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Muhsinah is smarter than you. Well, at least your favorite singer.  The alumnus of Howard University had the beautiful audacity to name one of her recent projects Oscillations: Sine and Triangle.

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“I was in recording school and I wanted to be an engineer,” she says with a smile. “I was learning the inner workings of audio. ‘Oscillation’ is just another word for wave. There’s different kinds of waves; sine waves, triangle waves, sawtooth waves…I am

When you think about MCs from Queens,NY one of the first names that comes to mind is Nasir Jones.  His style and lyrics were cultivated in the famous Queens Bridge Housing projects and for years he as served as a proud ambassador of the Q-Boro. Nas even returned to his old stomping grounds to record is latest video, “Nasty.” However, Nas wasn’t actually born in Queens.

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In a game where superstars of each generation set and break new records every year, it gets pretty tough to be the first to do anything, but not impossible. After all, black athletes may dominate the field but the coaching staffs (and the owner’s boxes) of the NFL have always been pretty slim on African American representatives. So when the Indianapolis Colts met up with the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl

Black History Month is in full effect. Nickelodeon is participating by having stars of their shows recite poetry for influential figures in the Civil Rights Movement. How To Rock star and daughter of Master P, Cymphonique Miller honored Rosa Parks in her video clip. Cymphonique reflects on Parks on how Parks’ refusal to give up her seat in the front of the bus future

Don Cornelius and his ex-wife, Viktoria Chapman Cornelius, did not end their union on good terms. Towards the end of their marriage, the late television icon was convicted of domestic abuse. She was also believed to have pepper sprayed him multiple times. Though the two finalized their divorce in 2009, Chapman will be the one who pockets from two of his life insurance policies totaling $300,000 in benefits.

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When Bow Wow signed to Young Money plenty of people assumed he languish on the shelf. His latest single, “Sweat,” is here to prove those naysayers wrong. Lil Wayne and Bow Wow gallavant in a futuristic city with women while rapping singing about getting those ladies to sweat when they’re in the bedroom. “Sweat” will appear on his upcoming album, Underrated, which is due to hit the

The moment people found out Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger were fired from their judging duties on the American version of  The X Factor, speculation began about who was going to take their spots. Nicki Minaj and Kelly Rowland’s names were tossed around. But one name had the internet going nuts. Mariah Carey was said to have been taking a seat at

When producer Wyatt “Wyldfyer” Coleman says he started making beats in “the lab,” he’s not just tossing around industry jargon. Before he brought the world beats like Jay-Z and Nas’s “Black Republicans” or Kendrick Lamar’s “Kush and Corinthians,” the Philly native was pioneering the mobile studio—sort of.

“Black Republicans”

“We would be at the Spelman computer lab, me and

Long before battling rappers on wax and cowboys on the screen, Common aka Lonnie Lynn Jr. was attending Florida A&M University on scholarship majoring in Business Administration.

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The rapper formerly known as Sense had a strict three-hour-a-day studying regimen, but his mind was still on rapping. In his book One Day It’ll All Make Sense, he wrote that he recorded “A

In a recent interview with TheUrbandaily about his new album Groovy People, legendary songwriter and producer Leon Huff shared how he and his partner Kenny Gamble came to create the “Soul Train” theme song:

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..It was a dance show and he was very excited about it. He had everything in place, the only thing missing was a theme song. When he came to us he

R&B singer Ciara is  working on her first record for Epic Records. Being the sports fan she is, Ciara took a break from recording to hit Indianapolis for the Super Bowl’s Media Day. The “Oh” singer tried her hand at reporting and did a little corresponding. She even got a chance to interview Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch. We can’t wait to see her interviewing skills.

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Aside from being nominated for four Grammy awards this year for his collaborations including: Nicki Minaj’s “Moment 4 Life,” Rihanna’s “What’s My Name?,” and DJ Khaled’s “I’m on One.” Drake has been tapped to present at the ceremony!

“Happy to announce that @Drake will be presenting at the 54th GRAMMY Awards Feb. 12th on @CBS! #GRAMMYs,” tweeted the official Grammy account.

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards take place on February 12!

Even if you don’t know his name, you know his music. Lenny Williams’ classic ballad “Cause I Love You” has been sampled by everyone from Kanye West to Scarface and remains one of the most well-known love songs of the past thirty years.
Fact: Lenny Williams won a BMI Award With Kanye West for Twista’s “Overnight Celebrity”

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On January 22, 2003 Black television changed forever. Comedian Dave Chappelle premiered his late night sketch comedy show on Comedy Central filling a void in late night television that had been vacated by the likes of “The Aresenio Hall Show” and  “In Living Color.” But Dave’s irreverent humor was in a class all its own.
Fact: The Clayton Bigsby character was based

DJ/producer Sam Champ has compiled live versions of your favorite D’Angelo songs for this “D’Angelo Live” mixtape.