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Live Nation Partners With Kirk Franklin For First ... : Historic Gospel Tour to Hit Major Venues this Fall Four of the most successful performers in gospel music history, Kirk Franklin,...
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Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Patti LaBelle, KEM, Led... : The lucky 7th year of the two-day Jazz in the Gardens music festival returns to Miami Gardens with an incredible line-up sure to put th...
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Sharper Lens on Black Men's Lives: Nat'l Black Fil... : Today Forward Ever Media Center announced the Game Changers Project will return for another one-year cycle starting in January 2012. Es...
Mathew Knowles' Music World Gospel Holds the #1, #... : Amber Bullock's New CD, Thank You Debuts at #1 on Billboard's Top Gospel Album Chart The Awakening of Le'Andria Johnson Holds at #2 fo...
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Mary J. Blige’s Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now (FFAWN) and Urban League Awarded Camry Rosario with $50,000 Scholarship to Attend Mercy College

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The Untitled Film will be Produced by Tracey E. Edmonds of Our Stories Films, an RLJ... Read more

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Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 Years of Success, highlights the work of Black inventors from over... Read more

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Actor Vincent M. Ward Launches New Production Company

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Today Forward Ever Media Center announced the Game Changers Project will return for another one-year cycle... Read more

Mathew Knowles' Music World Gospel Holds the #1, #…

Mathew Knowles' Music World Gospel Holds the #1, #2, and #10 Positions on Billboard's Top Gospel Album Chart

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PBS Announces Programming Line-Up for 2012 Black H…

PBS Announces Programming Line-Up for 2012 Black History Month Commemoration

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Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour Cirque Du Soleil  Las Vegas Premiere

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A Star in Her Own Right: Beyonce Backup Vocalist, Tiffany Monique, Releases Her Second Independent Video, 'Anytime'

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Touch1Media Announces the Release of a New Book: Never Would Have Made It: The Rise of Tyler Perry

A must read for Tyler Perry fans, Never Would Have Made It is the remarkable true... Read more

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Sijuan King’s Debut Novel, Millennium Slave: Part I, Delivers a One-Two Punch - Niece of promoter Don King Trades in her Boxing Gloves for a Laptop

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Legacy Recordings Announces Now, Then & Forever, t…

Legacy Recordings Announces Now, Then & Forever, the Ultimate Earth, Wind & Fire Album Coming January 31, 2012

New Single Disc Collection Reveals A-List Favorites, Premieres "Guiding Light," The New EWF Track Legacy Recordings proudly... Read more

Tickets On Sale for the 2012 ESSENCE Music Festiva…

Tickets On Sale for the 2012 ESSENCE Music Festival Taking Place July 6, 7 and 8 in New Orleans!

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T.I. Flies to New York to Celebrate His "Welcome H…

T.I. Flies to New York to Celebrate His

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SMIRNOFF Goes in for Round Two with Television Premiere of Master of the Mix Season 2

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Hollywood Starlet Gives Love Advice on New Website

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An Award For Natural Beauties: America's Next Natural Model 2012

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GQ Names Men of the Year for 2011

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