Twenty years later and Lauryn Hill is still reaping a harvest off her masterpiece album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. The New Jersey native will be hitting the road this summer to celebrate her five time Grammy winning album that was released in 1998. According to her Facebook page, Hill is expected to perform her Miseducation album on every stop...
Cardi B. ‘Invasion of Privacy’ Album Review
“I was covered in dollars, now I’m dripping in jewels…I started speaking my mind and tripled my views. Real b!tch, only thing fake is the boobs.,” Cardi B. raps on her Meek Mill-esque track “Get Up 10.” And that was just the first track of 13. She may have started things off speaking about her humble beginnings, but Cardi wasn’t...
#AskB: My Son is Dating A Girl with a Kid and I Hate It
My son is 24 yrs old and he’s been dating this girl who has a kid. I don’t like it, but I tolerate it because I don’t want conflict. His father doesn’t say much, so it leaves me looking like the bad guy when I do make remarks. I want my son to concentrate on his future being he recently...
Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ Album Inspires Guide to Mastering the Game of Money
Jay-Z really shook a lot of people’s world causing them to wake up, and pay attention to their financial future with his latest album 4:44. Finance expert and entrepreneur Jeremiah Brown was another inspired to illustrate a guide to mastering the “game of money.” Brown’s book Financial Freedom My Only Hope differs from previous books that were inspired...
Notorious B.I.G. is Still Notorious
DISCLAIMER: this was written last year (2017) for BIG’s 20th anniversary, but for some reason or another, I never published it. Here ya go! Can you believe it’s been twenty years already? The phrase “how time flies” couldn’t be further from the truth. Especially since most of us can recall exactly where we were, or what we were doing...
School Daze: Class Still in Session 30 Years Later
Thirty years ago, during Black History Month. Spike Lee returned with his second joint School Daze. Who knew exposing black college life on the big screen would be so impactful. Daze was actually written before Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It, but budget prevented it from becoming his first release. School Daze, which was originally titled It’s Homecoming was to be...
Finance Expert Ash Cash Flips Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ Album into A Financial Freedom Guide
Financial guru Ash Exantus took his love for finance and hip-hop, and merged them into a phenomenal tool for the financial misfit. Ash Exantus, better known as Ash Cash was inspired by Jay-Z’s album 4:44 to write The Wake Up Call: Financial Inspirations Learned From 4:44. Although Cash is a finance expert, he was still able to learn valuable lessons...
Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Welcome New Baby Girl
The West family welcomed a new addition to their family. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West welcomed their third child and second daughter into the world via surrogate. Kardashian West revealed the news via her website Tuesday. “Kanye and I are happy to announce the arrival of our healthy, beautiful baby girl,” Kardashian West wrote in a post titled “She’s...
Mark Donavin Goes From Teacher to Singer!
From Teacher to Singer: How Mark Donavin is balancing life in the classroom and the studio. B-radio sat down with Mark Donavin to discuss the ins and outs of his upcoming debut project. Along the way we dove into his professional transition, and how it aligns with his passion. B: So, you’re doing music now, how has that...
2017 Year End Music Review!
Music: that thing that’s part of our everyday lives. That thing that helps us with our ups, and helps us with our downs. That thing that heals, and that thing that brings many together. New Edition kicked off 2017 with their epic three-part biopic. The biopic smashed records in the ratings department for BET, and had the original boy...