Singer R. Kelly is back to his over the top freaky self with the release of his new album “Black Panties,” which is in stores…

Canadian singer The Weeknd has been taking the music scene by storm since dropping his first mixtape “House of Balloons” in 2011. After finally releasing…

  British pop/soul import Emeli Sande is slowly becoming an unofficial member of the Black Hippy movement. After recruiting Kendrick Lamar for a verse on…

Videos

Get ready to bawl your eyes out. SOURCE Meet 96-year-old sweetheart Fred Stobaugh, a resident from East Peoria, Ill. youtube.com Earlier this summer, a small studio in town held a singer-songwriter contest to identify local talent… youtube.com And Fred decided to submit his own original song. youtube.com The song, “Oh Sweet Lorraine,” was an original […]

Black Music Month

Welp! We knew it was just a matter of time before this happened and now hear it is…the jump off put out a song praising…

New Music

Eric Benet has a song with 2 Chainz. Yes, you read that correctly. We repeat, Eric Benet has a song with 2 Chainz. It’s called “News For You” and it’s the most random and weirdest collaboration we’ve ever heard. RELATED::Dionne Warwick Files for Bankruptcy, Owes Millions in Back Taxes We imagine Mr. Benet was sitting around his […]

News & Gossip

Earlier this week, two tracks from Aaliyah’s forthcoming posthumous album leaked, which excited many fans. Unfortunately, the songs “Quit Hatin” and “Girlfriends” were incomplete and not ready for listeners’ ears. Blackground Records, the label behind all Aaliyah’s albums, stopped the rumors of the tracks with an official statement. “The track ‘Quit Hatin’ by Aaliyah was  leaked without authorization from […]

News & Gossip

Alicia Keys is one busy lady — and she’s only getting busier. On top of promoting her new #1 album, the independent film she produced and screened at Sundance and preparing to perform at President Obama’s inauguration, the 14-time Grammy winner will also sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, February 3. WATCH VIDEO HERE RELATED::Bishop Jackson: […]

Music

During a stop on the “Life Is Good” tour with Nas,  Lauryn Hill previewed a new song called “Black Rage.”  It’s unclear whether this is a spoken word piece or if she was giving an a capella sneak peek of a full song, but either way it’s some of the most powerful words we’ve heard […]

Videos

This Summer a singer by the name of Crystal Lucas-Perry recorded a support song and shot a music video promoting getting registered to vote and supporting President Barack Obama. Recently the music video has sky rocketed with hits and the video is now set to go viral. Maybe people are getting the voting spirit. Check […]

Videos

Chaka Khan breathed new life into her 2007 song ‘Super Life’ in tribute to Trayvon Martin. She has accompanied the song with a nice video featuring some of the guest artists featured on the song along with some other notable celebrities. Chaka has repurposed her song ‘Super Life’ as a group song in the vein […]

New Music

Amarie has been off of the scene for awhile now. Word is she’s been travelling and working on some new material. Well this new song “Every Time” answers that question and some. “Every Time” is the first single from her soon-to-be-released EP, The Prelude, which is supposed to see the singer in a new light, […]