While backstage on a tour stop Rihanna was fitted for grill that she’ll be sporting in the upcoming video for “You Da One.” Listening to her try speak with the tech’s hand all in her mouth is hilarity. Talk That Talk for real, Rihanna. RELATED POSTS: Sub? Rihanna Tweets Drake Lyrics Rihanna Booed In London […]

Kris Humphries appeared on “Good Morning America” today to let the world know that he’s moving on from Kim Kardashian and all her drama. The soon-to-be-divorced baller who ended his marriage with Kim Kardashian after 72 days, explained that he’s not interested in dwelling in the past. He attempted to deflect questions about his personal […]

“X Factor” is no stranger to drama, but Thursday night’s drawn-out elimination between 13-year-old Rachel Crow and aspiring Usher-to-be Marcus Canty was gut-wrenching. Ranked at the bottom two (with this being Canty’s third week in a row), each contestant delivered — Canty singing “I’m Going Down” by Mary J. Blige, and Crow giving a deeply […]

Kelly Rowland who hopes to reunite with her father this Christmas recalls the time she saw a picture of her father in a magazine and how she burst into tears because she didn’t recognize his face: Kelly tells Marie Claire UK: “A couple of weeks ago, I was reading through a magazine and I saw […]

Now that Jay-Z and Kanye West are in the zone musically, it sounds like they plan on cranking out solo projects and another Watch The Throne album in 2012. Jay-Z gave up the goods yesterday (December 8th) after announcing two upcoming history making concerts at New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall. Watch Jay-Z give us the […]

It appears that “Basketball Wives” will not have a monopoly on NBA drama this season. Yesterday the L.A. Lakers attempted to trade away Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol in exchange for Chris Paul in a three-team swap that included the Houston Rockets. Is New Orleans Better For Black Folk Than L.A.? However, the NBA’s plantation […]

Plies trial began Monday, December 5thregarding a ten million dollar lawsuit against the rapper, alleging Plies and his entourage opened fire in a nightclub on July 6, 2006. The five plaintiffs in the lawsuit all claim to be victims of non-life threatening gunshot wounds. Plies, whose real name is Algernod Washington and his brother, record-producer […]

The Kardashian sisters are close, but exactly how close? According to MediaTakeOut.com an E! television insider informed them that the network pitched the idea to have Kourtney give the child she is carrying to sister Khloe. The insider told the gossip site “It would be perfect, Kourtney can help Khloe it would add an interesting […]

African-Americans frequently look towards race and economic factors as our biggest challenges, but there are self-inflicted problems that are literally killing us. The recent and untimely deaths of Heavy D and Patrice O’Neal has made the health issues that arise from being overweight very hard to ignore. According to HuffPost, obesity is a “full-blown crisis […]

African-Americans frequently look towards race and economic factors as our biggest challenges, but there are self-inflicted problems that are literally killing us. The recent and untimely deaths of Heavy D and Patrice O’Neal has made the health issues that arise from being overweight very hard to ignore. According to HuffPost, obesity is a “full-blown crisis […]

Congratulations to Pharrell Williams, who will be working on the 2012 Academy Awards! He’s been hired to work as a music consultant along with Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer. This is the first time either Pharrell or Hans has worked on the Academy Awards, but Pharrell has worked in the film arena when he wrote the […]

You think today’s politicians are bad? Elliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Bill Clinton, even Ted Kennedy’s past looks angelic compared to the “life and times” of former DC Mayor, Marion Barry. I didn’t move into the District until well after the new millenium and after Barry’s reign as Mayor. He served as Mayor TWO times and the […]