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Google is ‘Having a Party’ in Honor of Luther Vandross' 70th Birthday and We’re Here for It
OK. So maybe Google isn’t having an actual party, but the headline is correct in its initial sentiment. Today the world is in fact honoring the man who took over the airways in the ‘80s with his velvety-smooth vocals: Luther Vandross. (Also known as Bad Boy, Luther Thee Vandross and Luther BEEN Vandross.) This tender-lovin’…
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Diddy Ruins Everything, Everybody
“Whoa” was a bulldozer of a track—a concussive and relentless four minutes that felt like you’d just been injected with a dose of Harlem, and not Ma$e’s Harlem, but Big L’s. To be in the club, on the floor, in 2000, when a DJ dropped that track felt life-threatening in all the best ways. But…
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Hip Hop Great Black Rob Dies at 51
Hip Hop lost another great emcee Saturday. It’s been just over a week since Black Rob was seen expressing his condolences for the passing of rap icon DMX from his hospital bed in Atlanta, Ga., in an Instagram video posted by New York City radio host DJ Self. Now, the Hip Hop community is morning…
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Red Table Talk Exclusive Clip: Bobby Brown Is Emotionally Honest With His 11-Year-Old About Bobby Jr.'s Death
It’s been five months since the unexpected death of Bobby Brown’s 28-year-old son, Bobby Brown Jr. With yet another heartbreaking bout of news in his immediate family, many fans were concerned about the traumatic toll it must take on Bobby Sr. This week, Bobby is sitting down at the red table with Jada Pinkett-Smith, Adrienne…
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Businessman Notoriously Criticized for Exploiting Black Music Artists Calls Out Corporations for Exploiting Black Community
Diddy is dabbling in an interesting (and dangerous) game of “This you??” on Black Twitter. In a letter addressed to General Motors published via his Revolt TV website on Thursday, Diddy (born Sean Combs) critiqued the corporation that “exploited our culture, undermined our power, and excluded Black entrepreneurs from participating in the value created by…
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DMX Reportedly Had to Be Revived Three Times After Heart Attack; Family, Ruff Ryders and Community Hold Prayer Vigil
As DMX (born Earl Simmons) is on-watch at the hospital following his heart attack, there have been a few more reports in regards to his medical care and health status. According to ET, a source has stated that medical staff attempted “to revive [DMX] twice in the house, and revived him again in the hospital”…
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30 Days of Iconic Video Blackness With VSB, Day 8: Total, 'Kissin' You'
I like Total, always have. Their brand of interesting-note sonics always appealed to me as a person who couldn’t sing but always thought I should be an R&B singer—Total was an inspiration. I never dove full-fledge into sharing my vocal stylings with the world, but the dream is still alive in my heart. For the…
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Diddy, to Grammys Academy: Y'all Are Shady to Rap and R&B. Mase, to Diddy: But Did You Hold Me Down, Though?
Wow, Diddy, I guess mo’ money really does come with mo’ problems. One of those problems just happens to be one of your fellow artists calling you out on your hypocrisy. At Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala, Diddy made waves when he decided to “get real” about the Recording Academy’s propensity to sideline the rap…
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Smoked Out: Faith Evans Dishes On Smoking Pot With Whitney Houston
Now that Whitney Houston’s former bestie and long-rumored secret lover Robyn Crawford has (sort of) broken her silence about their “physical relationship” in her forthcoming memoir A Song For You: My Life With Whitney Houston, everyone seems to have a story to tell about the late R&B diva. Even Biggie’s widow turned Stevie J’s current…
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Craig Mack, Legendary Hip-Hop Pioneer, Dead at 46
Craig Mack, 46, the legendary Bad Boy artist who burst onto the national stage in 1994 with that “Flava in Ya Ear,” died Monday night at a hospital near his Walterboro, S.C., home, reportedly of heart failure. He was 46 years old. Alvin Toney, Mack’s producer, confirmed Mack’s death to the New York Daily News.…