We are sadden to report this morning that passing of Legendary drummer "Sugar Foot" Ricky Wellman. Ricky, who trail-blazed the drums and go-go sound in this industry, lost his battle to cancer.
Many no doubt, know, love, and remember Ricky as one of (if not the...
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In the "Old-News-Is-Good-News" Department: The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired The Mothership. Starting in 2015, you'll be able to admire the spacecraft that, amid a blaze of stagecraft and cannabis smoke, brought Funkadelic to the people. Actually, it's a...
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Once you reach a certain level of music superstardom one might assume that you must have to be cool with hearing your songs all over the place - elevators, supermarkets, television commercials and just about anywhere else - without slapping copyright infringement notices left, right...
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Spike Lee apparently did the right thing. The oscar-nominated director has surpassed his Kickstarter goal by $40,000 this weeks. The campaign, which has surpassed a staggering $1,299,635 already, still has four days to go.
With $1.29 million in donations, it’s the third highest film in...
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In order to shield "Blurred Lines," the hottest hit of the summer, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris, Jr. (TI) are going to court.
A lawsuit was filed Thursday in California federal court by the trio against Marvin Gaye's family and Bridgeport Music, which owns...
When the news had spread about a apartment fire that displaced a family of eight from their Northwest residence, New York rap artist Nas stepped in to help.
Up until about two weeks ago, Stanley Young and his eight children lived in an apartment in the...
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According to TMZ, Hip Hop mogul Jermaine Dupri put up the copyrights and royalties to music from artists such as Kriss Kross, Da Brat, Bow Wow and Xscape as collateral to secure a loan he took out with SunTrust Bank for $5 million. And now...
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Doing their part in helping to ensure that the tragedy and impact of the Trayvon Martin case doesn’t fall by the wayside, Ebony Magazine has dedicated four separate covers in September, to the ‘We Are All Trayvon’ movement with hopes of finding solutions on how...
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TMOTTGoGo is sad to report the passing of musician legend George Duke who died last night on August 5. No word yet on what happened, but we will keep you posted. Duke had just recently completed an album entitled "Dreamweaver" (see video clip below) and...
Scrolling through the Netflix as I always do, searching through the categories to find something different and new, I stumbled across a real good one that I am now recommending to you.
The pick I have chosen for this month is actually a documentary called "I...
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As Rare Essence near the end of their show during last night's Merriweather Post Pavilion's Summer Spirit Fest 2013, actor/comedian Mike Epps takes the stage and gives his points of view on DC politics, among other topics.
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The "Dream Defenders" are the non-violent activist group who began occupying Tallahassee, Florida's capitol building, shortly after the Zimmerman jury verdict was announced. Their plans are to actively remain there until Governor Rick Scott has met their demand to convene a special session of the...
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In the following video entitled "Little Black Boy Wonder", actor Omari Hardwick is also adding his name to the long list of Trayvon Martin supporters. He not only gathered his fellow actor friends to help him with the project, but also wrote and produced the...
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Enter for your chance to Win a pair of tickets to see Goodie MOb Live at the 930 Club - Sat Aug 24.
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