Mogul In The Making: Atlantic Records Promotes @IAmMarBrown to Senior VP of Urban Radio Division
By HHE Staff · Jan 26, 2016

Atlantic Records recently promoted music industry veteran Mar Brown to Senior VP of Urban Radio Promotion, after just two years as the VP of Urban Radio Promotion. The respected industry executive has wasted no time in utilizing his expertise and creative know how to help lead the charge in making Atlantic one of the nation’s […]
Read the storyUS Supreme Court Rules Today That Life Sentence For Teenagers Must Have A Opportunity for Freedom
By HHE Staff · Jan 25, 2016

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that people serving life terms for murders they committed as teenagers must have a chance to seek their freedom, a decision that could affect more than 1,000 inmates. The justices voted 6-3 to extend a ruling from 2012 that struck down automatic life terms with no chance of parole for […]
Read the storyNew Music Alert: MMG’s Stalley Drops Latest Project “Saving Yusuf” (Download)
By HHE Staff · Jan 25, 2016

Stalley is delivering his latest project “Saving Yusuf”, which is now available via DatPiff.com. The project arrived just days before Stalley is set to embark on his “From Me To You” Tour, which will have him crisscrossing the Midwest and East Coast during a 10-city run starting January 26 in Kansas City. The follow-up […]
Read the storyStudy Finds Asian-American Characters ‘Tokens’ on TV
By Dennis Byron · Jan 25, 2016
or “Tokens on the Small Screen,” professors and scholars at six California universities looked at 242 broadcast, cable and digital platform shows that aired during the 2015-16 season and tallied the numbers, screen time and portrayals of characters of Asian or Pacific Islander descent among 2,000 TV characters.
Read the storyArtist Spotlight: Mal Forte’ Drops New Single “Good Intentions” Feat. EJ
By HHE Staff · Jan 25, 2016

Born a poet, perfectly crafted into a rapper, Jamal “Mal Forte’” Wallace sets the tone for his rap avenue ahead. The 23-year-old Jacksonville, Florida native expresses his art through Hip Hop and spoken word. Mal Forte’ believes that music is his platform to deliver and speak a message to an audience that’s bigger than him, […]
Read the story‘Girls Trip’ Already Surpasses ‘Rough Night’ in Opening Weekend
By Dennis Byron · Jan 24, 2016
Stunning testimony: Voting machines can be hacked without a trace of evidence The country’s voting machines are susceptible to hacking, which could be done in a way so that it leaves no fingerprints, making it impossible to know whether the outcome was changed, computer experts told President Trump’s voter integrity commission Tuesday. The testimony marked […]
Read the storyUrban Alaska: Anchorage offers hiking, beer tours and culture in state’s largest city
By Dennis Byron · Jan 23, 2016
Anchorage, the state’s largest city, hosts half of the Last Frontier’s population, with 300,000 souls inhabiting a metropolitan area the size of the entire state of Delaware. Yet for all its modernities, tall buildings, conveniences and restaurants, it is still, unmistakably, Alaskan.
Read the storyConservatives in Hollywood: Celebrities who lean right
By Dennis Byron · Jan 22, 2016
Cindy Crawford and JCPenney preview their new Cindy Crawford Home Collection in New York, April 21, 2009. The collection is available at JCPenney this fall with everything from bedding, drapes, decorative accessories, chairs, mirrors, area rugs, lighting and wall decor.
Read the storyNow Take That! Rapist Ex-Cop Holtzclaw Gets Sentenced to 263 Years in Prison
By HHE Staff · Jan 21, 2016

Daniel Holtzclaw, the ex-Oklahoma City cop who had an appetite for raping black women in a neighborhood he was assigned to patrol found out what his fate was today as Judge Timothy Henderson gave Hoytzclaw the maximum sentence to run consecutively on all 18 counts that he was convicted of for raping multiple defenseless black […]
Read the storyRite Hook (feat. Chris Rivers) – “The Motions” (prod. by The Arcitype)
By Nancy Byron · Jan 21, 2016

As Rite Hook continues to prep his next full-length project (Modify), the Boston emcee delivers another standout track with, “The Motions.” It’s an anthem for anyone tired of the bullsh*t and verbal garbage that can too often weigh us down. The track is fueled by a piano-laced slapper courtesy of The Arcitype, who also resides […]
Read the storyIce Cube Says “Straight Outta Compton” Needed A Slave Character To Get The Nomination
By HHE Staff · Jan 21, 2016
Actor and rap star Ice Cube knows a thing or two about picking characters for his movies and suggested that the reason Straight Out of Compton didn’t receive the Academy nomination was because it was lacking a slave character which sounds plausible seeing what actors have won in the past. Cube was a guest on […]
Read the storyWhat to do when a hurricane blows away your vacation plans
By Dennis Byron · Jan 21, 2016
What do you do when a hurricane blows away your vacation plans? The Associated Press asked Pauline Frommer of Frommers.com and the Frommer travel guidebook series for advice.
Read the storyLody Lucci ft. Scotty Roze “Problem With That” [Prod. by @_1PD]
By Nancy Byron · Jan 20, 2016
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Lody Lucci is no longer going by Lil Lody starting with his new song off of the upcoming Street Bible 2 mixtape, presented by DGB. This is a banger! [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/242648818″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=’450′ iframe=”true” /]
Read the storyKid3rd Ft. TeeFlii – “Love Drunk Driving”
By Nancy Byron · Jan 20, 2016

As his single “Drink With Me” continues to rack up a lot of streams online and bubble in the clubs in his hometown of Los Angeles, Kid3rd links with TeeFli for the catchy “Love Drunk Driving.” [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/242844332″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=’450′ iframe=”true” /]
Read the storyThe #DabTour Is Underway And The Migos Are “Muhfuckin Tired”
By Shunte' Dennis · Jan 20, 2016

Unlike Kevin Gates, the trio is “Muhfuckin Tired.” We welcomed Offset home last month and as he stamped in “First Day Out,” its time for his crew to get it. Still holding the title of Young Rich Niggas, the sequel tape YRN 2 is here as promised and just in time for the #DabTour which […]
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