R&B music is truly here to stay as artists such as Jill Scott and Brian McKnight are set to release their latest projects just in time for Black Music Month (June) and a blazing summer of brand new music. Brian McKnight, who plans to release the album “Just Me” on Tuesday, July 12th follows up […]

Photos/video by @robinrazzi Kevin Hart can’t wait to get the mic in his hand for tonight’s BET Awards. He says ABSOLUTELY no one is off limits, especially in the front row. “All I have to say is ‘Man, I’m a comedian. It’s what I do.'” Well I can’t wait and I’m sure you can’t either. […]

A new poll conducted by the largest social network for African-Americans, BlackPlanet.com, and NewsOne.com, shows that 88 percent of African-Americans believe the economy has been better under President Obama than former president George W. Bush. This stands in sharp contrast to a recent Bloomberg poll released last week that showed 44 percent of Americans believe […]

Patti Labelle was honored with the lifetime achievement award at last night’s BET awards, and a slew of individuals who we lost in the past year were remembered. Clarence Clemons, Nate Dogg, M-Bone, Gil-Scott Heron, and Teena Marie’s lives were all reflected upon with musical tributes, as well as kind words from artists. Cali Swag […]

Roland Martin had plenty of good news this morning. First he told about how the Alpha’s, in Chicago, were giving money, left and right, to the King Memorial in Washington D.C. Then he found out, through MLK Foundation President Harry Johnson, that they’re expecting as much as 400,000 to attend the event. To hear more […]

Detroit’s 105.9 KISS-FM and many Kiss listeners honored Michael Jackson on Saturday with a special ‘flash mob’ gathering to commemorate the anniversary of his passing. Although they ran into a few unhappy security guards, the crowds were in awe as the ‘Kiss Krew’ took over the streets of Detroit dancing to a mash up of […]

BET networks has now given us ten years of the BET Awards Show. As usual there were many conversation points throughout the broadcast. From Kevin Hart’s hilarious hosting to the outfits (did you see Cee-Lo’s wig and Rick Ross’s curtain shirt?) viewers were given plenty to chat (and Tweet) about. Here are some of the […]

Photo/video by @robinrazzi The Game stopped by BET’s 2011 Radio Room and sat down with Konan of our sister station in Baltimore –  92Q’s . Was it just me or did The Game appear to have a chip on his shoulder for some reason when asked about Jay Z, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent and critics […]

I just spent the week in New Orleans, the powerbase for one of the most talented, powerful and destructive forces in the history of music: Lil Wayne. I’ve admittedly bopped my head to the tunes of Lil Wayne in the past, feeling the same guilt that any man might feel if he were to enjoy […]

GEORGIA — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is the target of an ethics examination, investigated by The NY Times, as to whether he misused his “prestige of office” to persuade his friend Harlan Crow to fund a museum in Pin Point, Georgia. Thomas, who is from Pin Point, introduced residents to Crow, who the Times […]

Rev. Al Sharpton said this past weekend that by courting the Black vote, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich “assumes [Blacks] are stupid,” accusing the politician of trying to “cover up the fact that his campaign is falling apart.” Sharpton called Gingrich’s attempt to reach out to Black voters “an insult,” enraged with the conservative for […]

NEW YORK — 100 years ago Tuesday, the New York Police Department welcomed its first Black officer, Samuel Jesse Battle, championing color barriers and becoming the first Black sergeant and lieutenant. However, at 6-foot-2, 240 pounds, Battle faced racial opposition. Though he scored high enough for an appointment with the police department, upon showing up […]