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Judge Reschedules Lil Wayne Sentencing For Monday According to MTV, a spokesperson for New York's Office of Court administration has stated that rapper Lil Wayne's sentencing will resume on Monday. A Judge has rescheduled the sentencing for a third time after a courthouse fire caused damages yesterday morning. Repairs are expected to allow the court to return to normal by next week. ...

Judge Pleased With Chris Brown's Probation Progress According to The Los Angeles Times, Judge Patricia Schnegg stated Chris Brown was doing well as he serves his community service stemming from an assualt case a year ago. Brown has completed 32 of the 180 days of community service he must fulfill and 17 domestic violence counseling hours out of 52. ...

Producer Willie Mitchell Dies According to NPR, music pioneer Willie Mitchell died this past Tuesday at the age of 81. Mitchell was responsible for producing many of Al Green's hit's in the mid-1970's . Mitchell created Royal Studios in 1970, which many artists have visited through the years, including John Mayer, Rod Stewart and Keith Richards.  ...

MTV Interview Says Many No Longer Support Chris Brown  MTV recently conducted a survey (non-scientific) asking whether or not people would further support Chris Brown by buying his latest album. The results of the survey showed 80 percent of the people surveyed ...

Producer 9th Wonder on hip-hop & Black culture Music producer 9th Wonder on his life, career and musical philosophy. ...

52nd Annual Grammy Award Nominations Will Be Announced Tonight According to The New York Times, the Recording Academy is set to announce nominations for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in a television concert special premiering for one-hour on CBS Wednesday night at 9. LL Cool J is slated to host the event, and a few noted performers listed are Nick Jonas, Maxwell, the ...

Why Black women hate Beyonce Is it her complexion? Her talent? ...

Big Names At AMAs Help Boost Viewership Ratings According to MTV, highly anticipatd performances from Adam Lambert, Lady Gaga and Rihanna and awards for the late Michael Jackson and country singer Taylor Swift, the American Music Awards attracted its largest audience since 2002. Ac ...

Radio One's Cathy Hughes Fights Performance Royalty Bills According to NPR, Cathy Hughes, founder of Radio One — the country's largest chain of Black radio stations — is complaining against performance-rights bill. Hughes complains on air about all the work it would take to comply. Currently, musicians in ...

Janet Jackson opens the 2009 AMAs
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 09:31
Janet Jackson opens the 2009 American Music Awards. ...