The talented Queen Latifah will lend her eyes and ears to the upcoming 30th season of The Voice as one of the judges for the show.
An alleged shooting outside of Chris Brown's home in Los Angles has lead to the arrest of area man Markeith Cungious.
Dope is turning into one of the most anticipated movies of the summer. We rarely get Black coming-of-age movies anymore, and Dope― starring Zoe Kravitz and Shameik Moore, and executive produced by Pharrell Williams― is long overdue. But with a (hopefully) great movie, comes a great soundtrack. And with tracks from Public Enemy, Nas, and A Tribe Called […]
Poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron, who was known for his work, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” will be featured on TV One’s “Unsung” tonight. Scott-Heron was born in Chicago and attended school in New York, when he and his mother relocated to the Bronx in 1961. It was at DeWitt Clinton High School, where […]
After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s assassination in 1968 many concerned parties began to campaign for a holiday celebrating his life and work on behalf of Civil Rights. Where Did Dr. King’s Dream Begin? After a bill was introduced to Congress to make King’s birthday, January 15th, a national holiday, private citizens took up the […]
Former G.O.O.D Music MC Consequence borrows Kanye West’s “My Way Home” instrumental from 2005′s Late Registration and appears to be sending a subliminal message to his old label exec. The song samples the late Gil Scott-Heron’s “Home Is Where The Hatred Is.” (spotted @Nahright) Cons aired his grievances with Kanye West and his cousin Q-Tip […]
According to his U.K. publisher Jamie Byng (via The Daily Swarm), Gil Scott-Heron, the celebrated poet, musician, and author, died today. He was 62 years old. Scott-Heron’s cause of death remains unknown. The influential poet and musician is often credited with being one of the progenitors of hip-hop, and is best known for the spoken-word […]
Kanye West's "Lost In The World" is the latest new track to leak from Kanye's still-untitled-but-tentatively-titled-My-Dark-Twisted-Fantasy album.
Listen to Gil Scott-Heron’s new album, I’m New Here then pick it up on February 9th!