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Ne Yo Extends Gentleman With Macy’s Alfani Red

“Year of the Gentleman” Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Ne-Yo has forged an endorsement agreement with Macy’s Alfani Red!
A private line dedicated to contemporary style, Macy’s Alfani Red follows recent agreements with Eva Mendes and Usher.
Talking up the line at New York’s Metropolitan Pavilion Tuesday, Ne-Yo stood next to promotional images shot by Walter Chin in [...]

Ne-Yo Falls Ill, Bursts Into Tears During Performance [Video]

Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Ne-Yo shocked fans last night when he began to cry while on stage during a concert in Manchester, UK. Apparently, the crooner had been onstage for about an hour and just completed his rendition of Michael Jackson’s ‘Off the Wall,’ before calling it quits due to illness.
The seemingly confused crowd cheered — [...]

Mary Mary Reach No.1 with God In Me

Grammy Award-winning duo Mary Mary just picked up another no.1 record !
“God In Me,” the duo’s second single from 2008s “The Sound,” leaped into the top spot after spending a reported thirty-three weeks on the Gospel singles chart last week.
Featuring Kierra Sheard, “God In Me” comes just in time for Mary Mary’s anticipated performance [...]

New R&B Album/CD Releases: June 2009

June, the beginning of summer, Black Music Month and often one of the biggest month’s for new releases in R&B/Soul and Hip Hop. With that said, this year is no different as everyone from Ginuwine and Mos Def to Teena Marie and Al B. Sure! are releasing new albums.
Kicking off a busy month, soulful [...]

Natalie Cole ‘Comfortable’ After Successful Kidney Transplant

Natalie Cole is “resting comfortable” after a successful kidney transplant earlier this week.
Cole, known widely for hits like “Unforgettable,” had been receiving dialysis treatment three times a week since September.
According to her publicist, Cole will postpone a planned summer tour which was set to kick off June 5 and run through November.
The daughter of [...]

TLC’s Chilli Needs A Boyfriend

You may remember Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas from her days as one-third of the Grammy Award-winning group TLC. We haven’t heard much from Chilli since the group fizzled after the death of member Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. Now we’ve caught wind of a VH1 casting call for “Atlanta’s hottest men to compete for a chance at romancing Chilli.” [...]

Toni Braxton: Ready To ‘Dance’ Again?

Toni Braxton seems to be getting back into the swing of things.
Or at least her name is.
The Grammy Award winning singer, whose long running Las Vegas show hit the skids due to health problems earlier this year, is reportedly getting ready to appear in the new season of the hit ABC dancing competition, ‘Dancing with [...]

Chilli: Somethin’ Bout The Music

Rozonda Ocelean Thomas, or as she is professionally known, Chilli, is a Grammy Award winning superstar, who — with her friends the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins — not only took the industry by storm, but managed to sell well over 45 million records in the interim.
The Atlanta, Georgia, singer-songwriter, who [...]

Natalie Cole: Diagnosed with Hepatitis

As she readies the release of her latest music project, Grammy Award-winning diva Natalie Cole announced that she has been diagnosed with hepatitis C today.
“I’ve been so fortunate to have learned so much from my past experiences,” the ‘This Will Be’ singer said in a statement.
“I am embraced by the love and support of my [...]

Lionel Richie Pledges Commodores Reunion

 
 Grammy award-winning pop singer Lionel Richie said Saturday that he and the Commodores will reunite soon for a tour.
Richie said a reunion could happen in the next two years.
“We better do it now, or in the next 10 years nobody would care,” he told reporters before singing at Antigua’s Romantic Rhythms festival.
Richie, 58, said it [...]