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Several sources are reporting this morning that Aretha Franklin is “gravely ill” and surrounded by her friends and family in Detroit.
The legendary songstress has been battling cancer for some time now and this new report seems to indicate that she’s not doing very well.
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Kandi Burruss, Lil Kim and Tiny Harris strike a pose during the 2017 Hip-Hop Honors, which was taped last night.
Xscape is one of the many old school groups performing for VH1’s Hip Hop Honors this year, which will honor ’90s Game Changers’ and celebrate a number of influencers responsible for driving urban entertainment to the mainstream in the 90s.
Honorees include Martin Lawrence, Mariah Carey, Master P, Jermaine Dupri and renowned hip-hop video director Hype Williams.
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Chance the rapper started a viral sensation when he presented the #sogonechallenge online but now the originator is back!
Everyone from Kevin Hart to D. Wade have been spitting bars over Monica’s ‘So Gone’ and now the singer has shut it down by rapping over her own song.
You’ve seen the rest, now check out the best!
Watch video below of Monica SLAYING the #SoGoneChallenge… Continue Reading…
Atlanta transplant Missy Elliott is back on the scene with a hot new video featuring Pharrell Williams.
Missy’s musical artistry has surely been missed and she graced fans with a brand new song and video called ‘WTF (Where They From)’ at approximately 9:02am this morning!
Check out Missy’s new video below… Continue Reading…
Welp… the ‘highly anticipated’ Aaliyah biopic was a total fail… at least in the eyes of the twitterverse!
‘Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B’ aired last night (November 15, 2014) on LifetimeTV and the television network’s treatment of the life & times of Aaliyah Haughton was not exactly as bad as they say, but it was bad enough to be totally hilarious.
The film was terribly cast, horribly written and being that Aaliyah’s family was dead set against it (click HERE if you missed that), there was no Aaliyah music anywhere in the flick.
Lifetime also tiptoed around Aaliyah’s scandelous relationship with R. Kelly, to whom she married when she was 15 (he was 27), treating it as a love story gone awry. One scene even included a heart-to-heart between the pair where Aaliyah (played by Alexandra Shipp) states, “Eighteen feels like an eternity from now.” *sigh*
Read more about the online reactions to Aaliyah’s biopic + in case you missed it (and need a laugh today), watch the full ‘Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B’ movie below… Continue Reading…
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