Convicted rapper T.I., who is set to serve time in prison next month on gun possession charges, has recently launched a 12 city tour to promote his latest album Paper Trail.   The tour, which started Thursday (February 19), is expected to make stops at 12 cities throughout the US before concluding on March 15, […]

The automotive industry in Detroit is under serious financial duress, but BET will highlight the positives with a television special.   The network will examine the North American International Auto Show with a 30 –minute one-off entitled “Still Rollin’: The 2009 Detroit Auto Show, “airing tonight (February 21) on the network.   The special, hosted by Big […]

Popular mega-church televangelist Creflo Dollar announced today (February 20) the signing of a new artist to his gospel-based Arrow Records.   Founded in 1998, Dollar’s Arrow Records state their goal is “to restore gospel music back to its original purpose, to usher in the power and presence of God” by utilizing not just gospel, but […]

VTech (R) and Mochilla will pay tribute to the late J Dilla during the second concert in their four-part “Timeless” concert series at the Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex in Los Angeles on Sunday (February 22).   The Showcase will be lead by headliners Carlos Nino and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, as they perform an […]

Famed director Spike Lee, Judge Greg Mathis and number of others will rally in front of The New York Post’s offices today (February 20), as the fallout from a controversial cartoon continues.   The controversial cartoon, which was published on February 18, featured two police officers standing over a bullet-riddled dead monkey, with the caption […]