Colin Kaepernick slammed for comparing NFL tactics to slavery in documentary Colin Kaepernick is no starnger to facing backlash especially after facing alot of scrutiny for taking a knee during the playing of the National Anthem. Well now with his new  Netflix series “Colin in Black & White” the six-part documentary directed by award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay, he […]

When Mr. Riley bowed out of his battle against Babyface, the people weren't pleased.

Urban One Honors is headed to the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland on December 5th and some of the entertainment world’s living legends and brightest stars will be on stage for an amazing evening! CLICK HERE AND GET YOUR TICKETS TO URBAN ONE HONORS! Missy Elliott will be honored with the Music Innovation […]

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We all know that Missy Elliott is a genius, an innovator, icon, game-changer, legend, the baddest. What we did know that she was a soldier capable of powering through intense sickness. During a recent interview with Angie Martinez, Missy revealed that she was extremely sick the night before her MTV Video Vanguard Award and even […]

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Lizzo is probably the only thickity-thick woman in the rap game who has no problem whatsoever flaunting her curves in two-piece outfits that would make most women with her physical degree uncomfortable (props, ma). Needless to say in her Missy Elliott visual for “Tempo” she demonstrates as much as she shakes, twerks and bounces to […]

The last time Tiger Woods won the Masters is also the last time Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott released an album. Yes, 2005’s The Cookbook was Missy’s last effort, the album that gave us “Lose Control” and put a bow on a six-album run of dominance in terms of creativity visually and sonically. Since then, Missy has […]

Missy Elliott is set to become the first female Hip Hop artist inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame when the annual ceremony goes down in New York City in June–but she’s got another big accomplishment on the way, too.

Today, Essence announced the lineup for the 25th anniversary of the Essence Music Festival taking place July 4th weekend in New Orleans! “#EssenceFest has been moving the culture forward for 25 amazing years and this year, we’re setting the bar even higher. The 2019 lineup will literally be on another level,” the magazine wrote. “Grab […]