Today, Tuesday, March 23, the government of Sri Lanka announced that Akon, the long forgotten Senegalese-American R&B singer – known for such gems as “I wanna F**K you,” “Smack That,” and “I’m so paid” – had been officially denied him an entry visa. While many would wonder why such a talented musician would be prevented [...]

By the time she had made her official stage debut at the Lollapalooza (OCT 09′), Kesha had co-written the title song for Miley Cyrus‘ The Time of Our Lives (EP), garnished the rough edged albums of Pitbull and Taio Cruz, landed a gig as the cover girl for Women’s Wear Daily, and vomited in Paris [...]

Unlike the majority of modern-day rappers, whose lyrics normally revolve around drugs, violence, booty, material gains, or a swollen ego of badassness, G-Blakk‘s debut album, Blakk Planet, has a historically hip-hop mission behind it’s composition: fix the broken black people. Tracks like Fool’s Gold, and March may not be propagated by the”blazing hip-hop and R&B” [...]

PLUS, a 34-year-old rapper/ producer, who began rapping in Connecticut with his hip-hop trio, Nervous System, was at a loss for words when he was invited to open for the legendary Snoop Dogg at Hartford’s Webster Theater this friday. P.J. Davis, who goes by the title PLUS on stage, was born in Washington, D.C., grew up in Gaithersburg, [...]