When you tweet at  the person responding isn’t an assistant or someone from the record label’s social media team, it’s the man himself, Ne-Yo. Must Watch: Ne-Yo Reveals Secret To Writing Songs For Women [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] The singer-songwriter, actor, philanthropist and record executive is the Shine Award winner for “Most Connected ” because with 2.7 million followers […]

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The ’90s and early aughts were a bad time for NBA athlete style. After player’s fashion sense peaked with the impeccable style of ballers like Clyde Frazier and Magic Johnson in the ’70s and ’80s it dipped in to a deep, dark valley of over-sized big and tall zoot suits that made guys look more […]

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Second chances are rare in hip-hop. Once an artist is labeled a one-hit wonder or some one who has “fallen off” it’s nearly impossible to reclaim — much less surpass — one’s past glory. Atlanta’s 2 Chainz is one of the few rap artists who has done this. As a member of Playaz Circle along […]

Tony Shellman knows style. In fact he’s so adept at forecasting trends that he helped pioneer the urban fashion boom of the ’90s with clothing brands Mecca USA and ENYCE (launched in 1994 and 1996 respectively). The two brands he co-founded helped to pave the way for the Sean Johns and Rocawears of the world […]

To stand out, to be successful, to truly shine in one’s field it takes not only talent but equal amounts of perseverance and persistence. Filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry, the winner of our Best New Talent award, knows this first hand. Cherry’s atypical career path took him from the gridiron where he spent three years as […]

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It’s that time of year when we take a look back to acknowledge the most memorable moments in entertainment. Veteran artists reinvented themselves and new names worked their way into our collective rotations. Television personalities owned social media and those who dared to think outside of the box rewrote the rules of fashion. But who […]