Sports

Well this was unexpected… As the 2014 NBA Draft creeps up on us,  a few key players have decided to opt out of their contracts and become free agents. Recently, Carmelo Anthony became yet another NBA player in search of a new domain.   In a recent interview after performing at WCGI’s Summer Jam, R. Kelly […]

Chicago MC Common is has worked extremely hard on his upcoming album “Nobody’s Smiling.” The project is set to be one that will have you quoting his lines more than any of his other albums. Common focuses on the current state of his hometown and how its citizens can improve it. In anticipation of the […]

Singer Elle Varner has been keeping fans anticipating her upcoming second album “Four Letter Word” by leaking a select few tracks. After receiving great feedback from her fans about the songs, Varner has dropped the official first single. The uptempo jam is called “Don’t Wanna Dance” and features popular rapper A$AP Ferg. The song finds […]

When news broke that Lifetime was going to make a biopic about the life of late R&B singer Aaliyah, we all knew immediately that her family wouldn’t be too pleased. As expected, the Haughton family vowed to shut down production on the biopic. Many believed it was because Lifetime didn’t contact them for their input […]

Most casual music fans would like to forget Lady Gaga released another not-so-good album “Artpop” last year. However, one of the only decent songs on the project was the freaky song “Do What U Want” featuring R. Kelly. After the duo performed the track at last year’s American Music Awards, Gaga’s fans held their breath […]

Many Hip-Hop fans remember the ill-fated collaboration between Jay Z and R. Kelly. The duo put out an album called “Best of Both Worlds” back in 2002. However, due to Kelly being brought up on child pornography charges a short time after the album dropped, neither artist promoted it. Two years later, they came back […]

Fans of “The Boondocks” finally got to find out how the popular series would fair without its creator Aaron McGruder. The first episode of the fourth season entitled, “Pretty Boy Flizzy,’ spoofed R&B singer Chris Brown and his many on-going legal problems, including the now infamous beating of his ex-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.   The […]

Chicago rapper Twista has clocked more than twenty years in the hip-hop industry and is still considered an underdog. While some artists would be discouraged by their underdog status, Twista uses it as motivation to keep spitting rapid-fire rhymes over catchy beats. The “Overnight Celebrity” rapper refuses to allow anything or anyone get in the […]

Culture

I love a good barbecue. And it’s not because – as a Black dude – I’m supposed to. Seriously; who doesn’t enjoy the inviting aroma of sizzling animal flesh moonwalking across warm sunshine on a nice day? And don’t get me started on the God-given greatness that is barbecue sauce. No, I don’t enjoy barbecues […]

So R. Kelly’s 13th solo album “Black Panties” is in stores and online today and a number of my friends have been hitting me up asking what I thought. After over 15 years of writing about music I’m used to these inquiries, but I don’t really write album reviews as much as I used to […]

Freaky sex master R. Kelly is back with another titillating song off his upcoming album “Black Panties.” For this bedroom banger named “All The Way,” Kellz recruited Kelly Rowland to trade sexy talk with. And Ms. Rowland (because she’s nasty) whispers sweet nothings with the best of them. On the song, Rowland sings, “There ain’t […]

Bruno Mars releases the G-Mix of his latest single “Gorilla” featuring two of his favorite artists, Pharrell and R. Kelly. The trio keep things dirty in this next installment of the sex-charged power ballad from Mars multiplatinum sophomore album, “Unorthodox Jukebox .” RELATED: Bruno Mars Announced As Super Bowl Headliner R.Kelly  is right at home with the jungalistic theme, […]