Alicia Keys joined TLC for a medley of the girl group’s greatest hits at the 2008 BET Awards-Shrine Audiotorium Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »

Usher opened Tuesday night’s 2008 BET Awards with a performance of his chart-topping hit “Love In This Club.” Read the rest of this entry »

The World Video Premiere of Jennifer Hudson’s “Spotlight” was featured during the 2008 BET Awards Pre-Show on Tuesday night.

Danity Kane lead singer Aubrey O’Day began rehearsals today for a brief stint in the Broadway production of Hairspray. The “Damaged” singer will portray resident snob Amber von Tussle in the Tony Award-winning musical beginning July 18th through August 31st.

A new diss track that recently emerged on You Tube has sparked rumors of a beef between R&B superstars Ne-Yo and Chris Brown.

Former hip-hop jeweler was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison on Tuesday. Dubbed Jacob The Jeweler, Jacob Arabov, 43, pleaded guilty in October to falsifying records and giving false statements as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors.

Hip-hop’s First Couple is expected to perform at the O2 Wireless Festival in Britain next Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Lil Wayne sat down for a candid bit of Q&A in the new issue of Rolling Stone Magazine. Wayne became the first artist since 2005 to achieve platinum-selling status in the first week of release when his long-awaited Tha Carter III hit stores two weeks ago.

“Lollipop” sounds so different from anything else you’ve ever done. How did it come together?
My homeboy Static, the guy who’s on the song with me, it was all his idea. He brought the song to me with his vocals already on there, the beat was already done and I just laid my vocals to it. The decision to make it the single was evident right after I finished recording it. Everybody in the studio knew this was the one. We had some females in there and they were going crazy.

Your last album didn’t really have any breakout singles — were you trying to change that with this album?
I think you want to do that with every album. You want every record to be bigger than the last. That Tha Carter II didn’t do what I wanted it to do was a disappointment because I put my all into it, just like I did with this one, but I ain’t gonna dwell on it. I’m very successful and very happy.

Read Lil Wayne’s Interview With Rolling Stone Here

A recently divorced Jill Scott is getting ready to walk down the aisle again. The neo-soul songstress announced her engagement to drummer Jon Roberts during a concert at New York City’s Carnegie Hall last Friday night.

Ne-Yo and Keyshia Cole will headline the 16th Annual Reggae Sumfest at the Catherine Hall in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on July 18th. Read the rest of this entry »