Diddy wasn’t the only one who got dissed by Prince at Essence’s Black Women In Music party last week in Los Angeles. Eric Benet, best known as Halle Berry‘s ex-husband, found his invitation to the event revoked after Prince was named as a special guest at the event.

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In the one true surprise at last night’s Grammy Awards, jazz singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding took home the award for Best New Artist, beating out Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence & The Machine, and Mumford & Sons.  But who is she and where did she come from?

Prince is on a roll lately.  After shooing Kim Kardashian off of the stage of his Monday night concert in New York City, His Royal Badness left Sean “Diddy” Combs outside the velvet rope at Essence’s Black Women In Music celebration on Wednesday night.

After wrapping up the New York dates for his “Welcome 2 America” tour on Monday night, Prince donated $1 million dollars to Harlem Children’s Zone, a local children’s organization. The superstar also donated $250,000 each to the Uptown Dance Academy and the American Ballet Theatre.

Prince fulfilled the wish of many Americans last night by kicking Kim Kardashian off of the stage during the final show of the New York leg of his “Welcome 2 America” tour at Madison Square Garden.  After bringing Kardashian on stage to dance, Prince almost immediately booted her from the stage when she failed to […]

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English chanteuse Corinne Bailey Rae will release a digital-only EP of cover songs on Valentines Day entitled The Love EP.

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Lupe Fiasco has been battling his record label, Atlantic, which just so happens to be owned by Warner Bros., over the constant delaying of his third album, Lasers, for the last couple of years now.

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By most accounts, Prince's second film, 1986's Under The Cherry Moon, was a complete disaster. However, the movie is a favorite amongst die hard Prince fans.

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Last week, Rihanna did the whole nude album cover thing and of course it didn’t look too bad. But some artists go nude when they have no business doing so. 2 Live Crew – Nasty As They Wanna Be BEST: The kings of controversy pushed the nation’s buttons with their sexual-themed music and this raunchy […]