In 1966 Dr Maulana Karenga created an Afro-American holiday designed to honor African heritage and tradition called Kwanzaa. The week long celebration is observed between…

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In the next edition of TheUrbanDaily.com’s “My First Car” radio legend Bobbito Garcia tells us about his first–and only–car a 1987 Honda Accord that he…

You know T-Boz tells it like it is. It was a star-studded event last night at the premiere of “CrazySexyCool,” and our girl Soraya Joseph was right there on the red carpet to get the real tea from T-Boz about TLC’s reborn beef with producer Pebbles. Yesterday morning T-Boz and Chilli stopped by The Breakfast Club […]

  Jamie Hector’s character Marlo Stanfield from HBO’s “The Wire” is one of the most memorable and oft-quoted characters in modern television.  In fact, one…

There are few hip-hop culture commentators more compelling than Young Guru.  The engineer, DJ and now college instructor brings passion, experience and a colorful perspective…

  Everybody seems to have a rhyme but do they have a purpose? What’s going on behind the lines? In the first episode of TheUrbanDaily.com’s…

What’s your relationship “deal breaker”?  For some it’s height,  income, or how and where you worship.  But could you date someone with political beliefs radically…

  When out at industry events, I’ve come across actors who have said it takes a smart actor to play a dumb person on-screen. So…

  The Roots Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson knows a thing or three about turning your passion into profit. Between his nightly gigs as Jimmy Fallon’s in-house…

  Actor Larenz Tate will have fans literally seeing double in the new series “Gun Hill,” produced by Reggie Rock Bythewood. In this New York…

  On August 30, 2012 one of hip-hop’s most respected businessman, Chris Lighty, was found dead in his Bronx apartment. While some friends and relatives…

Black Music Month

God bless Kendrick Lamar for the kick in the ass…But this could have happened a long time ago. Jay Z could have taken it back…