It’s All Black Music

When it comes to breaking records in the hip hop arena, Eminem is the man to beat. Besides selling millions of albums in a rapidly declining industry, Em is one of  two rappers to have won the Best Rap Album Grammy each time they’ve released a disc. The other person in that club is Kanye West. […]

If you didn’t make it to the Essence Music Festival at the New Orleans Superdome this Independence Day weekend, The Urban Daily has exclusive content from one of the summer’s most anticipated festivals.  Kanye West headlined the show on Saturday night, and in signature Kanye fashion, Mr.West brought out ‘all of the lights’, fireworks, smoke, […]

British R&B star Estelle stopped by 93.9 WKYS in Washington DC to promote her upcoming album. She chopped it up with DJ Iran about her favorite MC’s, old and current. When asked about Drake, Estelle gave him a 3 and said that, “He’s an emo singer, I don’t ever want to hear him sing about girls the […]

News broke on Tuesday that Casey Anthony was acquitted on all felony charges in the death of her 2-year-daughter including capitol murder, which carried the death penalty. Surprisingly, the only charge that stuck was the misdemeanor of lying to a law enforcement officer. Unfortunately, nobody is answering for  Caylee Anthony but whatever side of the fence you are […]

Despite what you may have heard, rapper Gucci man is still incarcerated according to MTV’s Rapfix! Reports that Gucci had been released are false, though he was supposed to have been released on July 5th. The rumor stems from tweets promoting a “Welcome Home Party” that he was supposed to attend. Gucci did release a […]

New music video from The Game “Ain’t No Doubt About It,” featuring Justin Timberlake and Pharrell. The Game just can’t seem to get “The Red” album released. He has been working on the album for more than two years. The album now has a official release date of August 23rd. Check out the video below. […]

After recently signing to Maybach Music Group, Teedra Moses has dropped a new mixtape. Luxurious Undergrind is more of the Teedra we love. The collection of R&B grooves is meant to tide fans over until her sophomore disc hits the streets. Many praised Moses for her 2004 debut, Complex Simplicity. In the midst of working […]

Where do you all go to watch the latest videos and download/listen to music? Chances are you visit (just as we do) any or all of the sites listed above. We don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, but it looks like their file sharing days are numbered. Unfortunately, numbers ,with lots of […]

After 11,590 votes, Jill Scott has beaten out Nicki Minaj, Drake and even Beyonce in our “Who Represents Black Music In 2011” poll. Jill, who’s album “Light Of The Sun” just debuted at #1 on the Billboard Charts recently lost 50 pounds adding to her sexy. Out of the 11,590 votes Jill stole 1,096. Chris […]

Lil B seems to real confident about his “I’m Gay” album. He says the album is going to be one of the most classic albums in hip hop. Lil B feels “I’m Gay” will eventually be just as classic as Biggie, Jay-Z and Nas classic albums. He feels it will uplift the people is what […]

Jay-Z and Kanye West are done playing around with the stans heads. The two have finally released the official Watch The Throne album cover. Kanye knows how to create a buzz around his projects. He had the blogs buzzing when he announced several false release dates in the past. The cover art look like a […]

Looking for something to put in the iPod shuffle this weekend?  Here are some of our picks for the Independence Day Holiday with and Independent theme! Top 10 Freedom Fighters Top 10 Hood Beverages Summer Anthems From The 2000’s Revisited Kelis “4th of July” (Fireworks) This song may just be the perfect choice if your […]