Gnarls Barkley shares the June 2008 double cover of The Source Magazine with N.E.R.D.

Ashanti performed her single The Way That I Love You live in Atlanta earlier this week.

Raven-Symone, who recently pulled the plug on her Summer 2008 Pajama Party tour, is featured on the new April 28th issue of Jet Magazine.

Foxy Brown is a free woman. The femcee was released from New York’s Riker’s Island to a crowd of waiting fans on Friday afternoon. Foxy’s new album, Brooklyn’s Don Diva, is scheduled for release on May 13th.

Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige promoted their “Heart of the City” Tour on Tavis Smiley’s PBS talk show on Thursday.

Mary J. Blige “Stay Down” Music Video

Wow, sometimes it seem like Black Hollywood can’t get together on anything. The 22nd Annual Soul Train Music Awards have been scrapped for 2008. The ceremony launched in 1987 with the hope of celebrating the Best in Black music and entertainment. The reason for the cancellation has not been revealed, but last year’s ceremony lacked the presence of several of the main nominees.

Rolling Stone Magazine has christened N.O-bred rapper Lil Wayne 2008′s “Best MC.”

Rolling Stone writes:

Lil Wayne has two primary passions: making music and smoking weed. Tonight, those have come into conflict. Wayne is sitting on his tour bus in New Orleans, having come back to his hometown for two concerts. He’d like to head into a studio to do some mixing for Tha Carter III, 2008′s most anticipated rap album. But there’s a problem. Wayne isn’t allowed to smoke in the studio. So he stays on the bus, lighting blunt after blunt and watching Animal Planet on the TV. He’ll sleep there tonight for the same reason: Wayne can’t smoke in his hotel room either.

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After her stunning shot on the June 2008 cover of King Magazine, veteran actress Stacey Dash joins LisaRaye on the cover Smooth Magazine’s 2008 Hollywood Issue.