Alicia Keys is finally opening up about her personal life and the recent death of her grandmother. In a recent interview with The Independent the multi-talented Keys revealed she faced some “real lows” in 2006, before embarking on the writing and recording of her coming album As I Am. (more…)

Keyshia Cole graces the cover of Vibe’s latest issue…

Also, Don’t forget to watch KEYSHIA COLE “THE WAY IT IS” SEASON TWO
Premieres tonight @ 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
If you think you know the way it is, you’re in for a surprise. Don’t miss all-new episodes.

John Legend’s new video for song “Another Again”. This video was to only be seen by members of John Legends website, but it got leaked

Author Terry McMillan is one angry mad black woman! The latest attack to her ex husband who admitted he was gay comes via an interview with UNEQ Magazine, which covers the urban gay community. As you may recall McMillan and Plummer are going through a nasty divorce because of Plummer’s admission that he is gay. (more…)

According to Lucy O’Brien’s new book, “Madonna: Like an Icon,” which came out today, Madonna and Tupac almost had a love child? O’Brien says Madonna, in her mid-30s, “desperately wanted children and had various relationships with unlikely men.” The singer’s friend Alison Clarkson recalls when she was briefly dating Tupac Shakur, one year before his death and tried to get pregnant with his baby.  (more…)

Hmmm something is fishy about this story? The New York Daily News reported that LisaRaye’s husband, Turks and Caicos premier Michael Misick, attended the opening of the Mediterranean Village at Sandals’ Grande Antigua resort  Nicole Murphy, the ex-wife of film star Eddie Murphy. Nicole  is said to be a mutual friend of the couple, however the two looked like more than friends at the event.  (more…)

Idris Elba is in negotiations star in Jada Pinkett Smith’s directorial and screenwriting debut, “The Human Contract.”  He  would play Julian Wright, a charming and prosperous businessman who hides a secret from the rest of the world which tears his soul apart every day. (more…)

According to his website, Chicago rapper Kanye West has co-written a book with J. Sakiya Sandifer called Thank You And You’re Welcome. The book, which will be released on December 18 and is set to cost only $10, will be “an entertaining volume of ‘Kanye-isms’— the creative, humorous and insightful philosophies and anecdotes used in creating his path to success. (more…)

Sean Paul’s new video for the lead single for his upcoming album, “Watch Dem Roll.”

Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan believes rappers such as T.I. and Lil Wayne are set up by the U.S. Government and further calls it, “Justifiable Homicide: The Attack On Black Youth.”  “T.I. was set up and they are trying with Lil’ Wayne,” Minister Farrakhan told AllHipHop.com regarding both rappers’ current legal troubles. (more…)