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First Eyez on Me
New, award-winning documentary details life of photographer Ernie Paniccioli, who snapped hip hop's first baby steps. ... (read more)
House of Hoops Hits Harlem, Takes No Prisoners
Recapping the opening of Nike and Foot Locker's giant NBA outpost Uptown.... (read more)
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Snoop Dogg, A Keytar
Please tell us what is going on in this picture.... (read more)
Jackson 5: Reuniting and It Feels So Good
Jermaine tells BBC "Michael will be involved." Plus: watch the best of Jackson 5 live.... (read more)
Gifted Redskins Safety Passes Away
Sean Taylor, 24, dies one day after being shot by an intruder in his Miami home.... (read more)
Kanye West and Evel Kneivel Squash Beef
Lawsuit over "Touch the Sky" video dismissed; Kanye and Kneivel kick it in Tampa. ... (read more)
Live Review: R. Kelly's Double Up Tour
Kellz proved his weight in Pied Piper Saturday (November 24) in Uniondale, NY, with a three-hour extravaganza that was as much a career retrospective as high-concept arena tour.
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Alicia Keys: NUMERO UNO!
Ms. Keys scores the top-selling album in the country with As I Am - and makes history with the biggest female R&B debut and the biggest selling digital album by a female artist. YOU DO IT!... (read more)
Book Review: Junot Diaz's Latest Dope Masterpiece
In his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Diaz breaks it down with a flow to give Jigga sleepless nights. ... (read more)
DVD Review: Katt Williams's "American Hustle"
Swagger + self-deprecation = the American dream. ... (read more)
Twista's Celebrity B-Day Bash
Mr. Adrenaline Rush holds 5th annual blowout this weekend in Chi-City.... (read more)
Live from the Sidelines of the American Black Film Festival
In 1997, a man by the name of Jeff Friday created a film festival to strengthen and promote the creation of black cinema and the filmmakers who bring such material to life. Being no stranger to the finer things in life, Jeff got a little extra with it and decided to locate this black film festival in Acapulco, Mexico. Since that time, what was formerly known as the Acapulco Black Film Festival found a home in South Beach, Miami, and became firmly established as the American Black Film Festival, or ABFF. Now, after a decade in the struggle of bringing "urban films" to the forefront of the American entertainment consciousness, the American Black Film Festival (of which VIBE is an official sponsor) set up shop in the promised land, the Mecca of movie-making - Hollywood!... (read more)
American Black Film Festival
In 1997, a man by the name of Jeff Friday created a film festival to strengthen and promote the creation of black cinema and the filmmakers who bring such material to life. Being no stranger to the finer things in life, Jeff got a little extra with it and decided to locate this black film festival in Acapulco, Mexico. Since that time, what was formerly known as the Acapulco Black Film Festival found a home in South Beach, Miami, and became firmly established as the American Black Film Festival, or ABFF. Now, after a decade in the struggle of bringing "urban films" to the forefront of the American entertainment consciousness, the American Black Film Festival (of which VIBE is an official sponsor) set up shop in the promised land, the Mecca of movie-making - Hollywood!... (read more)
This Christmas: Keeping Up with the Whitfields
You can expect two things from today’s Christmas flicks: a buttery serving of hitch-free family harmony, or slapstick comedy that normally involves a deranged Santa. This Christmas - directed by Preston Whitmore II, and produced by Mekhi Phifer, Ronnie Walker, and Damon Lee - contains neither. Less National Lampoon, more Soul Food, Christmas stars a roster of A-class actors: Loretta Divine, Idris Elba, Delroy Lindo, Columbus Short, Sharon Leal, Lauren London, David Banner, Regina King, Mekhi Phifer, and young R&B romeo Chris Brown - who plays a character named Baby.... (read more)
Carolina on My Mind
The primary process, in place since 1912, has long been controversial. Larger states resent the influence tiny New Hampshire and Iowa have in deciding who the eventual nominees for each party will be. But it's not just the smaller populations that bug party bosses.... (read more)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, FALL BACK!
You heard it. EW, fall back, sons and daughters. ... (read more)
UPDATE: Donda West, Mother of Kanye, Has Passed
A spokesperson for Kanye West has confirmed that his mother, Donda West, has died at the age of 54. The West family has issued the following statement to VIBE: "The family respectfully asks for privacy during this time of grief."... (read more)
Gerald Levert: Love & Consequences
Gonna sing it to you time and time again.
Gerald
Edward Levert of Cleveland, Ohio, the last of a dying breed of pure
soul singers, died in his sleep November 10, 2006. He was survived by
four children, his mother, two brothers, his sister, and his father,
Eddie Levert of the O’Jays.... (read more)
Kanye West, "No One (Remix)" (Music)
'Ye puts his cojones to the lyrical test (literally) in this remix to Alicia Keys' current single.... (read more)
Jay-Z on Charlie Rose Tomorrow: Watch a Clip Here
Ya boy Shawn Carter - his career revitalized, his profile gleaming - gets his grown talk show on with the serious Charlie Rose tomorrow night (Friday November 9). Hov will discuss his new album American Gangster, his short retirement, racism, and the intolerable wack-tacle that is Don Imus. The show is set to air at 11 pm in New York, DC, San Diego and Denver; 11:30 pm in LA; midnight in Boston, Philly and San Francisco; and other times on 222 stations across America. Raise that profile, S-Dot. Check your local listings for stations, times, and all that.... (read more)
State Champs: The 51 Best MySpace Rappers in America
VIBE scoured mixtapes and the internet to track down the flyest new MC in every state (plus Washington, DC)! Here are our 51 game-changers.... (read more)
Ghostface, Rakim, Brother Ali: All the Way Live
It's an hour before the Hip Hop Live tour kicks off, and Ghostface Killah is making no move towards acknowledging that he's due on stage soon. Seated in a dim room upstairs at the Hollywood House of Blues, Ghost responds to a query about the exemplary crimson-and-green custom wallabees he's rocking to match his leather jacket: "No one has more style than me! Kanye? No. Slick Rick is the only one, I give it up for Slick Rick."... (read more)
Keke Palmer Keeps it Movin'
Keke Palmer is 14, and she's already a force. Since her breakaway star-turn in 2006's Akeelah and the Bee, she's dropped a solo album (So Uncool, Atlantic Records), landed roles in Madea's Family Reunion, Jump In! and Cleaner with Samuel L Jackson, and she's currently tearing up your BET with the subway anthem "Keep it Movin."... (read more)
Get it Gotti: Irv Gotti Spills All on 50 Cent, Ashanti, more
Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo is what we call in the journalism biz a certified "quote monster." The man oversaw one of the most successful record imprints in hip hop history, with Murder Inc - only to witness his musical empire crumble from the weight of the backlash from the antagonizing 2003 emergence of 50 Cent and, more notably. his 2005 trial for federal money laundering charges. Even so, Irv talks without a filter. And while such a verbal affliction may be a nightmare for any publicist, Irv, whose comeback is currently documented in the bare bones VH-1 reality-show Gotti's Way, revels in the controversy. From his thoughts on the roadblocks he faces pushing Murder Inc.'s languishing franchise player Ja Rule back to the top of the charts, his surprising signing of pop piano prodigy Vanessa Carlton, and his rift with publicly disgruntled star Ashanti, Irv Gotti doesn't hold anything back.... (read more)
Da Brat Arrested After Alleged Fistfight
Da Brat spent the night locked down after allegedly whacking a waitress over the head with a rum bottle at Jermaine Dupri's nightclub, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Atlanta police arrested the 33-year-old rapper at around 1:20 am last night following the altercation, which witnesses say escalated from a verbal argument, to pushing, to Da Brat's alleged over-the-head rum-bottle crack.... (read more)
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Speak Easy
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The Nappy Diatribe
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Tomorrow, Nas, ColorOfChange.org, and MoveOn.org will deliver petitions to Fox News signed by over 600,000 people protesting their racist coverage of (read more) -
The Nappy Diatribe
This week, a good friend of mine DanTres(my Hip Hop Yoda) and I will be tackling 2 different Posse Cuts a day. Forget about the fact that he's from Ne (read more)
