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*LL Cool J and country artist Brad Paisley have garnered their share of criticism after they dropped the single “Accidental Racist” to, as they say, get a conversation started on racism and/or the racial discord in America. The EUR reported LL’s explanation about the single with Brad Paisley as just a sort of truce record [...]
*A day after country singer Brad Paisley defended his controversial song “The Accidental Racist,” on “The Tonight Show,” the tune’s rapper, LL Cool J, sat down with host Jay Leno to explain his own intentions. The track — ostensibly about fostering understanding between the North and South, and whites and blacks — set the Internet [...]
*Perhaps striking while the iron is controversial, country’s Brad Paisley and hip hop’s LL Cool J have released a new collaboration called “Live for You,” which comes just days after their controversial “Accidental Racist” hit the web. “Live for You,” recorded for LL’s upcoming album “Authentic,” has Paisley crooning R&B style between LL’s rhymes. “Bright [...]
*Most people agree that the Brad Paisley/LL Cool J duet “Accidental Racist” is well-intentioned. Both have indicated a willingness to spark a national dialogue about lingering racism in the country through the song, from Paisley’s new album, “Wheelhouse.” But it’s LL’s verse in particular that has a lot of people completely baffled, if not outraged. [...]
*Country star Brad Paisley’s new single “Accidental Racist,” a duet with LL Cool J on his new album “Wheelhouse,” out today, is making headlines for its lyrical conversation between a white Southerner and black New Yorker about racism. The song caused a flurry of reaction across social media, which exactly what Paisley intended with the [...]
Gold chains. Stone washed jeans. Air brushed attire. Rain-popping colors. All describe visually, what the 90′s urban and hip hop scene looked like. And that’s exactly what Simone’s birthday party looked like.
Remember FUBU? That boldly-colored “For Us, By Us” t-shirt in the back of your closet helped pad the pockets of its founder Daymond John, better known to folks born after the 90s as the “branding expert” on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” Now in its fourth season, the series has been a quiet ratings force on Fridays, [...]
*”That’s So Raven” star Rondell Sheridan is reportedly relieved that the Christopher Dorner ordeal is over — because they look so much alike. The actor, who played Raven Symone’s dad on the Disney sitcom, told TMZ that he was afraid to go out in public during the manhunt for Dorner. He noticed people were giving [...]
*You can add the Essence Music Festival to Beyonce’s packed schedule this year. On the heels of her Super Bowl halftime show at the Superdome in New Orleans, she’ll return to the same venue to headline one of three night concerts during the annual event, which is set for the Fourth of July weekend. Beyonce [...]
*One of the perks of being a GRAMMY nominee is being invited to the “55th Annual GRAMMY Awards Official Talent Gift Lounge” where some of the most exquisite unexpected items are gifted to the lucky ones! What makes the gifting lounge so cool is that the venders are especially selected to attend – and they [...]
*Edwin Hodge (“Red Dawn”) has become the first series regular cast in CBS’ “NCIS: LA” spinoff project, reports Deadline.com. The project, from NCIS: LA executive producer/showrunner Shane Brennan, is a back-door pilot will air as an episode of “NCIS: LA” later this season titled Red. It follows a mobile team of agents who are forced [...]
*Fourteen-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys will team up with current Grammy nominees Maroon 5 for a special performance at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. Frank Ocean is also set to perform at the awards show, and he is nominated for six awards himself, including Record of the Year for Thinkin Bout You, Album of the [...]
*In a shocking interview, rapper and Hip Hop mogul LL Cool J revealed to Oprah about his dark, abusive past. He told the queen of media on “Oprah’s Next Chapter” that he was beat as a child, but not the kind most folk go through. The kind when someone should get locked up. LL originally [...]
*LL Cool J is on a serious path to promoting his newest recording app. He was spotted last week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas talking about MyConnect Studio app, a platform to allow musicians to collaborate from different locations via their electronic devices. For the demonstration, he recorded a song live with [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE Most of the shadows of this life are [...]
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