Archive for the ‘The Industry’ Category

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You know you’ve got a hit when folks start covering your album just a week after it drops. (more…)

When Jill Scott first announced that she was engaged to her drummer during a summer performance at New York’s Carnegie Hall, fans instantly wanted to know more about her new boo. (more…)

What started as a fourth quarter showdown of some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B has ended somewhat less competitively. (more…)

Count yourself lucky if you got to see last week’s “Saturday Night Live” sketch in which Justin Timberlake played a backup dancer for Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.” 

Almost immediately after we posted the video on Monday, it was removed from YouTube because of copyright issues. So, naturally we headed over to NBC.com to retrieve the original. Only, it wasn’t there — or anywhere else online, for that matter.

So, what gives? (more…)

Uh-uh. Don’t dare try to put Lil’ Mo on your whatever-happened-to-such-and-such list. The pint-sized diva who blessed Ja Rule, Fabolous, and Missy Elliott with many a hot hook is now back on her grizzly working on new music. (more…)

T-Pain may make public appearances on elephants, talk openly about masturbation, and look to musical terms for baby names, but the self-professed ringleader is no joke when it comes to controlling his media coverage.

The rappa ternt sanga has been on a nonstop promotional run for his latest disc Thr33 Rings and, according to one Pennsylvania radio DJ, has been making some unusual demands on the press. (more…)