Jarrett Mathis is a man on a mission. The Brooklyn native and Dartmouth alum created an interactive workshop to empower black youth, reduce violence in the inner-city and uplift our community. He then turned it into a 75-minute documentary, which you can view online at empoweringourselvesnow.com.
Check out a recent CNN feature on the great work Mathis is doing and a trailer for EmpoweringOurselvesNow.com below.
Although Kelly Rowland has announced that she’s holding off on the new project and recording new material, material from the dance album that was originally in line to be released is still leaking.
Check out the new track, “Forever Is Just A Minute Away,” produced by Jim Jonsin. Kelly Rowland is still debating the title of her third studio album, but she’s assured fans that it will be out at the top of next year.
9-year old Willow Smith will be premiering her first music video for her single, “Whip My Hair” on October 18. The Ray Kay-directed video will debut on BET’s 106th & Park.
The pop single will be available for download on iTunes on October 26. In the meantime, you can listen to the single here.
Singer Usher Raymond has been nominated for three categories for this year’s 38th Annual American Music Awards. The categories are Pop/Rock Favorite Male Artist, Soul/R&B Favorite Album and Soul/R&B Favorite Artist. The father of two is set to perform as well during the award show. Atlantic Records artist B.O.B. also received four nominations including T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist.
The American Music Awards is set to air live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California on November 21st on ABC. [READ MORE]
Sean “Diddy” Comb and Dirty Money announced on YouTube that their upcoming album, Last Train To Paris has been pushed back to December 14th. R&B/pop singer Ciara also informed her fans last night on Twitter that her project, Basic Instinct will be dropping on December 14 as well.
Hopefully their albums won’t get pushed back again.
If you missed the airing of the BET Hip-Hop Awards last night, check out this video of Ice Cube and his sons, OMG and Doughboy as well as Rev Run and his sons, JoJo and Diggy Simmons. You can watch some more of the show’s Cypher performances below featuring Kanye West, Mickey Factz, Busta Rhymes and Big Sean. Pretty dope.
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