The 15th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival presented by BET Networks kicked off last night in NYC with the Opening Night world premiere of Nelson George and Diane Paragas’ documentary Brooklyn Boheme. Stars such as Chris Rock, Spike Lee, festival ambassador Mario Van Peebles, Maxwell, Giancarlo Esposito and John Boyega (who’s filming a movie with Spike) came out in support of the film […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare)1900 W Pl Northeast, Washington D.C. When: January 25, 1980 What: In August 1979, with a dream of delivering programming that catered to African-Americans and a $15,000 loan and six figure investment from TCI, Robert L. Johnson started Black Entertainment Television. The fledgling network began broadcasting in January […]

Last week on Master of The Mix, DJ Mars displayed some unsportsmanlike conduct during his elimination against DJ Rap, which caused tension amongst the remaining DJs.