. Others will say the only…

Albert Einstein was a very smart man. One of the things that he left us with was a banking rule called, “The Rule of 72″.…

Pusha T is starting off the new year right with some new music. Funkmaster Flex got the exclusive and dropped the song “Millions” featuring Rick…

New Year, new loves? After years of not claiming Ashanti and finally coming clean that they were indeed a couple (and weren’t you excited for…

It’s been a long time since we’ve had any new music from Justin Timberlake – seven years to be exact, but now it seems like…

Jersey Shore star Vinny Guadagnino has gotten a spin-off, aptly titled The Show with Vinny. The series features Vinny spending the day with various celebrities…

The nominations for the 2013 Acaemy Awards were revealed only moments ago. While there weren’t too many surprises, the one shocker is the Best Actress…

Nas opened up about her numerous Grammy nods, the highly debated track “Daughters,” plus whether or not he and Lauryn Hill will ever make music…