It’s All Black Music
Long time friends Jill Scott and Colby Colb of Radio One Cleveland’s Z107.9 met at Harmonie Park Studios in Detroit for a private listening session for her upcoming album “The Light Of The Sun”. After listening to the album Jill sat with Colby to talk about a few of the tracks that tickled Colby’s ears. […]
Check out these clips from Avant on tour in his home, Cleveland.
Hot 97′s annual Summer Jam concert took place last night at the Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey with Lil’ Wayne, Chris Brown, Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Rick Ross, Fabolous, Waka Flocka and a surprise performance from Diddy, (etc). Responses to the lackluster concert are swirling, including the fact that there weren’t many guest surprises, which Summer […]
Hot 97’s annual Summer Jam concert took place last night at the Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey with Lil’ Wayne, Chris Brown,Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Rick Ross,Fabolous, Waka Flocka and surprise performance from Diddy, (etc). Responses to the lackluster concert are swirling but Wayne delivered a memorable singing performance on his new single “How To Love.” […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Location of Get Live Records, home to D.O.C.’s original group the Fila Fresh Crew. Arlington, TX 76015 When: June 16, 1989 What: The Dallas native’s Dr. Dre-produced debut, No One Can Do It Better is considered a classic album. The DOC’s songwriting was key in early Death […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare)Howard University 2225 Georgia Avenue Northwest Washington D.C., DC 20059 When: 2003 What: Producer Rich Harrison already made a name for himself producing music for singer Amerie but his breakthrough was writing and producing Beyonce’s first solo hit “Crazy in Love.” The Jay-Z assisted smash cut featured a […]
Regardless of what Beyonce says, girls don’t run the world in Kanye’s official video for his clip, “Monster.” When a rough draft of the video from My Dark Twisted Fantasy was leaked, women’s groups and some rap fans protested that the images of dead women were a misogynist‘s wet dream. Now the official version comes […]
There is a saying that everyone in Harlem knows one another. In the case of Harlem MCs Cameron Giles and rapper-turned-pastor Mason Betha the two practically grew up together. Before they joined the late Big L (along with Bloodshed and McGruff) to form the group Children of The Corn, the two played basketball together at […]
This year, Memorial Weekend in Miami was packed with our favorite celebs Chris Brown, Drake, Trey Songz and Rick Ross just to name a few! All whom performed at the annual SpringFest concert sponsored by Radio One. Ace Hood made a surprise appearance on stage to perform the summer anthem “Hustle Hard.” When we caught […]
While many TV audiences know William Drayton, aka Flavor Flav, as a colorful (and sometimes polarizing) figure on his reality TV shows, the multi-talent came to prominence for many as a member of the rap group Public Enemy. Public Enemy’s messages of Black power and social consciousness run contrary to some of the images we’ve […]
The Roots will kick off Philadelphia’s annual celebration of Black Music Month with their fourth-annual Roots Picnic on June 4th. The event will take place at Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing in the band’s hometown of Philadelphia, PA. Black Thought, lead MC of The Roots spoke to TheUrbandaily.com about one of the Summers best shows. […]
This year, Memorial Weekend in Miami was packed with our favorite celebs Chris Brown, Drake, Trey Songz and Rick Ross just to name a few! All whom performed at the annual SpringFest concert sponsored by Radio One. After Lloyd rocked the stage performing hits like “Lay It Down and “Southside” he stopped by where TheUrbanDaily […]
