Month: June 2022

Industry Icons, Roxanne Shante, Doug E. Fresh, and More, Honored For Their Contributions To The Culture During Black Music Month

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In Honor of Black Music Month The Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus honored and celebrated cultural some of the top executives and artists in the culture last week.  Icons like Roxanne Shante, Fat Joe, Doug E. Fresh, Ralph McDaniels of Video Music Box, Crazy Legs of the Rock Steady Crew, Al Sharpton, Ja Rule, DJ Clark Kent, Restauranteur, and former MCA executive Don Pooh, Director Benny Boom, Waah Dean or Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Busta Rhymes and the queen of Dancehall Spice, were presented with Proclamations and awards on the steps of City Hall in NYC and co-hosted by New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and the Power of Music committee in New York City. 

The “Power & Music” Awards honorees who continue to inspire have reached great heights in their careers and were recognized for their contributions to music and the culture.  The Awards, founded in 2018, the annual Power & Music Awards is a yearly event that takes place during African American Music month to honor those who have influenced the music culture.  Past recipients include Big Daddy Kane and Lil Kim.  

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[WATCH] Reality Star Apple Watts Alert And Talking

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This past March, fans were shocked when Love and Hip Hop Hollywood reality TV star Apple Watts was involved in a head-on collision with a diesel truck, The accident left her unresponsive and her sister started a go fund me to help support Apple and her children during this time.

During a heartbreaking Instagram live, Apple struggled to talk with her sister at her bedside. The spunky star is fighting her way back into recovery and promises everyone she will be back on TV soon.

 Well as everyone knows my sister is up and alert she understands and follows commands, right now she is in speech therapy so that her trachea can be removed and that therapy helps her with speech and swallowing she is also in physical therapy she been trying to balance herself by sitting on the edge of the bed with her feet on the floor it’s all a process and she is trying to get there she still be talking mess even to me lol but I love it just shows she still her and we are still waiting for her to be transferred and I been talking to them and doing a lot of looking around to speed the process but yea she is doing good and I’m still on the visits just family so please respect that thanks

CLICK HERE to read her sisters updates about her condition.

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[WATCH] Mo’Nique Issues An Apology To DL Hughley’s Family

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Last week Mo’Nique and DL Hughley had a knock down drag out fight over a contract dispute where Mo’Nique crossed the line by attacking DL’s wife and kids [click here if you missed that].

Mo’Nique has apologized…

Last night during her comedy show in Raleigh, NC Mo’Nique opened her set by apologizing to DL Hughley’s Family.

“I’d like to consider myself a woman of honor. So I’m about to do something right now publicly that I did publicly. And when I f**k something up, I gotta fix it up. So I’m gon’ take care of that right now before I go any motherf**king further. To D.L. Hughley’s family, I wanna publicly apologize if I hurt anyone’s feelings. I want to publicly apologize to his wife, his babies if I hurt their feelings because that was never my god d**n intention.”

“Oh but that ni**a D.L., I meant every mutherf**king thing I said.”

Watch the video below.

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Snoop Dogg Reacts To A Proposal Happening Right In Front Of Him In A Funny Meet-And-Greet Video

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With how over-the-top proposals can get, it’s hard to have one that stands out above the rest. Recently, though, one fan did just that by getting Snoop Dogg involved.

On May 19, concert and tour producer Ian Vaughn shared a video on TikTok, of a couple posing for a photo with Snoop. The video has recently gone viral, as ET Canada notes, because of what happened next: The man got down on one knee, in front of both Snoop and the woman he was with, and pulled out a ring, to which the woman responded, “Oh sh*t!” The man then said, “Would you make me the best man in the world, right next to Snoop?”

She covered her mouth before responding with an excited, “Hell yeah!” She looked at Snoop, who offered a “wow,” as her now-fiancé tried to dap her up but was left hanging. He then stood up and the three shared a group hug.

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Guy proposes to his girl during his Meet and Greet with @snoopdogg ! Hell of a night!!

♬ original sound – Ian Vaughn

Snoop, meanwhile, has been celebrating his own marriage recently, as he and Shante Taylor, formerly his high school girlfriend, marked their 25th anniversary on June 12. Snoop shared multiple Instagram posts about the occasion, noting in one of them, “Thank you for 25 beautiful year[s]. We are stronger together.”

Beyonce Confirms ‘Break My Soul,’ A New Song, Is Coming Tonight

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Beyonce is entering a new era, but so far, she’s done so quietly; The recent announcement of her upcoming album Renaissance came via Tidal and an update to her social media bios. Now, she’s back with more covert news, as it looks like she’s releasing a new song tonight: This morning, she again updated her online profiles to read, “6.ㅤ ㅤ BREAK MY SOUL ㅤ midnight ET,” seemingly indicating that a song called “Break My Soul,” presumably the sixth track on Renaissance, is dropping tonight at midnight.

Spotify also tweeted about “Break My Soul,” echoing Beyonce in saying that it’ll be out tonight.

As for what Beyonce’s upcoming music will sound like, recent reports have indicated the LP will incorporate dance and country music.

In a 2021 interview, Beyonce perhaps slyly hinted at Rennaissance when she said of working on new music, “With all the isolation and injustice over the past year, I think we are all ready to escape, travel, love, and laugh again. I feel a renaissance emerging, and I want to be part of nurturing that escape in any way possible. I’ve been in the studio for a year and a half. Sometimes it takes a year for me to personally search through thousands of sounds to find just the right kick or snare. One chorus can have up to 200 stacked harmonies. Still, there’s nothing like the amount of love, passion, and healing that I feel in the recording studio. After 31 years, it feels just as exciting as it did when I was nine years old. Yes, the music is coming!”