Black Music Month

Unfortunately, along with new beginnings and second chances, the new year also brought with it some bad news. It was announced on New Years day that, due…

  Drake is consistent if nothing else.  Love him or hate him, he gives you what he knows best from one project to the next.…

Black Music Month

Nelson Mandela is well known for his political influence throughout the 20th century. The political leader and social activist is held in regard for his…

National

You didn’t tune into the Super Bowl just to see the Ravens beat the 49ers in a nail-biting finish. You didn’t tune in just to watch Beyoncé redeem the lip-synch heard ’round the world with one of the best halftime shows in recent history. And you certainly didn’t tune in solely for a 30-minute power-outage. […]

News & Gossip

People can’t seem to be getting enough of Rihanna’s cover for GQ, so The Urban Daily wanted to give you a little eye candy from…

National

Did you see The First Lady Michelle Obama on David Letterman's show? She presented the Top 10 "fun facts" about gardening. The First Lady has been all over the place promoting her gardening book American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America and busy on the campaign trail for her husband.

Nia Noelle

It’s Valentines Day and you would think that means a time for love, right? Well, for some of yes and some no. Some people are just getting over break-ups or just got dumped for Valentine’s Day. I know we all have our favorite break-up song that we like to compare to our relationships, so I listed ten […]

Today is Rick Ross‘ 36th birthday, and it took him years to emerge out of Miami and become a nationally known rapper. But he’s cranked out some of the best hip-hop songs each year since his career exploded in 2006. Jay-Z upgraded Ricky Rozay’s career by signing him to Def Jam, and he’s become more […]

New Music

Mary J. Blige just dropped her tenth album, My Life II… The Journey Continues (Act 1), at the end of 2011. Grooving to it got us the thinking of her many classics—so much so that bam, a top 10 list had to be whipped up. Where do we begin (or end)? Since the early ‘90s […]

Didn’t have the time or interest in reading all 86 of the news-making tweets Kanye West sent out last night? Here are some of the highlights straight from Roc4Life… He’s launching a new design company “I have started a new company and I’m so excited about the name…. it’s got the best name ever of all […]

If you walk around the streets of New York and ask who was the best to ever do it in hip hop, you will get all kinds of crazy answer, but the most common answer might be The Notorious B.I.G., who most say is the best dead or alive.  Biggie has only given the world […]

If you’re in the entertainment business, in any fashion, it’s safe to say Quincy Jones has had some influence on you. From creating some of the most memorable music in history to founding one of hip hop’s most loved magazines, Quincy Jones has done it all. WBW: Samples of History: Hip-Hop Mines Afrobeat In celebration […]