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Caktuz, as promised in a recent Urban Daily post, committed himself to dropping free downloads every Wednesday. So far, so good. The 1st banger features M1 of Dead Prez, Bjork, & the legendary Melvin Van Peebles over Rick Ross’ “Hustlin'” instrumental. The 2nd showcases BET Uncut legend The Mighty Casey dropping his one-of-a-kind awkward flow […]

Lil Wayne has broken a Guinness World Record set by Oreo Cookies for the most Facebook likes ever on a single post in 24-hours.   Apparently Guinness is giving out world records for anything these days.

In the wake of the Black Friday mixtape scandal, everyone is piling on poor little Kimberly Jones–and not in a good way. In the latest tweetdown actress/singer Keke Palmer throws shade at Lil Kim saying that she was good once upon a time but folks have moved on. 25 Reasons We Loved The Arsenio Hall […]

Diddy dug deep in his pockets and pulled out a $100,000 donation to 100 Urban Entrepreneurs, a foundation devoted to developing future leaders in business. The money will be used to help youth start up their own businesses.

Real Atlanta Housewives NeNe Leakes and Phaedra Parks called into The Rickey Smiley Morning Show today to air out their differences and let’s just say things got heated! NeNe and Phaedra let the accusations fly back and forth, including the way they grew up in their hometown of Athens, GA. Listen to the exclusive below! […]

2011 is shaping up to be a big year for black music on the festival circuit in the United States.  The lineup for the 17th annual Essence Music Festival was announced and features such heavyweights as Kanye West, Mary J. Blige and Jill Scott amongst others.

Wiz Khalifa has announced a string of concert dates for his upcoming “Green Carpet” tour which will hit college campuses across the country throughout the month of April.

Marsha Ambrosius got us all thinking with her last single and video, “Far Away,” now with her latest song, “Why Did I Fall In Love?” she’s got our heads nodding and feet tapping.

Cee Lo Green will join Rihanna on her current “Loud” tour of North America.  The tour kicks off on June 4th in Baltimore.

The debate about who is the best MC is a fundamental part of hip-hop. Now an enterprising entrepreneur is giving fans actual data to support their argument for “Top 5 Dead or Alive.” An app called “Hip-Hop Word Count” is an ethnographic database with lyrics from over 40,000 hip-hop songs from 1979 to now. Brooklyn […]

Oprah Winfrey will get another emotional visit from the past today, but this time it’s not from a long-lost relative…The talk show host will reunite with her former BFF Ilyana Vanzant.The talk show host will reunite with Iyanla Vanzant, an inspirational speaker and spiritual life coach who was featured regularly on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” […]

Oprah Winfrey’s former lover, who met the daytime host when he appeared on her show in 1985 is calling the daytime host “cold as ice.” Reginald Chevalier, claims he appeared on an Oprah look-alike show in 1985 because he bore a strong resemblance to Billy Dee Williams, and the two started dating shortly after. The […]