On April 21st, 2016 the music world stopped everything with the news that Price has been found dead I his Minneapolis home. The typical fight over his estate, belonging, and music rights have filled the air since his departure. How about some good news? Prince was a prolific writer and recorder of his own music, […]
Category: Urban AC
Marvin Gaye Biopic in the Works
Marvin Gaye was one of the biggest stars from the Motown label, a talent that tragically lost his life due to a fatal gunshot wound in 1984. Marvin was only 44, and he and his father had been fighting in their Los Angeles home most of the day until that fateful moment. Dr. Dre, a […]
Drake ‘Scorpion’ Making Histroy
If you’re a Drake fan you probably didn’t get much sleep last Thursday night as Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ dropped on the streaming platforms Apple Music and iTunes internationally. The immediate reaction is nothing less than WOW, as Drake presented to the world 25 tracks, 90 minutes of pure Drake, through steaming, and as we speak a […]
Jason Derulo to Perform at Univision Premios Juventud
Jason Derulo is definitely a favorite of ours and so it’s exciting to hear that he’ll be performing at the Univision Premios Juventud 2018 event. This is a live award show taking place on July 22 from Miami, Florida and is sure to be a great time with Derulo and names like Sofia Reyes, De […]
Grammys Make Big Expansion
The Grammys is the biggest award show in the music industry and just the other day they made huge news. They announced that the nominations for some of their major categories would see an increase, meaning that instead of five nominations for them we’ll see eight! The categories that this affects include Best New Artist, […]
Joe Jackson, Father and Founder of the Jackson Five, Has Died at 89
The Jackson Five family is enduring a personal crisis that every family deals with; Joe Jackson the patriarch, and founder of the Jackson Five brand has died at the age of 89 in Las Vegas due to stage-four pancreatic cancer. In his early days, Joe worked common jobs, as a steel mill worker while pursuing […]
Toni Braxton, Ne-Yo and More on This Week’s Top 10
This week’s top 10 chart for urban adult contemporary music has been released and it’s filled with our favorites. Does it get better than Toni Braxton’s “Long As I Live” as a summer jam? Well, it’s sitting at number one for another week in a row. There’s a new hit to the top 10 and […]
One Big Party to Celebrate 50 Years of Special Olympics
This year marks 50 years of the Special Olympics and to celebrate this wonderful milestone, there’s going to be a giant party! It’s going down from Chicago, Illinois and there are plenty of big names performing at this event. Chance the Rapper headlines this one and is joined by Usher, Daya, Smokey Robinson, Jason Mraz, […]
Khalid’s Tour Numbers are Insane
By now, everyone knows that Khalid is out on tour and what a tour it has been. It all started in January of this year and by now has neared almost $9 million in ticket sales! While it did begin January 27 in New York, it really got going in May. It was then and […]
Common, Boyz II Men, Fantasia, Ready for Cincinnati Music Festival
The Cincinnati Music Festival presented by P&G is Friday, July 27th, and Saturday, July 28th in Cincinnati Ohio. Imagine coming to one music festival to hear the cool 70s sounds of the O’Jay’s, the 90s sound of Boyz II Men, and current pop sounds of Common? That’s the Cincinnati Music Festival. The event is held […]