Sentenced to 90 days! Rapper DMX

PHOENIX — Rapper DMX was sentenced to 90 days in jail Friday for convictions on theft, drug-possession and animal-cruelty charges. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, also was placed on at least 18 months' supervised probation by Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Phemonia Miller.

Simmons pleaded guilty Dec. 30 to three felony counts — theft, possession or use of marijuana, and possession or use of narcotic drugs — and one misdemeanor count of animal cruelty.

The 38-year-old rapper has been in the Maricopa County Jail since being arrested Dec. 9 in Miami on a warrant after failing to appear in court in Phoenix. His attorney, Stephen Lee Crawford, didn't immediately return calls seeking comment.

Ciara Featuring Young Jeezy - Never Ever (Official Video)

Soulja Boy's Newest Dance

Soulja Boy Tell 'Em and his crew show us their new dance, and teaches our Michelle Marie how to do the “Bird Walk.” He became an overnight sensation with The Soulja Boy dance, and has taught millions of viewers step by step on You Tube, but this one is a Young Hollywood exclusive. We also find out what one word describes him best. Hosted by Michelle Marie.

Racism in the Elevator **Official Video**

Kelly Rowland News

Kelly Rowland and Beyonce's dad, Matthew Knowles, have announced that he will no longer manage her career. When Knowles added Rowland, 26, to the group Destiny's Child years ago, she was just a child herself. According to both, they will always remain family.

Update:
NEW YORK (AP) — Kelly Rowland says she will always be a part of Beyonce's family, but she no longer will be managed by the superstar's father. Rowland and Matthew Knowles announced Wednesday that he is bowing out as her manager. He's guided her career since she was kid, when he put her in Destiny's Child along with Beyonce. He even helped raise her.
Both Rowland and Knowles — who still manages daughter Beyonce — called the split amicable. Both say they will always be family.

Rowland has sold millions of records as part of Destiny's Child, but her solo career hasn't matched that success.

Rowland — who turns 27 next month — did not say who her new manager will be.

Essence Music Festival lineup

Anita Baker, John Legend, Robin Thicke, Salt-N-Pepa, Ne-Yo and Eric Benet are among the performers joining Beyoncé at the Essence Music Festival July 3-5 in New Orleans. The festival celebrates its 15th anniversary with more than 30 performances, plus seminars with appearances by Bill Cosby, radio host Tom Joyner and actor Hill Harper.

Larry King: My Son Wants To Be Black

According to Larry King, "black is in."

Speaking with Bob Woodward on "Larry King Live" Wednesday, King announced that his 8-year-old son Cannon wants to be black.

"There's a lot of advantages to being black," King said. "Black is in. Is this a turning of the tide?"

Watch:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/22/larry-king-my-son-wishes_n_160077.html

Mario Winans: Singer Puts A Ring On Longtime Girlfriend

R&B crooner Mario Winans wed his longtime girlfriend Joy in a private ceremony the weekend of Jan. 10 in New Jersey.

The 34-year-old singer, who is the son of gospel great Vickie Winans and Bishop Ronald E. Brown, had been dating Joy on an off for more than a decade.

The couple, whom most mistakenly believed were already married, has a daughter together named Skylar, 8.

"He called 1-800-Dial-A-Minister and just up and got married," his mother said of the impromptu ceremony during The Stellar Awards. "But I'm so proud of him!"

In music news, the Bad Boy Entertainment artist will release his third album this summer.

The singer has released two other albums, 2004's 'Hurt No More' (Bad Boy Entertainment) and 1997's 'Story of My Heart' (Motown).

T.I. Feat Rihanna - Live Your Life Piano cover: David Sides

Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video

This Man Is Not the "Black " President, He Is "The U.S. President"- Preachers Argue about Something Else Please- God is a Generaous God ( Love All)

(Jan. 23) - Not everyone was happy with President Barack Obama's nod to nonbelievers and non-Christians in his inaugural address. And some of the stiff criticism about Obama’s religious inclusiveness is coming from African-American Christians who maintain that no, all faiths were actually not created equal.
"For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness," the new president said. "We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this earth," he also said. Nothing too controversial, proclaiming that America's strength lies in its diversity.But between those two statements, the new president got specific: "We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers."By mentioning, for the first time in an inaugural address, the 16.1 percent of Americans who check "no"’ when asked about religion, Obama turned it into the most controversial line in his speech -- praised by The New York Times editorial board and cited by some Christians as evidence that he is a heretic, and in his well-spoken way, a serious threat.

My Opinion
Obama's Statement is true. Instead of criticizing, learn the facts.President Barack Obama did what many before him should have done, rightly citing the great diversity of America as part of the nation's great strength, and including 'nonbelievers'’

I personally am a believer in a higher power and in that belief I do not judge. A religious leader should be "open" to all. Not condemn.

Akon Beautiful ft. Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishal

O'Reilly Factor On Hate Filled Anti Bush Rant From Jay Z At Inaugural Ball

John Legend talks Inauguration, Obama, Politics, & More w/ DJ Skee

Chris Rock's Relationship Advice

4 stabbed during club's party for 'Notorious' film

NEW YORK — Police say four men were stabbed at a New York City nightclub advertising an after-party for the film premiere of "Notorious" about rapper Biggie Smalls.

Police said Saturday a 21-year-old victim stabbed numerous times was in critical condition at Brookdale Hospital. Three others were stable.

The Djumbala club is in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn. Police did not immediately release further information.

While the party had been promoted as the "official" after-party, "Notorious" distributor, Fox Searchlight, said it was not related.

Smalls was born Christopher Wallace and also used the stage name "Notorious B.I.G."

Best Songs of 2PAC in 10 MIN, Vol 1

Eminem F The Police Freestyle

Rock Cocolo Trotel Music Hip hop Chein, Rafi Dee, Ceky Vichan, Talento

BOW WOW 1ST SINGLE "YOU CAN GET IT ALL"

I Believe I Can Fly

Hip Hop n RnB Legends

T.I. Ft. Kanye West - Crank Dat

T.I. show not part of community service

LOS ANGELES — T.I. is using his upcoming MTV reality show to scare teens straight, and it's not part of the 1,000 hours of community service he must complete before facing a prison sentence March 27.

The 28-year-old rapper told the Television Critics Association on Friday that he's put in 864 hours so far. He said: "This show is in addition to (that)."

T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, was sentenced to one year in prison on federal weapons charges after he was arrested in Atlanta in 2007 for allegedly trying to buy automatic weapons. The show began filming in June and will continue to shoot until March.

"T.I's Road to Redemption: 45 Days to Go" premieres Feb. 10.

Dilated Peoples ft Kanye West - This Way

She's All Grown Up Now...Catching Up With Keshia Knight-Pulliam

Make no doubt about it; It's Keisha's show now.

The Cosby Show' actress is all grown up and definitely ready to take control of her career.

Since starring as Rudy Huxtable -- the youngest Huxtable child -- in the hit NBC sitcom, 'The Cosby Show,' for eight seasons, actress Keisha Knight Pulliam has done a fine job of making diverse career choices.

Pulliam told BlackVoices.com that she is very happy that she took a break from acting to attend historically black women's college, Spelman College , where she graduated in 2001 with a degree in sociology.

"I think that I am very thankful to have had such a long career. It's a blessing and something very special to me. I took a long break after 'Cosby' to go to college and I don't regret that," says Pulliam.

These days Pulliam's is back on the small screen with a leading role on the hit TBS series, 'Tyler Perry's House of Payne,' an experience that she says shares the same camaraderie as 'Cosby.'

"I said, 'Ok, sure I will come in for ten episodes,' and the storyline was so popular," she revealed. "People just loved the Calvin (played by actor Lance Gross) and Miranda story," so much that it led to her taping an additional 26 episodes of the popular sitcom.

Tyler Perry, the show's creator, has been so impressed with Pulliam that he cast her in his upcoming movie, 'Madea Goes to Jail' as Candace "Candy'" Washington a heroin-addicted prostitute who the pistol-packing main character befriends after both women end up in jail. Derek Luke, Sophia Vergara, 'Doubt's' Viola Davis and David and Tamala Mann also star in the movie.

The First Annual Turntable Awards 2008

The First Annual Turntable Awards recognizes the music industry’s best-kept secrets of 2008 – the emerging and alternative sounds not featured on commercial radio nor in heavy rotation on the music video channels throughout the year. Turntable aims to bring to the forefront artists you may not have heard, but that you definitely should know. Find out who took Best Performance By An Artist, Best Performance By A Rap Artist Who Can Actually Sing, Best Blue-Eyed Performance, Best Cover and a host of other noteworthy categories.

Expand your play list for 2009. Who are you listening to in the new year?


Ebony/Jet Podcast

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New R&B Albums: January 2009

What's new in R&B during January 2009? Not a lot. January and July are typically the slowest months of the year for new R&B and Soul music, and it looks like 2009 won't be an exception to that. There's just five 'new' albums coming out, but one is a remix album (Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad - The Remixes), one's a collection of Mariah Carey's best ballad's and one's a live album. So that makes two albums of new material, and of those two, one (Heather Headley's Audience of One), is a Gospel album by an R&B singer. So if you add it all up, there's really just one all-new R&B album: Syleena Johnson's Labor Pains.

Beyonce-IIWAB & Single Ladies Live World Music Awards

ESTELLE American Boy (2008 World Music Awards Live)

2008 Top Music Hits

Top 5 Worst Hip Hop Inspired Ad Campaigns of 2008