ESSENCE Festival 2016 is finally upon us, and with festivities just hours away, ESSENCE has announced they will celebrate the life of Prince with a New Orleans-themed tribute on Sunday (July 3).

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Art imitates life, and so does rap. More than anyone else, legendary rapper and beatbox phenomenon Doug E. Fresh understands this idea.

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Health and hip-hop are coming together to help educate inner city youth. Last night, Hip-Hop Public Health hosted their first “Health in Key Gala,” which used music…

The stars were out Wednesday night at the Avalon Hollywood for Ebony’s Power 100 Gala. The annual list and event honor Black achievement in various categories, like…

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“NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin celebrates Black Music Month with Hip Hop legends Chuck D, Monie Love and Doug E. Fresh.  Can Hip Hop be…

Will Smith and Doug E. Fresh took party goers back to the old school as they rocked Gabrielle Union’s 40th birthday party in Miami on…

Happy Birthday to the World’s Greatest Entertainer Doug E. Fresh! The Harlem-born hip-hop legend celebrated in style yesterday during the 43rd Annual African-American Day Parade.…

During the late 80s and early 90s, MC Hammer was one of hip-hop’s most polarizing figures. While some hated on him for the harem pants…

As a new group Cali Swag District has had an amazing year with their now platinum single “Teach Me How To Dougie.” The four-man group (C-Smoove, Yung, Jay Are and M-Bone) hail from Inglewood, California and were discovered by former Death Row artists Big Wy and Dairold Potts. The single “Teach Me How To Dougie” […]

Watch out Diggy Simmons. It seems that progeny of another hip-hop vet are ready to stake a claim in the music business.  Brothers Solomon “Trips” Davis, 20, and Dayquan “Slim” Davis, 22, are the off spring of Harlem, NY’s own Doug E. Fresh. Together they perform as the duo Square Off but are not trying […]

The remix for Jazmine Sullivan’s new single “Holding You Down (Goin’ In Circles)” dropped late last week and capitalized on it’s 90’s throwback sound by adding the inventor of this hip-hop soul s**t, Mary J Blige, to the track. In the video, which just hit today, Jazmine takes it back to the classic 1990 film, […]

Doug E. Fresh, Russell and Rev Run all came out for the grand opening of Target in East Harlem!