Hip-Hop Mogul Jay-Z has decided to give fans a preview of his upcoming book Decoded this fall at public library in New York. Jay-Z will be featured at the Celeste Bartos auditorium at the library’s main branch on 5th Avenue to discuss his memoir on Nov. 15. Although many have dubbed the book [...]

Take E. Lynn Harris’ posthumously released novel, ‘In My Father’s House,’ to the beach this summer and you just might burn under the hot the sun trying to finish it. Yes, it is just that hot. Harris completed it nearly a year ago just before his unexpected death. The book hits shelves today [...]

CEO of Hip Hop Weekly magazine Ray Benzino, whose real name is Raymond Scott, was arrested in Miami for possession of pot. Marijuana is a topic which has quickly become a boring topic to me, (and, as many of you know, I don’t even smoke it … much! LOL). I think the [...]

Ginuwine and his wife, Solé cover the September issue of Sister To Sister Magazine.

Ricky Martin came out of the closet and wrote a book entitled, “Me”. Martin is set to get even more candid about his private life after revealing he’s gay – the Latino pop hunk is penning a memoir. The Livin’ La Vida Loca singer’s “Me” will hit bookstore shelves at the beginning of [...]

I don’t know if you’re watching the most popular cable series in HBO’s history, but “True Blood” is soooooo the sh*t. I’ve never been into vampires bullshit, but when I tell you I am front and center every Sunday night with my popcorn and my tweeetdeck. The show is truly incredible. [...]

Montana Fishburne covers the new issue of “As Is” Magazine with a tagline that reads “I’m not doing shit to him [Laurence Fishburne] but fucking and having my career.” OK. But where did the spots on her booty go? About that: Montana explains what she calls her ‘leopard booty’ in an interview…

Look out for the September 40th Anniversary issue of ESSENCE on newsstands. This issue will feature some of the most influential women in the nation.

For the first time in many years, Kim Kardashian is single and doesn’t mind being on her own. “The challenges of dating, gosh,” the 29-year-old reality star tells the September issue of Allure magazine. “Who would ever want to deal with a hectic schedule and not really [getting] to see someone that often? That’s [...]

In the September cover story for GQ magazine, LeBron James still seems somewhat torn about leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. The magazine followed James from the onset of the “Summer of LeBron” all the way through when he made his ESPN announcement to leave the Cavaliers. James gave some insight to [...]

Halle Berry covers the next issue of Vogue and admits in her interview that Garielle Aburey was not a love connection, but the perfect man to father her child and points out God’s mistake.

Halle says about Gabriel,
“We have always been friends, we’re still friends, we love each other very much, and we both [...]

Check out this behind the scenes video report from Harper’s Bazarr on Savannah Brinson, LeBron James’ longtime girlfriend/baby mama. She seems very likeable and down to earth. She seems to be just the kind of “sidekick” that James needs. Hey, that’s his description of her, not ours.

Why do ho’s get famous for f*cking? That’s the question we asked when we read the Kat Stacks interview with XXL. In it, Kat Stacks says she IS famous and she doesn’t have to be a ho anymore, now all she has to do is show her face to get that money. Kat Stacks [...]

Vogue Magazine proves that the black actress is not forgotten with their new September issue featuring Halle Berry. Halle’s appearance on the cover of the fashion magazine is the first time a black woman covered the infamous September Issue since Naomi Campbell’s 1989 cover.

Johnson Publishing recently announced (Tuesday Aug. 10) that former White House Secretary Desirée Rogers will be the new CEO for the company. She will take care of the struggling company’s day-to-day operations. If you don’t know whom this woman is, recall the party crasher’s incident with President Barack Obama. Yeah, she’s the [...]

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was born in Brooklyn to a Puerto Rican mother and a father of Haitian extraction. Blessed with a rebellious nature, he ran away from home a lot during adolescence, finally leaving for good at 17. Moving to Manhattan, he dropped out of school to fritter away his days spray-painting his [...]

A slimmed down Jennifer Hudson graces the recent issue of InStyle Magazine, showing off her new bod. She speaks about her weight loss and going from a size 16 to a size 6. The new look makes her unrecognizable to people though, as she now gets a lot of remarks like “Did I go to [...]

Eminem and Dr. Dre will also cover VIBE’s August/September Juice issues, the same issue that features Diddy and his team on the alternate cover. Eminem talks about his recovery from prescription drug abuse and being haunted by death:
Do you think about your own death?
Yeah, I do. A lot. I think about it a lot. [...]

When you think of black business periodicals, it’s almost impossible not the think of Black Enterprise. One reason is because they’ve been around as the leading chronicler of black business since 1970 and they are getting ready to celebrate 40 years of being in business. Starting with the August 40th Anniversary collector’s edition of [...]

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’ wedding is featured in the next issue of Life & Style magazine. As the sun set over the clear-blue Mediterranean Sea on July 31st, singer Alicia Keys and her fiancé, music producer Swizz Beatz, exchanged vows in front of family and close friends, including Queen Latifah, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian [...]