The award for Coolest Dad of the Week has to go to Lance Underwood for his creative reworking of classic album covers. With the cooperation of his two sons he flips vintage artwork from groups like Mobb Deep, Outkast, Gang Starr as well as soloists like John Coltrane and Nas and Ice Cube. We’re not […]
The final season of AMC’s hit advertising drama “Mad Men” premieres this Sunday and one marketing team has put their own unique spin on what goes on at Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Price. In a spoof called “Don-O-Mite” Leroy & Clarkson re-imagine the agency with a Blaxploitation era cast of fast-talking, hip-swinging, karate-chopping Black folk. The […]
The late night TV scene has been shuffling the cards of late. Jimmy Fallon took over as the host of “The Tonight Show” and it was just announced that Stephen Colbert will be replacing David Letterman on CBS’s “The Late Show.” Talk show host Arsenio Hall decided to have some fun with the whole thing, […]
It’s been over a decade since we saw waspy white folks singing Mystikal’s “Shake It Fast” with a proper lilt in “Scary Movie 2” but audiences still can’t seem to get enough of the racial juxtaposition bit. In the latest example, Jimmy Fallon and Anne Hathaway sing Broadway versions of Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice,” […]
Shayanna Jenkins, fiancee to imprisoned NFL star Aaron Hernandez, has been blowing off steam in her man’s absence. She was spotted at a Rhode Island strip club this past weekend getting a lap dance from some patriotic man candy. According to TMZ, Jenkins was at The Satin Doll entertainment club in Providence on Sunday afternoon […]
Lyrical masterminds Pharoahe Monch and Black Thought of The Roots tag team a truculent Marco Polo instrumental for the new track, “Rapid Eye Movement,” the latest cut from Monch’s fourth solo album, “P.T.S.D. (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) dropping on April 15th. “I got the beat, recorded my first verse and immediately was like ‘I gotta […]
Sorry Pharrell, superstar Beyonce channels sex icon Marilyn Monroe on the latest cover of “Out” magazine. Pharrell has song on his new album called “Marilyn Monroe” where he declares that not even the late pin-up girl and actress could measure up to his woman’s beauty. Nevertheless, Beyonce still finds inspiration from the blonde bombshell to […]
After graduating from “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” to “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” we weren’t sure when we’d get new studio material from The Roots crew. It would have been totally understandable if they wanted to kick back and keep collecting those late night checks, but thankfully they have been recording as well. […]
Pharrell Williams capped off his forty-first birthday in style. The man with the most famous hat in the world (sorry Indiana Jones) performed on “Saturday Night Live” as their musical guest and appeared in one sketch. RELATED: DJ LV Turns Pharrell’s “Happy” Into Salute To Fathers [VIDEO] The ageless singer and producer performed his Oscar-nominated hit […]
Grammy-nominated producer, label exec and rapper Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie knows a thing or two about competition between MCs. The onetime leader of Bad Boy Records Hitmen production team had a front row seat to some of hip-hop’s biggest sparring matches and all-out brawls. Not only did he witness two of the greatest to ever rap–Jay […]
The only things entertainers show off on Instagram more than their cars are their kids. Scroll through the feeds of the popular social networks and you will see who is having a birthday, who is playing a sport, who is getting a haircut and who is really ready for a nap. It’s a side of […]
What takes more courage, to call yourself a God or challenge the man who makes that claim? Rapper and producer Oddisee has spent over a decade bending words and audiences to his will as both a solo artist and as part of larger collectives like DMV based trio, Diamond District. The native of D.C. has been […]