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Vogue Italia’s February 2011 issue features a must-see all-Black model fashion spread! “The Black Allure,” shot by Emma Summerton, features only models of color and it is beautiful! Styled by Edward Enninful, the ladies, with their finger waves, fringe and fur, channel the 1920’s Harlem Renaissance era while wearing gorgeous gowns from Louis Vuitton, Donna […]

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For two decades, Mint Condition has been keeping audiences entertained with classic songs like “Breakin’ My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes),” “What Kind Of Man Would I Be,” and “If You Love Me.”  As they prepare for the release of their seventh album, appropriately titled 7…, we sat down with Stokely, Lawrence, Rick, O’Dell, and Jeffrey […]

Soul-Blues singer Marvin Sease has died at age 64.  Sease died on February 8th in Vicksburg, MS. The cause of death hasn’t been confirmed, but some outlets are reporting it as pneumonia.

Weeks after spending $40,000 on his free mixtape Purp & Patron, rapper Game is being sued for allegedly failing to pay for expensive custom jewelry he commissioned over three years ago. According to TMZ an L.A. judge handed the order down last week demanding Game settle his balance with jewelry company Lemmerman’s Inc. stat. In […]

The cover of Jennifer Hudson‘s new album, I Remember Me, made it’s debut on the internet this week.  The cover shows a remarkably svelte J. Hud.

Fantasia Barrino wants to put a stop to pregnancy rumors… but she does admit to putting on the pounds, saying it’s for a role in a new film she’ll be starring in. Fantasia’s manager Brian Dickens told RadarOnline.com: “Fantasia is 100% not pregnant. The only thing she’s pregnant with is prosperity.” “In fact, she’s just […]

Word on the street is that Ciara has been dropped from Jive Records. According to concreteloop.com, after dismal sales for her fourth studio album, “Basic Instinct,” and despite receiving strong reviews from critics the album has to date sold only around 40k… a far cry from her previous albums. The failure of the album was […]

Via: today.msnbc.msn.com First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on NBC’s “Today Show” with Matt Lauer. On the list of topics discussed was the current unrest in Egypt, how they plan to campaign for Obama’s re-election, raising young children in the White House, the difficult task of growing jobs in the nation, Bill O’Reilly’s interview with President Obama […]

via: TMZ.com Your boy was seen in Amsterdam’s red light district at a popular Coffee / Weed shop looking happy and the shop’s employees confirmed that he did make a purchase.

The song is called “Calling My Name.” Here’s a snippet.  What do you think? Is it her next number one hit?

Between shooting down rumors that she is playing Aretha Franklin in her biopic, having her movie Frankie & Alice pushed back indefinitely and fighting for custody of her daughter, Halle Berry has had an auspicious start to 2011. She hopes to turn her fortunes around in the March issue of Ebony magazine. In the cover […]

Rihanna’s “S&M” song was renamed by the UK’s BBC Radio 1 this weekend, without her consent! Just last week, they deemed the tune too hot for daytime, prohibiting airplay before 7 p.m. The new song title was unveiled Sunday on the UK’s Top 40 Singles chart as “Come On.” When a fan on Twitter asked […]