It’s All Black Music

Well, well, well look at what we have here, it looks as though our former “hustle man,” Tracy Morgan, is really a homo-phobe. According to TMZ, Morgan went under fire after going on a gay rant during a show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. last week. Morgan reportedly began firing off about how: “Gays […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) 106 & Park Studios 101 E 106th Street, New York, NY 10029 When: September 11, 2000 What: BET’s flagship music countdown show hits the scene, becoming must-see TV for hip-hop and R&B fans across America. «  PREVIOUS NEXT  » In celebration of Black Music Month, TheUrbanDaily’s “It’s All Black […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Perfect Pair Recording Studios 36 Meadow Street, East Orange, NJ 07018 When: Late 1997 – June 1998 What: The Fugees sold millions of records, but it didn’t stop Lauryn Hill from trying her hand at a solo career. The result was “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” a […]

Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne are on our top 25 artists of 2011. Check out who else made our list! Vote on who represents black music in 2011 Flo Rida Busted For DUI In $1.7 Million Bugatti BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #55: Master P’s No Limit Records Founded FACT OF THE DAY: Wiz Khalifa Was […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Master Sound Studios 1013 Assembly Drive, Virginia Beach, VA When: September 23, 2003 What: Missy Elliot and Timbaland were proteges of Jodeci’s Devante Swing. Elliott had gained notoriety as a songwriter but “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” was a breakthrough as a performer, and its otherworldly beat […]

Since making his first appearance on a rap record in 1998, G. Dep has had a turbulent journey. Dep, once a promising artist on Bad Boy records, has had a career marred by excessive drug use and arrests. Through his experience G. Dep has shown that as ruthless as the music business can me, nothing […]

Ludacris has gone country! Luda performed “Dirt Road Anthem” alongside Jason Aldean at this years Country Music Awards. The Atlanta bread rapper tweeted “I love stretching the outer limits of where music can potentially go & collaborating w/ artists that nobody expects me to.” At the end of the performance Luda  declared “History has been […]

Deitrick Haddon is taking music to a new creative level with his album , “Church On the Moon” He is a pastor, gospel artist, producer and actor.  The album “Church On the Moon has been in the top 5 of The Billboard Gospel Charts for over 13 weeks. Before Easter  he took a moment out […]

Nine months ago, Kim Burrell suddenly seemed to switch gears when she was installed as pastor of Love and Liberty Fellowship Church, a modest space tucked away in a Greenspoint office park and identified only by a banner over the front door. The move stunned many fans who knew the gospel diva only from her […]

As a part of our It’s All Black Music feature for Black Music Month, we’ve posted polls to see who you think are the best Black artists of all time. Our first poll asked you Who Is The King Of R&B? Check out the results below: It was a close race between old school crooners, […]

Nicki Minaj has already made her mark in the music business and now has plans to take over Hollywood. The young money barbie is taking this acting thing pretty serious. At the MTV Movie Awards Nicki tells Entertainment Weekly, “I went to school to be an actress. I never expected to be a rapper. It […]

Chris Brown featuring Justin Bieber’s “Next To You” music video leaked onto the web this week. Looks like the duet has become a movie, there are burning buildings, cars set on fire and people getting hit by cars. Here is an unofficial version of the Colin Tilley directed video below. http://www.twitvid.com/embed.php?guid=7XF5I&autoplay=0 Recent Post: Chris Brown […]