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Pay Attention. His name is Brook D’Leau. Her name is Jack Davey. She is the leggy vocalist with the Mohawk coiffure that threatens men with pregnancy. He is the Electro-funk-hip-hop sonic manipulator. Together they are the genre-defying but thoroughly entertaining duo called J*DaVeY.

Your favorite entertainers will have to find a new place to buy their bling. After pleading guilty in October to falsifying records and giving false statements to federal prosecutors, Jacob “The Jeweler” Arabov has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. Arabov was part of an investigation into a a mulstistate drug ring involving BMF.

It was a grand homecoming for one of New York’s most beloved divas. Along with R&Bs reigning prince, Ne-Yo, and American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, Alicia Keys rocked a sold-out Madison Square Garden for the last show of her As I Am tour.

Busta Rhymes has a unique way of saying “please.” The 36-year-old MC has a cigarette-stained baritone that gives weight to even the most polite requests. “Please, you can’t leave,” he told me in the midst of what would become a six-hour celebration/listening session for his newest project, Blessed. “It’s important that you hear it from […]

On Sunday June 1st The Urban Daily is blogging live from the V.I.P section at HOT 97s Summer Jam 2008! We’ll be giving you the play-by-play on who rocked and who flopped, who took the stage and who made history.

In the June 2008 issue of GIANT magazine Gnarls Barkley’s Cee-Lo Green reminds us that there is a fine line between genius and insanity. In a candid convo about their new project, The Odd Couple, the singer/MC pulled no punches. Here are some excerpts from the interview:

On Friday May 23rd New York Governor David Paterson granted an unconditional pardon to British-Born rapper, Ricky “Slick Rick” Walters. Walters, who recorded the classic Great Adventures of Slick Rick for Def Jam records, was convicted in 1991 of attempted murder and weapons charges after shooting his cousin and an innocent bystander. He served five […]

Estelle Shine Homeschool/ Atlantic To be honest, when I first heard Fanta “Estelle” Swaray on John Legend’s “Hey Girl” I thought she was Natalie Stewart from Floetry. Boy, was I wrong.

TRINA Still Da Baddest Slip N Slide Records Katrina Laverne Taylor is catching bullets in her teeth now (hottest album cover of the year) but to really feel what she’s spitting on Still Da Baddest, her first CD as a liberated woman (from both Atlantic Records and Weezy F. Baby), you need to click on […]