17 years ago this month week "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" went off the air and last night there was a mini-reunion in London. Will Smith and his son Jaden were guests on "The Graham Norton Show," alongside Bradley Cooper and Heather Graham. As a surprise to the audience as well as everyone else worldwide, the Smiths did a father-son rap together that soon escalated into a whole medley that included DJ Jazzy Jeff and even Alfonso Ribeiro. Alfonso even did his famous "Carlton Dance" from the popular sitcom!
Jessica Sanchez- the American Idol runner-up who just finished a stint on Glee and released her first album Me, You & The Music- will perform at the National Memorial Day concert. Sanchez will sing "God Bless America" at the event honoring servicemen and women.
Rapper Eminem is set to release a new album sometime soon... but when, exactly? Some rumors have it that the new Slim Shady record will drop on May 28 (just days after Memorial Day weekend)... other reports allege Em's new music won't be released until July 2013. As rumors surrounding Marshall Mather's highly-anticipated eight studio album, Twitter fans can't hold back their anticipation and excitement! Read on for more details...
Haaaaannnnnnnn! French Montana didn't pay for guest appearances on his debut solo (yet heavily featured) album Excuse My French? In a recent interview with "RapFix Live" Sway Calloway, French revealed that he is blessed and has tons of friends in the rap game.
Post-dubstep bleep-bloop blue-eyed soul producer James Blake played an excellent concert at Washington, D.C.'s equally excellent venue 9:30 Club on May 12. Thanks to the awesome people over at NPR Music the concert can be viewed in full in glorouis HD.
It's always an honor when rappers and influential figures use their celebrity and wealth for good. In a show of good faith, gangsta rapper and Queens native 50 Cent reportedly paid for the horse and carriage procession for D'aja "Asia" Robinson, the Queens teen gunned down last Saturday on the Q6 bus. Read More >
Will and Jaden Smith are making their promo rounds for their father and son science fiction film, After Earth. It's a family affair whenever one of the Smiths is working on a project and Will Smith went back to his first TV family with a Fresh Prince Reunion on "The Graham Norton Show" in London. Read More >
Getting away from all the Justin Bieber off stage drama like his on-again off-again relationship with Selena Gomez and getting booed at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, there is actually some news about a possible new collaboration with Miley Cyrus. Could it be for a new Justin Bieber album? Also coming up is the North American leg of Bieber's "Believe" tour, as well as the DVD documentary "Justin Bieber: Always Believing" which hits store shelves June 18. Read More >
With his highly anticipated new 2013 album set to be coming out any day now, Detroit rapper Eminem is setting his sights on Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. According to the Detroit Free Press, Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and its ad agency for infringing on “Slim Shady's” copyright. According to the complaint, Eminem's song publisher claims that a Facebook ad titled "Airplane" used music from Eminem's 2000 "Under the Influence" song. Read More >
