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Black Star members Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and Talib Kweli joined Dave Chappelle for one of his Radio City Music Hall shows. The appearance, which also proves Yasiin was not banned from the United States despite reports to the contrary, featured performances of solo Bey songs and solo Kweli cuts, as well…

  President Barack Obama has added a second high-dollar fundraiser — at the home of Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino — to his July fundraising trip to Los Angeles, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Obama will hold a private Q&A with 25 donors at Rapino’s Westside home on July 24th, the day after he attends…

Rapper Ra Diggs was found guilty of three murders and drug trafficking by a federal jury yesterday (June 26), according to The New York Times. The 32-year-old was found guilty of all 21 counts he was facing, which also included racketeering. The trail took place in Federal District Court in Brooklyn and featured testimony from…

Paramount’s Transformers: Age of Extinction delivered a $41.6 million Friday at the North American box office after earning an A- CinemaScore from moviegoers who disregarded dismal reviews. And unless traffic drops off dramatically on Saturday, the $210 million tentpole should become the first movie of 2014 to earn $100 million in its first weekend, a…

  Supporters of preserving Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A will hold a rally Monday at 9am outside the historic building at 30 Music Square West. The gathering follows studio tenant Ben Folds’ impassioned plea to save the facility from development plans (see below). Organizer Sharon Corbitt-House stresses that the aim is to find a positive…

Three decades is a mighty long timeto be in any industry, which makes Debra L. Lee, 58, chairman/CEO of BET Networks, even more of a wonder to behold, having survived and thrived while building the leading cable TV network targeting African-Americans. “I grew up with a small room and a little record player playing The…

Earlier this week, cereal manufacturer Kellog’s opened up a pop-up, health awareness themed “Recharge Bar” in New York City. The day after the location’s grand opening, Hip Hop group The Roots performed on location. Joined by several students from the former and now-struggling school that Questlove and Black Thought attended in Philadelphia, the band performed…

Ever wish your touchscreen music apps had real knobs? Tuna DJ Gear hopes so. They’re working on Tuna Knobs – tangible knobs that attach with suction cups to multitouch tablet screens.  The knobs attach with ‘conductive silicon rubber’, which apparently lets the knobs translate your knob gestures to the touchscreen. The developers note, “We will be…

Starting next week, Bow Wow will officially retire his stage name and go by his birth name, Shad Moss. But the change shouldn’t come as a surprise. “It’s a name that they heard my whole career,” he told Rap-Up TV at the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards. “To me, it wasn’t really that big…