*TMZ is reporting that Faith Evans has been sentenced to 36 months of probation after copping a plea in her DUI case. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=68098
*According to Montell Jordan’s most recent Twitter messages, he has officially given up R&B and will become a licensed minister. He will become the new worship pastor at Victory World Church in Norcross, Georgia. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=67876
Trin-i-tee 5:7 has been the Best Selling Female Gospel Trio in music history. The GRAMMY® Award nominated, Gospel Music Association’s Dove Award and Stellar Award winners have achieved unprecedented success in their career over the past decade.
Beyonce turned the cameras on herself, asking “Why did God give me this life?” In the privacy of her personal life, the singer has felt the dark moments of loneliness. During her I Am… Tour recording days, Beyonce exposed a side that is rarely seen by her fans and the public, when the cameras are […]
R. Kelly’s opening act was incredible! From the starting medley of his older hits to his soulful “When A Woman Loves” to the final transition of a high energy, 1950′s like ‘hop-bop’ transition of the song. His engaging, vivacious performance was on point as an opening act! Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard returned […]
Veteran Chicago blues guitarist and vocalist Albert “Little Smokey” Smothers has died, his record producer said this week. He was 71. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/entertainment/blak_music_month/23767
*Quincy Jones! What else can you say? He has attained a level of artistic, financial and diplomatic notoriety that few entertainers have ever, nor will ever, achieved. Do we need to run off a short list of some of his prior collaborators? Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder? You still don’t […]
*Jill Scott is something like her music, soulful, genuine, loving and unselfish. While the singer is just a busy woman, she finds a little time to go back home and give back. On Dec. 4, Scott will return to her hometown, Philadelphia, to host the second Blues Babe Foundation fundraiser and silent auction to benefit […]
Singer-songwriter Jazmine Sullivan is that rare creature – an overnight success that was actually several years in the making. Known to music fans in and around Philadelphia for holding her own aside vocal superstars like India.Arie and Floetry in the city’s famed Black Lily female artist showcases, Sullivan cut her vocal teeth in a fertile […]
*Soul Train’s official website announced they will have an unexpected guest announcing some up to the minute updates during the 2010 Soul Train awards. CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer will be special announcer, but what his reports will be has not been clarified as of yet. In the meantime, several performers have been announced: http://www.eurweb.com/?p=63805
Like the song says, yes, Salt N Pepa’s here. They are the top-selling female hip-hop act in rap history. Their five studio albums have all gone gold or platinum, and they were the first female rap act with a platinum CD. The group has a Grammy under their belt and are three-time MTV Award winners. […]
*R. Kelly recently told XXL Magazine this month why he created TP2.com. He also took time to break down one of his compositions. “Well ‘I Wish’ was basically about Tupac at first.” Says Kelly. “I met Tupac in L.A. – the [Hotel Nikko], and he was rolling by in his drop-top whatever hot car. I […]
