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The Soul Train Awards plan to return to the air after a two-year hiatus to recognize those who helped shape R&B music.
Record executive Antonio “L.A.” Reid, singers Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Chaka Khan and Charlie Wilson will be honored on the two-hour music special to be taped in Atlanta.
The awards are scheduled to air Nov. 29 [...]

Ahmad Givens (Real) and Kamal Givens (Chance), reality stars, arrive at Los Angeles International Airport. The Real Chance of Love is awesome and as stars of this show.

BIG GATES RECORDS PRESENTS
CHRIS J feat. PLIES
“DON’T NEED NO MAN”
WARNING: THIS RECORD MIGHT MAKE YOUR GIRL LEAVE YOU

CLEAN: http://www.zshare.net/audio/5893389496e314c5/
DIRTY: http://www.zshare.net/audio/589338928f50a3a8/
Big Gates Records is introducing the brand new single from R&B artist, Chris J. You’ve heard him on Plies single “Put It [...]

Keyshia Cole is not on tap for another season of the BET reality series ‘The Way It Is’ however, her mother and sister Frankie & Neffe are coming back in August !
According to producer James DuBose, the show, dubbed “Frankie & Neffe,” will make its way to BET August 18th and showcase a different side [...]

Rick Ross may have learned the trick to beating Hannah Montana: start a fight with 50 Cent.
The Miami rapper ruled the charts with Deeper Than Rap, but Ross didn’t topple the Hannah Montana soundtrack alone. The self-proclaimed boss reached No. 1, selling 158,000 copies to Hannah’s 104,000, per Nielsen SoundScan, with help from his red-hot [...]

When life’s trials and tribulations get you down, there’s always joy in laughter. With that in mind, Stellar Award-winning dynamo Vickie Winans and BET have teamed up for a forthcoming television series !
Winans, known widely for songs including “Shake Yourself Loose” and “We Shall Behold Him,” will host “A Time To Laugh,” a fresh [...]

Jill Scott

Cedric the Entertainer and wife Lorna

Idris Elba

Alicia Keys with Kerry Brothers

Ne-Yo

Tyra Banks

Keyshia Cole

It’s just January and BET is ready to get the party started with a programming grid that surely will delight their loyal audience.
The African American-geared, Viacom-owned television network rolled out some of its spring planning during the Television Critics Association conference last weekend in Los Angeles.
Highlights include this year’s ‘BET Honors,’ taking place Jan. 17 [...]

Tyler Perry and Mary J. Blige are among the luminaries BET plans to celebrate at their second annual BET Honors.
The successful filmmaker and the R&B queen are set to join Magic Johnson, dance pioneer Judith Jamison, style guru B. Smith and South Carolina Congressman James E. Clyburn on Jan. 17.
The awards will air on the [...]

Trin-i-tee 5:7, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Mary Mary and even LL Cool J brought the house down at this week’s taping of BET’s Celebration of Gospel.
Joined by Donnie McClurkin, Karen Clark Sheard performed at the 9th annual celebration which also featured Vickie Winans, Kurt Carr, Kirk Franklin and Heather Headley.
As previously announced on Singersroom, BET’s 9th [...]