MUSIC VIDEO: R.KELLY – ‘SKIN’
Well that was well timed. His ‘interview’ with BET aired several days ago and now this video drops… ‘Skin’ is taken from Kelly’s forthcoming album ’12 Play: 4th Quarter’ . Your thoughts please…..
VIDEO: FUNKMASTER FLEX BLASTS R KELLY FOR BET INTERVIEW
Funkmaster Flex lets rip and shows no mercy towards the ‘Pied Piper’ of R&B. Spotted @ Miss Info Ok… but will Flex continue to play tracks that feature rapper collaborations with Kelly?
MICHELLE OBAMA’S MAKEOVER FOR AMERICA
Sculptor Daniel Edward explains….. “Michelle Obama’s Makeover for America” presents an accessorized mannequin bust of Obama that foregoes the conventional pearl necklace, and provides for her a ‘signature look’ to take to Washington. “The goal is to create a look for Michelle Obama that eliminates excessive comparisons to Jackie Kennedy,” said Edwards, who studied under the tutelage of legendary fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez, “like supermodel Tyra Banks’s photos in Harper’s Bazaar, or the puzzling comment from CBS’s Byron Pitts that recommended ‘less […]
MOTOWN SONG WRITER NORMAN WHITFIELD DIES
Motown songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield, whose credits include hits I Heard It Through The Grapevine and War, has died in Los Angeles. Whitfield – believed to be 67 – worked at the legendary label in the ’60s and ’70s, adding a rock edge to soul music. Many of his hits were co-written with Barrett Strong, with whom he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. The pair won a Grammy in 1972 for Papa Was A […]
2008 BET HIP HOP AWARDS: BEST UK HIP HOP ACT NOMINEES
The nominees are: DIZZEE RASCAL WILEY CHIPMUNK SKEPTA GIGGS GHETTO Some of the acts here deserve to be nominated, but others just make me cringe with embarrassment. Can you guess which acts those are? I wonder who the lucky winner will be …….. The awards ceremony will take place in Atlanta on October 18th, and will then air on US television on October 23rd. The ceremony will probably air here in the UK sometime after that (a week later). But we […]
THROW BACK LIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE DAY: ERYKAH BADU – ‘TYRONE’
UK NEWS: URBAN MUSIC AWARDS 2008 NEWS
Not only do we have the MOBO Awards, we also have the UMA’s (Urban Music Awards) which will take place in November. Yey!!!! Estelle is again leading the way in award nominations, this time picking up nods in five categories for the UK Urban Music Awards (UMAs). Last week, it was revealed that the singer, 28, had five nods for this year’s MOBO (Music of Black Origin Awards). Dance act Booty Luv are up for three UMAs – best crossover act, best dance act and […]
VIDEO OF THE DAY: R KELLY SPEAKS ON PORN CHARGES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ‘NOT GUILTY’ VERDICT
R Kelly’s spoken publicly for the first time since being cleared of child pornography charges in America. The R&B star, 41, said he had come out of the experience stronger and hoped to move on with his life and career. Asked by Black Entertainment Television (BET) if he had a weakness for teenage girls, he replied: “When you say teenage, how old do you mean? “I have some 19-year-old friends, but I don’t like anyone illegal if that’s what we are talking […]
DAMON DASH SAYS EX HAS KIDNAPPED HIS SON
This story has been circulating the Internet for several weeks now and it’s still on going…. Damon ‘bruk pocket’ Dash and former girlfriend Linda Williams, have been fighting over their son Damon II (nick named Boogie) since Jesus walked the earth. Damon was given full custody of their son, which always led me to believe that Linda must have been the worst mother living in the free world. There had to have been a good reason why the judge granted ole bruk pocket full custody. And now according to TMZ.com a judge issued a bench warrant yesterday for Linda’s arrest, after she […]
PIC OF THE DAY: HEY PRETTY LADY
Spotted @ Freddyo From the looks of things somebody’s in the process of receiving hormone treatment… I think he has a pretty face.
MAD NEWS UK 