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In honor of Black Music Month, we asked “Shea Butter Baby” singer Ari Lennox what would be in her “Shea Butter” Playlist and it was filled with smooth grooves, hot lyrics, and ratchet activity! Lennox’s list includes: Missy Elliot Featuring Da Brat “Sock It To Me” Patrice Rushen “Remind Me” Mary J. Blige “Everything” Three […]

  It’s Black Music Month and we’ve collected the Top 10 Beyonce for women’s empowerment!  I mean she is the Queen B and she told us to get in Formation…. so let’s count them down (in no particular order) and remember fem is the future! Get Breaking News & Exclusive Contest in Your Inbox:     […]

The world is marching to the rhythm of West Africa. Afrobeats have gone global and artists are clamoring to capitalize off of the infectious sound. Afrobeats, not to be confused with Afrobeat, created by Fela Kuti, gets its upbeat and energetic melodies from a hybrid of West African music and American jazz and funk. Wizkid, Davido […]

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Since Hip-Hop’s inception, the genre has always blended with it’s older cousin R&B. Now more than ever the two forms of music has mixed so much that the Grammy’s have devoted a whole category, Rap/Sung Category, rapping, and singing. Artists such as Beyonce and Jay-Z to Mary J. Blige and Method Man have delivered some […]

Born: Kimberly Jones; New York, New York, 11 July 1977 Early in her career, Lil’ Kim, was one of the most distinctive female voices of hip hop in the late 1990s. Lil’ Kim’s explicit and sexuality lyrics made her an icon in an era that starved for feminine balance in a male dominated business. Lil’ Kim, […]