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We first met Jesse Boykins III about three or four years ago after getting our hands on some demos he had done.

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Luther Campbell has gone from Uncle Luke to Coach Luke. The one-time raunchy rapper and leader of Miami’s 2 Live Crew is now an assistant football coach at Miami Central High School, where he instructs linebackers, and in his home neighborhood of Liberty City, where he coaches boys in the Optimist league he founded. Once […]

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Former Def Jam Records R&B veteran Montell Jordan is heading away from music, shifting the focus to his Atlanta church. Over 15 years ago, the Los Angeles, California native and Pepperdine University alum helped shaped Def Jam’s Def Soul Records with the 1995 hit “This Is How We Do It.” The Slick Rick-sampling strip club […]

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THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE FROM Yahoo! Movies This Wk Last Wk Title Dist. Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross Rlse Wks # of Theaters 1 1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Warner Bros. Pictures $50,345,000 $220,352,000 2 4125 2 – Tangled Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $49,100,000 $69,000,000 1 3603 3 2 Megamind […]

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Alicia Keys has spearheaded a new campaign that encourages celebrities to temporarily sign off of their Twitter and Facebook accounts in an attempt to raise money for charity. The singer has recruited Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Usher and others for “Digital Life Sacrifice” on behalf of Keys’ charity, Keep a Child Alive. The entertainers plan […]

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Magic 98.9  provides exclusive access into the winter edition of Monarch Magazine which hits shelves the first week of December. Monarch has an in depth first look at the new 2011 Bentley Mulsanne. It is a vehicle in a class of its own with the perfect blend of luxury and sportiness. Monarch also interviewed business […]

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Traditionally, Black Friday is reserved for in-store promotions, while today, known as Cyber Monday, is for online sales. With cash-strapped shoppers hungry for deals, the line between the two holiday shopping events has blurred dramatically. Online retailers like Amazon, Overstock.com, Buy.com and Zappos offered Black Friday deals, and traditional brick-and-mortar stores like Target, JCPenney and […]

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According to the police, the suspect — Michael L. Brea — sliced his mother’s head off during the attack. When cops arrived to the scene around 2:20 AM, officers say Brea was clutching the bible. Cops ultimately had to use a taser to subdue the actor. Brea was taken to a nearby hospital for a […]

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Fantasia’s homewrecker scandal is back in the news again after the American Idol winner recently admitted she got pregnant by her married lover Antwaun Cook and had an abortion around the time of her failed suicide attempt. The “Bittersweet” singer made the socking confession in a North Carolina court on Monday during Cook’s divorce proceeding […]

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Janet Jackson announced through AOL that she’s gearing up to embark on her “largest ever world tour” in 2011. The For Colored Girls actress revealed that fans will be able to request which of the 35 cities the icon will take the stage in. Jackson says she’s very “excited” and explained that the first fan […]

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“Maybe She’ll Dream Of Me,” the lead single from The Foreign Exchange’s third album, Authenticity, finally gets the video treatment.

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With her mother and sisters by her side, a brave Toni Braxton went public and revealed at a recnet  luncheon benefiting lupus awareness and research that she too is battling the potentially deadly autoimmune disease. “Take a look, this is what lupus looks like,” Braxton said to a surprised audience as she accepted one of […]