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With the announcement that Floyd Mayweather is fighting Miguel Cotto on May 5th boxing fans are losing faith that the he will ever touch gloves with Manny Pacquiao. In this interview Bill Danze of M.O.P. says Mayweather is the “best fighter in the history of boxing” but feels neither fighter really wants the bout to […]

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On Friday January 20, 2012 George Luca’s passion project, Red Tails, will finally be in theaters. After years of lobbying in Hollywood to get a feature film made about the Tuskegee Airmen, the director and producer financed the project with his own money. Where The Red Tails Worked And Played Overseas Tapping director Anthony Hemingway (“The […]

T-Pain made a lot of money by making music that was popular in strip clubs all over the world, but he’s shifted away from his formula for making hits. On T-Pain’s latest album rEVOLVEr, he did something different, and was still able to produce a hit. Take a look at our exclusive interview with T-Pain […]

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In the next installment of our “Alumni” series where artists discuss their college experiences,  Syleena Johnson talks about the racism she witnessed at one school and her decision to pledge Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. RELATED: Take A Tour of Chicago On BlackAtlas.com! “Drake University was really racist…one time we had a race riot and […]

There’s a countless amount of background singers, many who will never have successful careers as solo stars, but Anthony Hamilton has defied the odds. He sang for D’Angelo at the apex of his career, and Hamilton has released more albums and recorded and written more hit songs than the man he used to sing behind. […]

There's a perception that artists completely fall off after leaving Bad Boy Records, but if you take a look at Carl Thomas career, you'll realize this myth is not true.

T-Pain became famous for making his own hits, and for creating infectious hooks that elevated songs by other artists. But now that he's evolved as an artist, he is no longer the go-to artist for a sure shot hook.

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Mindless Behavior recently revealed that they would be making an appearance on VH1's "Basketball Wives," and they talked to us about their future and favorite reality TV shows.

T-Pain made autotune hot with his long string of hits, and shots were fired by Jay-Z when he released "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)" in 2009.

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For some reason I feel compelled to yell YMCMB! The dominant crew has infiltrated every facet of my music experience (Hip Hop and R&B) since their super-emergence in the summer of 09′. Lil Wayne set out to build an army of artists we couldn’t help but love and he has succeeded! The gold obsessed Tyga, […]

Non-sports fans may only know Matt Kemp as the man who used to get it in with Rihanna, but he's doing big things these days.

Non-sports fans may only know Matt Kemp as the man who used to get it in with Rihanna, but he’s doing big things these days.…