First of all, the title of this post is a misnomer. As I mentioned on this site a few weeks ago, black people like plenty of white music - just not very good white music. For example, if it wasn't for black people's inexplicable fascination with Spandau Ballet's "True" going on 25 years after the fact, R&B singer Lloyd would almost certainly be working at a UPS or something. But it's true in general that black people are much less into white music than white people are into black music. For example, while it's not uncommon to find black people who ...

Eric “Eazy-E” Wright passed away 12 years ago after succumbing to the AIDS virus. His legacy and influence, however, is still felt today. As one ...

At first I was going to make today’s blog post about the Wall Street Journal article talking about first quarter CD sales being nil and ...

Never let it be said that it doesn't pay to some famous person's little brother. In fact, it might even be better than actually being ...

When Jae Millz scored a hit with 2003's "Rude Boy Get Up (No, No, No)," he thought he was well on his way to a ...

The Toronto Star ran an interview with Joss Stone yesterday in which she responded to producer Dallas Austin’s nonsense about both her and Christina Aguilera ...

You're going to want to put on your tin foil hats for this one, but here's something that occurred to me the other day: What ...

When N.W.A released Straight Outta Compton in 1989, they exposed the world to the West Coast rap scene, making it possible for kids from the ...

I knew something was bothering me about the ten year celebration of Notorious B.I.G.’s murder.  The fact that this crime hasn’t been solved yet is ...