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Brian “B.Kyle” Atkins has put together a video project honoring the life of the late J.Dilla. The project will debut on February 7th 2011 on Dilla’s birthday at the J.DillaProject.com.

The independent path of the Stones Throw label is examined in a new documentary by Sébastien Bauer & Lucas Blaya.

Cee-Lo Green has a movie coming for his “Bodies” track from The Lady Killer. Here is the trailer for the feature that stars Kerry Washington, Janelle Monae and Karl Lagerfeld.

Black Thought gets interviewed by the NYPost and he talks about his ability to sing, his solo album and the early days of The Roots.

Redman has a new B-Boy inspired video for “Rockin’ Wit Da Best” from his Reggie CD. Check out the cameo from Kool Moe Dee.

Heaven and Earth were a quartet from Chicago that originally went by the name The Soul Majestics. Dwight Dukes and James Dukes were brothers who formed the group with friends Keith Steward and Michael Brown while they all attended South Shore High School. They recorded three albums and by the time their second project got [...]

1. What is the true status of the relationship between A Tribe Called Quest and Michael Rapaport since Phife Dawg was the only one to appear at the premiere of the documentary at Sundance? 2. Why did Terry McMillan feel the need to criticize The Smith children and then give a half-hearted apology about it [...]

Gladys Horton was the co-founder of the Marvelettes and sang lead on their hits “Please Mr. Postman,” “Beechwood 4-5789″ and “Too Many Fish In The Sea.” The Inkster, MI native left the group in 1967 and reunited with them in the ’80s to record The Marvelettes…Now!. Horton also worked with author Marc Taylor on the [...]

B. Scott interviews Chaka Khan and they discuss a variety of topics including her days with Rufus, her love of TV and being a grandmother.

New York – Hip-Hop icon Russell Simmons delivered a direct message from the President of the United States, Barack Obama, today, January 28, 2011, via MySpace. Simmons, founder of GlobalGrind.com and the author of the best-selling book, “Super Rich,” has been this week’s celebrity participant in the MySpace Hijack. He extended his week long take-over [...]