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HOTHIPHOPDETROIT – Trey Song was on fire during his performance at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans covering and remixing his records with many other artists hits. He killed his remix to Kelly Roland’s “Motivation”. SOURCE: @ITSYAGIRLAC ALL ACCESS PASS Kyte.Embed.path=”http://media.kyte.tv”;Kyte.Embed.altpath=”http://www.kyte.tv”;window.kyteplayer=new Kyte.Player(“”,{appKey:”default”,width:416,height:312,p:”1763″,s:1400790,tbid:”381″}); MORE ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL COVERAGE: Pregnant Or Not Fantasia Says “F*** It” […]

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HOTHIPHOPDETROIT – Miguel was in the zone while performing his new single ‘Quickie’, however it was anything but. The studio version of the track is 3:46, while this performance went 12 minutes and 25 seconds. He was definitely at one with the ladies in the audience: “Its on the tip of my tongue, didn’t know […]

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KISSDETROIT – A very toned Jennifer Hudson brought out former American Idol Contestant George Huff at the 2011 Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to sing “I’ll Be There” originally by the Jackson 5. George Huff was the fifth-place finalist on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American […]

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Kanye West stole the show during the Essence Music Festival closing down day two of the three day event. Many concert goers told AC of HOT 102.7 that Kanye could have had a whole day alone and that it was the best show they had ever seen. During Kanye’s show he stopped his music to […]

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HOTHIPHOPDETROIT – You can tell Trey Songz set at the Essence Music Festival was all fun and games as he flipped his traditional hits while blending in snippets of other popular party records. It was kind of like rough foreplay: all over the place, but you like where it is going. Check out the video […]

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105.9 kiss-fm – Usher closed down the show of day one at the 2011 Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome on July 1, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana. While performing “Lil Freak”, from his sixth studio album Raymond v. Raymond, he tells the Essence crowd “I hope you don’t mind if I get a […]

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KISSDETROIT – Fantasia opened her set at the 2011 Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana with a bold statement “F*** It.” Watch the video below for her message to the critics as well as a tribute to Prince. Although Fantasia has not publicly confirmed her pregnancy, based on the photos […]

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Atlanta’s own Usher has been traveling the world over the past few months on his OMG Tour, but he’s back in the States now gearing up for his performance this weekend at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. Usher called into the Steve Harvey Morning Show and told fans what to expect in the […]

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Kicking off the holiday weekend, “Good Morning America” chose just the right person to blast through another edition of their hit summer concert series with none other than global superstar Beyonce. The multi-talented entertainer drew fans from all over this morning to New York’s Central Park, many of whom spent the last 48 hours camping […]

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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 […]

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Courtesy of KissRichmond.com Popular R&B artist Avant tore down the stage at Stone Soul 2011. He performed hits such as “Separated,” “Makin’ Good Love,” and “Read Your Mind.” If you missed it check out the video and photos. Kyte.Embed.path=”http://media.kyte.tv”;Kyte.Embed.altpath=”http://www.kyte.tv”;window.kyteplayer=new Kyte.Player(“”,{appKey:”default”,width:550,height:350,p:”1763″,s:1359216,tbid:”142″}); RECENT HEADLINES: Entrepeneurship Can Heal Unemployment Woes African Americans Affected The Most By Government Job […]

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WLW 700AM has fired Northern Kentucky attorney and talk show host Eric Deters this week after a slew of controversy sparked when a homemade video blog of himself was posted on Facebook with racist remarks. In the video, Eric “The Bulldog” Deters said “if you want to conquer an African nation, send white women and […]