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Jill Scott and Anthony Hamilton performed Scott’s current single “So In Love” on Jay Leno last night. The Light Of The Sun will be in stores tomorrow.

Clarence Clemons died Saturday of complications from a stroke he suffered on June 12th. Clemons was the tenor saxophone player in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street band since 1972. He was also an actor who had worked in movies and made television appearances with the most recent one being on “The Wire.” The musician had a [...]

Slakah the Beatchild directed this short for Ayah’s “When It Comes To You.” She’s working on her second album This Way with DJ Jazzy Jeff but in the meantime you can download “When It Comes To You” from her Bandcamp page.

Kid Sister is busy finishing a new EP and album but she took the time to remix Kelly Rowland’s “Motivation.” You can download it here.

Ricardo Cortes put together Jury Independence Illustrated, a free booklet about a legal process that people can use to end prosecution for drug crimes. Cortes created this booklet in response to Attorney General Eric Holder’s playful demand to David Simon and Ed Burns who are the writers of “The Wire” to make a new season. [...]

Last year Hennessy sponsored a multi-city tour featuring various artists including Q-Tip, Marsha Ambrosius, Curren$y, Chaka Khan, Bobby Brown, The Roots, Eve, Mary J.Blige and Erykah Badu. Filmmaker Thibaut De Longeville compiled 30 minutes of the performances to make the documentary “The Art Of Blending.” The film will stream from Hennessy’s Facebook page at 5PM [...]

New York – It’s not often that a new author can hold a reader’s attention through a series of separate releases, yet fiction writer Madison Taylor; the mastermind behind “Scattered Lies I” and “Scattered Lies II” has managed to do just that! With the creation of her literary trilogy from Influential Writers Publishing, she has [...]