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Rihanna and Drake are the latest set of artists to be announced as performers at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. They join the trios of Usher, Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith, and Janelle Monae, B.O.B., and Bruno Mars. The former “couple,” who each have four nominations, will most likely perform their hit collaboration “What’s My […]

Keri Hilson recently revealed that her next single may be her duet with Chris Brown, “One Night Stand.” Though she has other favorites off of her No Boys Allowed album, her fans have taken a liking to the sexy song. She told Rap-Up, “My fans are really liking ‘One Night Stand’ with Chris Brown. I […]

Trey Songz is officially considered “cougar bait” and Detroit’s Hot 102.7 radio station has no problem banking on that. The radio station is hosting a contest in which the winning prize are front-row tickets to he and Lloyd’s concert. The only requirement? That the winner’s mom be a cougar. The station asked their listeners to […]

A few weeks ago we reported [see article] that North Carolina hip hop punk rocker, Caktuz, took a page from ‘the book of Kanye’ by starting an artist-approved-weekly-free download campaign called #OverTheWallWeds. on Feb 2nd. The 1st track, “The Blood” ft. M1 of Dead Prez, the legendary Melvin Van Peebles, & an obscure sample from […]

Houston, TX native, Jae Franklin is preparing the release of her new project, Always Needed You, which will be available as a free download on March 1st.  Franklin’s music embodies the sounds of several genres ranging from jazz to Afrobeat to electronic soul.

Method Man is certainly courting controversy with some statements he made in a recent interview regarding his opinion on women that wear their hair natural.  He’s not interested in them at all.

Chris Brown is being welcomed back to a stage by “Saturday Night Live.” After last weekend, when Nicki Minaj gave the show it’s second-highest ratings of the season, the sketch comedy show set it’s eyes on another urban artist. Chris Brown will appear for his first time on the show on the February 12 episode, […]

Mike Tyson called in to DJ Whoo Kid’s Shade 45 show and was asked about Gucci Mane‘s infamous tattoo of an ice cream cone on his face.  The former boxing champ had quite the hilarious response.

After the success of the trailer for the upcoming “Monkey Gang” mockumentary trailer, the fictitious group has released a video for their song “Sell More Crack Than You.” For more information on the Monkey Gang, go to monkeygang.net or chickenandbeef.info. The movie is scheduled to come out this summer. Check Out These Joints Too “Monkey […]

With the 53rd annual Grammy Awards just around the corner, the list of performers is slowly being made public.  The Grammy’s official Twitter account confirmed that Rihanna and Drake will be performing at this year’s ceremony.

Halle Berry’s baby daddy, Gabriel Aubry, reportedly called her the ‘N’ word and routinely demeaned her with other vulgarities over the course of their relationship, according to TMZ. In addition, he would also call her a “f**king bitch” and send vulgar text messages. Though Gabriel’s reps have not yet commented on this story, this news […]

Oprah Winfrey’s mother reportedly collapsed after her painful secret from her past was revealed on Oprah’s recent family reunion show. Sources say that Oprah’s mother did NOT want to come forward with her secret daughter and collapsed under the stress after the show. On Jan. 24, Oprah surprised the nation by revealing she had recently […]