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“To Be a Black Girl” An open letter by Yara Shahidi Google is continuing their Black History Month celebration with their Google Arts & Culture Black History spotlight. In their 2nd installment activist & actress Yara Shahidi pays homage to a long tradition of Black women and changemakers in her open letter and video titled “To Be […]

“THE BET SOCIAL AWARDS” was one of the newly found biggest award celebration ever! This BET first time shining light to people online. This award show honors social media heavy hitters from the funniest to the best clap back over the past year. The show streamed live only from the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, […]

Last Night the 2018 BET Social Awards aired live in Atlanta GA from Tyler Perry Studios. With no hesitation, hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg who’s known for his hit singles “Drop It Like Its Hot” and “Beautiful” featuring Pharrell takes to Instagram to tell BET a few words on how he felt about not being apart […]

In an exclusive interview with EIC’s Dennis Byron, Love and Hip Hop Miami star Tip Drill (aka Miami Tip) discussed a series of topics that involved her turning a tragedy situation into triumph that involved a strip pole accident. Before her LHHMIA debut Miami Tip was one of the best exotic dancers to ever […]

The 2018 Grammy nominations are in and Jay Z has been nominated for 8 Grammy nominations Including album and song of the year. Why is this a big deal? Jay Z’s 4:44 album is Jay’Z most vulnerable album of his career. He touched on so many social topics including race, black economics, his marriage infidelities, […]

Entertainment reporter Taylor Walton got to sit down with Grammy nominated rapper and Atlanta native B.o.B. yesterday at his silent album listening party. The rapper discussed how the album came about, some of the album features, and even singer Bruno Mars’ success since first debuting as a feature artist on “Nothin’ On You” in 2010. […]

After keeping quiet about his controversial exit from the hit comedy show, “Saturday Night Live”, Jay Pharoah spoke out about his rocky time on the show and the events leading up to his exit.   The comedian was a guest star on New York radio station, Hot 97’s “Ebro in the Morning”, and let it […]

Reporting by: D’Shonda Brown Interview by: @MrDennisByron Reigning from Clayton County, this Georgia Peach and winner of Jermaine Dupri’s The Rap Game, Miss Mulatto bares all. Mulatto spills the tea with Editor-in-Chief Dennis Byron about life after the reality show, why she decided against signing with SoSo Def, and her two cents about Remy Ma’s “Shether” […]

Today five-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist Lalah Hathaway premieres “Don’t Give Up”, her first single of 2017. The legendary songstress joins forces with three-time Grammy Award-winning wordsmith Lecrae, providing an extra dose of inspiration over the Tiffany Gouche-produced track. “Don’t Give Up” is available to stream today on Soundcloud.com. “Don’t Give Up” encourages love, patience […]

International DJ and owner of Tomboys Inc., Ace Star, sits down with Teaacup to speak on her success at an early age, being mentored by both her high school teacher as well as Usher, and how she became the official DJ behind Dej Loaf. In our one on one interview, this mogul in the making […]

In presenting a clip from “La La Land” at the 28th annual Producers Guild of America Awards, the film’s star, John Legend, took a moment to address Donald Trump’s controversial executive order barring U.S. entry to citizens from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. “Los Angeles is the home of so many immigrants, […]

This past weekend rapper Maino was honored, awarded and named Hip Hop Ambassador of Brooklyn at the Immanuel & First Spanish Church located in Brooklyn, NY. Maino is known for being the King of Brooklyn (K.O.B), with recognition from The City Council, NY State Assembly, Brooklyn Borough President and the NY State Senate, the Brooklyn […]

Rapper Lil Wayne found himself embroiled in another controversy after doing a sit down interview with Nightly News when the interviewer asked him what did he think about the Black Lives Matter movement? Lil Wayne told reporter Lindsey Davis that he doesn’t connect with the Black Lives Movement. “”my life matter, especially my bitches.” Sounds like […]

This is like scene from a bad movie as more evidence of Donald Trump’s unethical and illegal business practices has come to light according to a recent Daily News story where they are reporting that Trump reneged a 1 million dollar bet during a golf game where the winner sunk a hole-one shot. Everything was […]

After releasing a successful project Ain’t No Loyalty executive produced by DJ Burn One and narrated by DJ B Lord, South Carolina rappers, Roc & Yella are releasing a new visual for the song called “Trust No More” featuring the emotional and touching vocals of Candice Mims. For this song, Roc & Yella talk about […]