Finding hip-hop music online is easy. There are literally hundreds of blogs and sites dedicated to the genre and it’s myriad sub-genres but when it comes to R&B it’s a different story. As popular as the genre is there are very few sites that cater to the niche. Sure there are...

Tyra Banks, well known for her modeling days, has added yet another highlight to her resume. She recently debuted as an author with her first written work Modelland, a young adult novel. Modelland is a story about a fantasy world where models are “super”. They have the power and the magic...

Kandi Burruss (KandiOnline.com) Radio personality and BlackEnterprise.com contributor Lamont Baldwin caught up with Kandi Burruss, of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, to talk about the latest expansion of her business empire. The platinum-selling artist and songwriter has already seen great...

Hip-hop legend Busta Rhymes adds his name to the list of signees. Even after 20 years in the music business, veteran rapper Busta Rhymes (born Trevor Smith) still manages to remain relevant musically and keeps his artistic brand in good standing with an often fickle hip-hop audience. Proof...

With news of Zuccotti Park being cleared out early this morning we wondered what would happen to some of the celebrity support the Occupy Wall Street movement’s been getting. When we first saw multifaceted mogul Russell Simmons showing his support for the movement  back in September we...

A who’s who crowd filled with Black digerati, young and seasoned influencers and media pioneers convened in New York City Tuesday for a premiere screening of CNN’s Black In America 4,  The New Promised Land: Inside Silicon Valley, which airs this Sunday, November 13 at 8 p.m. ET.  Hosted...

In September Huffington Post announced a new web series called The Tanning Effect featuring music exec turned marketing/ad exec Steve Stoute. Promoting his book, The Tanning of America, and the idea that diversity should be embraced by the corporate world, Stoute interviewed a line-up of...

For all of his fame, Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean is enigmatic as he is ubiquitous. Yes, we know that his wife is superstar Alicia Keys and the 33-year-old’s music is all over the radio and probably your iPod too. In fact, his image, in TV and print ads, helped bring...

A decade ago, on his album The Blueprint, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter posed the question “do you fools listen to music or just skim through?”  The question was aimed at  those who would write him off as just another superficial rapper obsessed with materialism. Ten years, a...

Yesterday, Jay-Z,  hip-hop’s reigning cash king and minority owner of the New Jersey Nets announced that the basketball team will  now become the Brooklyn Nets. It’s kind of a no-brainer that the team will take the name of Jay-Z’s home borough and the location of their new...