Black Music Month

  According to Sean Ryan of HipHopDX.com, Joey Bada$$ told Power 105’s The Breakfast Club  that he’s been working with Q-Tip and Pete Rock . He also said that Premo has been mentoring him about the music business. “Recently, I’ve been working with some legends – DJ Premier, Pete Rock. I got the chance to get in the studio […]

Spike Lee has never been one to shy away from controversy.  In the 1988 film School Daze, Lee gives a semi-autobiographical account of his experience attending Morehouse College, the historically all male black institution in Atlanta, Georgia.  With a satirical eye, Lee explored hot-button topics such as colorism, misogyny, class divisions and apartheid. While School Daze […]

We just saw Mos Def take it to the next level performing Waka Flocka Flame’s “Hard In Da Paint” in front of a 50-piece orchestra. Joined by Fatin Dantzler of Kindred The Family Soul,  trombone player Jeff Bradshaw — who’s just been added to Jill Scott‘s Summer Block Party Tour — has taken Mos Def’s […]

XXL Magazine unveiled their annual “2012 Freshman Class” cover with Machine Gun Kelly, Iggy Azalea, French Montana, Don Trip, Macklemore, Hopsin, Danny Brown, Kid Ink, Future and Roscoe Dash. The fifth installment of the popular cover features two white rappers (one– female) and a few rappers with rising fame about including Roscoe Dash, Future and […]

Whitney Houston was deemed “the voice” long before drugs plagued her career. She started singing in the church with her mother Cissy Houston who prepped her vocals for super-stardom. Monica Performs “You Give Good Love” For Whitney Houston Her family was filled with talent. From Dione Warwick to Aretha Franklin, Whitney comes from a long […]

Before President Barack Obama, The United States had not seen a black person as head of state. Though not one of the men who held the coveted position were even a shade close to brown you could hear things said like: “Clinton was black” or “JFK was a black man.”Sorry folks, but no—none of those […]

June is Black Music Month, so to celebrate we took a trip down memory lane to bring you 10 of the greatest music movies/ biopics ever made.