Archive for March, 2009
Finale Gives Fans An Album Before The Album With T.I.M.E.
March 31, 2009
Lil Kim On Dancing With The Stars Round 4
March 31, 2009
Motown Celebrates Marvin Gaye
March 30, 2009
J*Davey-Slooow
March 30, 2009
Prince On Leno 3/27/09
March 30, 2009
Surging Retro-Soul Movement Stings The Killer Bees
March 30, 2009
Throwback:Stephanie Mills-Put Your Body In It
March 29, 2009
Stephanie Mills has been performing since she was 11 years old and won the Apollo Amateur night six times. In the ’70′s she toured as an opening act for The Isley Brothers and with the help of Jermaine Jackson got a deal with Motown Records. While waiting for Motown to make her a big star [...]
Media Questions Of The Week
March 28, 2009
2. Did Ciroc Vodka really exclude dark skinned African-American women from their ad campaign?
Ain’t No Nigga Like..Dame Dash/ Hip-Hop Chronicles: A Blog by Russell Simmons
March 27, 2009
Sitting in the audience last night at the crowded 37th Street Arts Theater in NYC, I witnessed another great Damon Dash contribution, one that takes hip-hop culture to another significant level of accomplishment. Sony Entertainment and Damon Dash produced the “Hip-Hop Monologues: Inside the Life and Mind of Jim Jones.” It’s a fantastic show that [...]
The End Of The Rockefeller Drug Laws: A Hip-Hop Victory
March 27, 2009
Thirty six years ago, the State of New York passed into law the Rockefeller Drug Laws, which required mandatory long prison terms, up to 15 years to life, for possession or sale of small amounts of drugs. Today, the Rockefeller Drug Laws era is finally over and the contribution of the hip-hop community can’t be [...]