He may be TDE’s best kept secret, but to fans he is TopDawg’s underdog. Ab-Soul, born Herbert Anthony Stevens IV, is yet another Cali native signed to Top Dawg Entertainment but you definitely should not box him in as just another West Coast rapper. Fueled with lyricism, arrogance and imagery, Ab-Soul takes fans on a […]

One of the X-Men’s most beloved and bad-ass members, Bishop,  finally joins the party in the upcoming “Days of Future Past.”  In the seventh installment of the X-Men franchise, Bishop (played by Omar Sy)  is one of the few surviving X-Men who have been mercilessly slaughtered by the Sentinels, robots who are specifically programmed to […]

Black History Month

You may not know Chaka Fattah but you should. Fattah has helped more than 25 million individuals through programs and initiatives he has created since…

  2013 is Chiwetel Ejiofor’s year to shine. The British thespian has both critics and moviegoers raving about his latest role as Solomon Northrup in the brilliant and gut wrenching “12 Years A Slave.” Based on the 1853 memoir, Ejiofor plays a free black man from upstate New York who is kidnapped and sold into […]

Entertainment, Music

Eric Roberson is a singer, songwriter and producer from Rahway, New Jersey. He is sometimes referred to simply as Erro, the name which he later used as part of his label Blue Erro Soul. He’s recorded over six albums in the last ten years ( “The Vault 1.5,” “The Appetizer,” “…Left,” “The Collection,” “Music Fan […]

Movies

Ever since news first broke that actor Benedict Cumberbatch (TV’s “Sherlock”) was cast as the notorious Star Trek villain, Khan, in the upcoming film “Star Trek Into Darkness “(in theaters today), speculations have ran wild regarding where the filmmakers would take his story. But many are still in the dark about who Khan really is. […]

Entertainment, Music

The rap world was left shocked and saddened when news broke about the death of Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly, one-half of the rap duo Kris Kross, late last night. Despite his short, yet pivotal success in the early ’90s, there’s surprisingly very little known about the man we used to refer to as Mac Daddy. […]

Bane, the fictional Supervillain featured in the The Dark Knight Rises is Gotham’s new muzzled face of evil. Despite a possibly pill-induced rant by Rush Limbaugh, this foe of Batman has as much in common with Mitt Romney as a bowl of Ramen. Bane first appeared in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993) and […]

Stevie J has made quite a name for himself thanks to the premiere of “Love & Hip-Hop” Atlanta. But how much do you really know about the super producer? Before he became the most talked about man on reality TV he was making hits for everyone from 112 to Mariah Carey.  Check out a few […]

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Marion “Suge” Knight, Jr. (a.k.a. Big Suge or Big Simon) is the poster boy for thugged-out rap label CEOs as the founder and CEO of Black Kapital Records and co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. MUST READS: Suge Knight Threatens Rick Ross, Claims Diddy Killed Tupac Suge Knight Fuels Rumors 2Pac Is Still […]