An In-Depth Look: Atlanta’s Hip Hop and Strip Club Culture

In Atlanta, where hip-hop rubs up against notorious strip clubs, rappers who want to make it big get their start by making it rain. DOES the hip hop scene in Atlanta still matter? FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE “Business and Pleasure” — The strip club Follies, in Atlanta, is neither a dump nor a gilded pleasure […]

Soul of the South Network Plans Labor Day Launch

From RICHARD PRINCE’S JOURNAL-ISM – A new African American-oriented television network has posted a video preview of its plans for an unprecedented five hours of daily news programming, which the network’s primary creator, Edwin Avent, said he hopes to have on the air on Labor Day weekend. Avent, former publisher of Heart & Soul magazine, told […]

Talk Show Host Rob Redding Finds Out ‘Why Bishop Eddie Long Needed FIVE Rocks’ [AUDIO]

Atlanta WAOK talk show host Rob Redding tweets Bishop Eddie Long said he had five rocks…now we know why! Listen to his rant at the 00:45 minute mark on his program. The first part of the clip is a replay of the FOX 5 I-Team report that uncovered a fifth accuser, Centino Kemp, in the […]

>Steve Harvey and Frank Ski Help Launch Essence and Pebbles "Making of an R&B Star"

>ESSENCE presents a once-in-lifetime opportunity to hit the stage for a featured performance during the 2011 Essence Music Festival July 1st-3rd in New Orleans The ESSENCE and Pebbles talent search for the next rising star of R&B music has swept the country, drawing hundreds of contestants to live auditions in New York, Los Angeles and […]