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With her ever present pompadour and hot red lips, Janelle Monáe covers ESSENCE magazine’s May issue.

Inside the magazine, the cover girl dishes on her new CD, “Electric Lady,” which is due this Summer. She also lets readers in on her unique style which, you may have noticed, doesn’t show her tight figure. Hmm, what’s up with that, Miss…

Rapper Talib Kweli on Monday weighed in on the Rick Ross controversy surrounding his verse on the song U.O.E.N.O.

During a HuffPost Live segment hosted by Marc Lamont Hill, Kweli took issue with Ross’s contention that his line seeming to promote date rape, was simply a “misunderstanding.”

“I don’t care if Rick Ross is 40…

 Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary each month to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts.

Obama’s decision grew out of a desire to share in the…

Find out what Tamar says is the biggest challenge with her sisters, about her upcoming parenthood, and just how many damn jobs can a pregnant woman do?…

Beyonce is set to cover the late Amy Winehouse on the soundtrack to the upcoming re-make of The Great Gatsby. According to E!, the soundtrack, which will be produced by Jay-Z, will feature Beyonce and Andre 3000 doing a re-make of Winehouse's "Back to Black."

A record company source tells E! that the track won't be a note for note re-make.  "It's a very…

There's some good news after Louisville guard Kevin Ware suffered a horrific injury in their victory over Duke on Sunday. He was up and moving around on crutches on Monday and he's expected to travel to Louisville on Tuesday after having surgery on his broken leg Sunday night.

After that, he's expected to travel with the team to their Final Four contest on…

An ex-convict charged with killing his father at an Easter Sunday church service in Ohio made rambling comments during an appearance in court.

The suspect, 28-year-old Reshad Riddle, appeared Monday in Ashtabula (ash-tuh-BYOO’-luh) Municipal Court in shackles.

Riddle made rambling comments about God and said he wanted to be treated fairly.

Ann…

Beverly Hall, the former Atlanta public schools superintendent, is a self-serving scam artist who should be jailed for cheating black students out of their rightful education.

The children in Hall’s school district deserve better – especially black children who are struggling to learn.

It’s unconscionable that a powerful public school…

After watching this video you will be left saying:  The _ _ _ _ did I just watch?…

NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Thicke‘s new music video is too hot for YouTube.

A representative for the R&B crooner said Monday that his unrated video for “Blurred Lines” was banned from the website. The…

SKIP MURPHY IN THE AFTERNOON SHOW BEGINS MONDAY, APRIL 1^ST  (On Radio Station)

NEW PM DRIVE SHOW AIRS 3PM-7PM

The Skip Murphy in the…

Timbaland is accused of ripping off an insurance company for $1.8 million, a new report says.

The rapper has been legally sparring with American Home Assurance Company over a Jacob & Co, which is adorned with 30 carats of diamonds.…

What she had to say about her album:

“I’m actually in the process of wrapping it up this weekend. This is actually the last recording session I’ve got for this album, but I’m so excited. I’ve been in the studio with Dream. I’ve been in the studio with Harmony. I’ve been in the studio with Pharrell.…

MEMPHIS, TN - A weekend rally by white supremacists in Memphis, Tennessee, saw far more cops than Klansmen on the streets.

An estimated five dozen Ku Klux Klan members turned out in downtown Memphis to protest the City Council's decision to rename three parks now named…

Getlikeme.com Reports:

Bow Wow, formerly known as Lil Bow Wow, is suing Lil Wayne and Lil John for Copyright Infringement. He filed the legal document at the Beverly Hills courthouse on Friday, March 29. Although Lil Wayne was on the scene before Lil Bow Wow, Mr. Wow’s…

Via Uptown Magazine reports:

The most humbling thing…is being a mother. I’m humbled by the fact that when I was on Everybody Hates Chris, I would work 16-hour days and come home and have to wipe somebody’s butt.

Gay husbands…are…

Uh-oh -- India Arie might have contradicted herself on the cover of her new single (Kennyonline.NET says NO WAY!).

The Afro-centric artist, famously known for singing about her "Brown Skin," is seen looking extremely light-skinned on the cover of her new song -- which is ironically titled "Cocoa Butter."

Sources close to…

Via ABC News:

A man in a large red sedan hit two cars in the parking lot of a San Jose Wal-Mart before ramming the car through the front of the store then assaulting customers inside, officials said. The attack injured four people, one of them seriously. The man crashed…

Did you miss out on this HOT slow jam mix during the Quiet Storm?

I discoved that the storyline to "The Walking Dead" and "The Toy Story" are the exact…