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Just What the Doctor Prescribed

Lisa Steinberg | Posted 04.06.2013 | TV
Lisa Steinberg

Tuesday nights you need to write yourself a prescription for hit FOX show The Mindy Project. Make sure you follow doctor's orders because this prescri...

Rapper Big Sean Celebrates 25th Birthday With Friends

Stephanie Penn | Posted 03.27.2013 | Black Voices
Stephanie Penn

Last night Detroit, Michigan born rapper Big Sean celebrated his 25th birthday with friends. Guests joining in on the surprise included Common, Wiz Khalifa, Naya Rivera and Jhene Aiko.

Why Being in Your 20s Blows

Courtney Garcia | Posted 05.06.2013 | Comedy
Courtney Garcia

No matter what job we get or relationship we embark upon, the practice of doing the same thing every day is a form of monotony we're not easily accustomed to, and the thought of it continuing on forever creates terror in our liberated souls.

Kanye Rumor Debunked

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.24.2013 | Entertainment

An artist within Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music camp has told The Huffington Post that there will be no "Cruel Winter" compilation album. Malik Yusef...

LUV

Dwight Brown | Posted 03.25.2013 | Black Voices
Dwight Brown

Never has contributing to the delinquency of a minor been so wonderfully tragic and compelling. Sometimes Woody Watson, an 11 year-old, is a vulnerable kid. "Only one place I have is OK. Inside me where I can hide everything."

Movie Review: LUV

Marshall Fine | Posted 03.20.2013 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Sheldon Candis' LUV is a rough coming-of-age tale that establishes Common as a rapper who could easily put his music career behind him and concentrate on acting.

Mighty Movie Podcast: Dennis Haysbert on LUV

Dan Persons | Posted 03.13.2013 | Entertainment
Dan Persons

Dennis Haysbert has used his magnificent voice and imposing presence to portray everything from a prophetically charismatic President of the United States in 24 to a brilliant scientist in Now and Again to a tortured lover in Far from Heaven. Now, in the incisive drama LUV, he's Mr. Fish, crime boss and deceptively paternal mentor to the film's protagonist.

Common Brings Awareness To Accused Man's Clemency

AP | JOHN CARUCCI | Posted 02.13.2013 | Black Voices

NEW YORK — When Harry Belafonte asked Common to participate in a benefit concert in support of freeing Native American activist Leonard Peltier,...

The School Of Rhyme: The Most Educated Rappers

The Huffington Post | Treye Green | Posted 11.28.2012 | Entertainment

It's easy to write off today's rappers as nothing more than self-taught entrepreneurs and moguls whose strongest skill is their ability to spit clever...

Jason Linkins

Marco Rubio's Hip-Hop BBQ Didn't Create Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.19.2012 | Politics

I think it's pretty great that Marco Rubio took the opportunity to talk about hip-hop in his interview with GQ. He doesn't come off as a dilettante, e...

PHOTOS: GQ Men Of The Year Party

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 11.14.2012 | Black Voices

GQ's annual Men Of The Year party took place in New York City last night with a host of Hollywood's most dashing stars in attendance. Jamie Foxx, ...

Kia Makarechi

Common On Why He Respects 'Incredible' Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 09.13.2012 | Entertainment

When Michelle Obama invited Common to perform poetry at the White House, conservative news outlets decried the soft-spoken rapper as a vile, violence-...

Jay-Z's Set At Made In America Included Obama & Kanye

AP | MESFIN FEKADU | Posted 11.02.2012 | Entertainment

PHILADELPHIA — Jay-Z's entrance said it all: He bounced up and down on top of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, mimicking Rocky befor...

Movie Review: The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.17.2012 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

There is something magical about The Odd Life of Timothy Green. But not, unfortunately, magical enough.

Flicks Lighting Up Indie Screens

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 06.25.2012 | Miami

The American Black Film Festival starts this week with screenings at the Colony Theater and Miami Beach Cinematheque. Check out both full-feature movi...

G.O.O.D. Music's Dream Team

Sharief Easterling | Posted 07.01.2012 | Black Voices
Sharief Easterling

Quality rap music is few and far between these days but a union of this magnitude has endless possibilities. After getting a sample of the greatness on "Mercy" the whole word is patiently waiting for more of the classic material. From the looks of it Its gonna be a G.O.O.D. summer!

Happy Birthday, Common! (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.13.2012 | Black Voices

Happy 40th Birthday Common! The Chicago born rapper hit the hip-hop scene 20 years ago and has since his lyrical skills into becoming a successful ...

Sundance 2012 Top Picks: Keeping Us Human

Roya Rastegar | Posted 04.07.2012 | Entertainment
Roya Rastegar

In current times of civil unrest, economic injury, and political failure, we depend on love -- in all its complexity and even through untenable circumstances -- to keep ourselves human. Here are the top 10 films that cannot be missed in the coming year:

Sundance, Ice-T, and Shades of the American Race in Cinema

Courtney Garcia | Posted 03.28.2012 | Entertainment
Courtney Garcia

Representation of the collective diaspora has always been thwarted by our need to classify films according to races other than white. Still, while labels can be debilitating, they can also be manipulated.

Common Explains Feud With Drake

AP | By RYAN PEARSON | Posted 01.25.2012 | Black Voices

PARK CITY, Utah -- The Sundance Film Festival became the unlikely center of hip-hop's latest feud when actor-turned-rapper Drake and rapper-turned-act...

Common, Atmosphere Headline Red Rocks' 1st-Ever Winter Show

AP | By CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 01.20.2012 | Denver

DENVER -- Over the decades, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, U2 and hundreds of other acts have played the legendary outdoor stage at Red...

Common Directs Another Diss Track At Drake

MTV News | Posted 03.10.2012 | Black Voices

The first rap battle of 2012 is officially in full swing and "Sway in the Morning" on Shade 45 and RapFix has the exclusive. Rumblings of a Common and...

Common Says He Got His Mojo Back With His New Album

AP | MESFIN FEKADU | Posted 02.21.2012 | Black Voices

NEW YORK — Most people are excited before recording a new album, but Common didn't particularly feel that way. He says before making his ninth ...

Common Responds To Drake Diss-Track Rumors

Posted 02.20.2012 | Black Voices

"I'll say this, it's a lot of artists out there that sing. And I don't think there's anything the matter with singing, but I just feel like I wanted t...

Common Wants To Know What Chelsea Handler Likes In A Man

Posted 12.14.2011 | TV

Hip-hop artist Common stopped by "Chelsea Lately" (Weeknights., 11PM ET on E!) on Tuesday night, and as often happens on that show, the talk turned to...