Kickmag Urban music and culture. Questions for Tamara Harris? blakcitrus@gmail.com

Michael Rapaport’s documentary on A Tribe Called Quest is finally coming out in 2011. The actor spent two years with the group to make this film.

Raheem DeVaughn’s new mixtape Jackin’ 4 Beats came out yesterday and this is the video for “She’s Single.” He jacked the beat from Lil’ Wayne’s “Single.”

Jesse Boykins III just received a Soul Train nomination and released another video this time for “Come To My Room.” A lot of footage from the awards show was used for this video.

Emcee A.P.Ri.M.E. and producer Trellmatic are Milwaukee’s AUTOmatic. Their love for The Roots and De La Soul is pretty obvious here in their new video for “Higher.” You can hear their album here.

Rene Moore and Angela Winbush formed a musical partnership in 1977. Winbush is a St. Louis, Missouri native who studied architecture at Howard University and only used music to make extra money from her performances. Hot Tea was a group she was a part of with Tawatha Agee and they would open for various groups. [...]

El DeBarge appeared on Wendy Williams to promote his Second Chance CD due in stores next week.

Happy Birthday to James Marshall Hendrix who would have been 68 years old today. Two weeks ago his estate released West Coast Seattle Boy, a new box set of Jimi’s early recordings as a sideman, alternate takes of established songs and songs never heard before. Valleys Of Neptune came out earlier this year as well [...]

1. Does Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday live up to the hype? 2. When will Lil’ Kim stop talking about Nicki Minaj? 3. Is it true that Chris Brown lost his American Music Award to Usher because he simply didn’t show up? Are the AMA’s relevant?

New York, NY – After a few years of working behind-the-scenes for major recording artists including Usher and Mary J. Blige, singer/songwriter Miguel is ready to take the world by storm. Executive produced by Mark Pitts and Wayne Barrow, the ByStorm/Jive Records artist’s debut album All I Want Is Youis slated for release November 30th.

Mississippi native Carmen Rodgers debuted the video for “It’s Me” from The Bitter Suite a couple of days ago.